John C. McManus is a highly respected author, military historian, and award-winning professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is widely recognized as one of America's leading experts on the history of modern American soldiers in combat. McManus's expertise in the field of military history has been acknowledged through his role as an assistant director in the study of War and Society at the University of Tennessee.
McManus's work as an author has earned him a reputation as a leading authority on the experiences of American soldiers in combat. His writing is informed by his extensive knowledge of military history, as well as his experience as a professor of the subject. Through his work, McManus sheds light on the human side of war, exploring the experiences of individual soldiers and the impact of combat on their lives.
In addition to his work as an author and professor, McManus is also an accomplished scholar and public speaker. He has delivered lectures and presentations at a variety of venues, including military institutions, universities, and historical societies. Through his work, McManus has made significant contributions to the field of military history and has helped to deepen our understanding of the experiences of American soldiers in combat.
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Deadly Brotherhood
1998
2
Deadly Sky
2000
3
The Americans at D-Day
2004
4
The Americans at Normandy
2004
5
Alamo in the Ardennes
2007
6
U.S. Military History for Dummies
2007
7
The 7th Infantry Regiment
2008
8
American Courage, American Carnage
2009
9
Grunts
2010
10
September Hope
2012
11
The Dead and Those About to Die
2014
12
Hell Before Their Very Eyes
2015
13
Fire and Fortitude
2019
14
Island Infernos
2021
15
The Vietnam War
2022
16
To the End of the Earth
2023
Witness to History Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Indian-European Encounters in Early North America ( By: Erik R. Seeman)
0
2
Civil Rights
2003
3
World War I
2003
4
Civil Rights (By: Brendan January)
2003
5
World War II
2003
6
World War I (By: Sean Connolly)
2003
7
When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word
2011
8
World War II (By: Sean Connolly)
2003
9
Selma's Bloody Sunday: Protest, Voting Rights, and the Struggle for Racial Equality
2016
10
King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty (By: Daniel R. Mandell)
2007
11
The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War (By: Williamjames Hull Hoffer)
2010
12
Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations (By: Tim Lehman)
2010
13
The Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Indian-European Encounters in Early North America (By: Erik R. Seeman)
2011
14
When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word (By: Peter Charles Hoffer)
2011
15
My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War (By: William Thomas Allison)
2012
16
Prelude to Revolution: The Salem Gunpowder Raid of 1775 (By: Peter Charles Hoffer)
2013
17
Blood on Steel: Chicago Steelworkers and the Strike of 1937 (By: Michael Dennis)
2014
18
Glorious Victory (By: Donald R. Hickey)
2015
19
Wolf by the Ears: The Missouri Crisis, 1819–1821 (By: John R. Van Atta)
2015
20
Coxey's Army: Popular Protest in the Gilded Age (By: Benjamin F. Alexander)
2015
21
Shays's Rebellion: Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America (By: Sean Condon)
2015
22
Hell Before Their Very Eyes
2015
23
The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Testing the Constitution (By: Terri Diane Halperin)
2016
24
The Fate of the Revolution: Virginians Debate the Constitution (By: Lorri Glover)
2016
25
Selma's Bloody Sunday: Protest, Voting Rights, and the Struggle for Racial Equality (By: Robert A. Pratt)
2016
26
John Quincy Adams and the Gag Rule, 1835–1850 (By: Peter Charles Hoffer)
2017
27
Charging Up San Juan Hill: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of Imperial America (By: John R. Van Atta)
2018
28
The Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic (By: Christopher Childers)
2018
29
No Place for Saints: Mobs and Mormons in Jacksonian America (By: Adam Jortner)