John McManus
‘D-Day, Omaha Beach’ traveling exhibit on display now
A new traveling exhibit, “D-Day, Omaha Beach,” will be displayed in the Curtis Laws Wilson Library from Friday, April 4, through Thursday, May 15. It is based on The Dead and Those About to Die, D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, a book published by Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history at S&T.
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Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history and political science, rates the accuracy of World War II battles in movies and TV for Business Insider.
Read More »McManus earns Army Historical Foundation award
Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history and political science, received this year’s Army Historical Foundation Award for Excellence in U.S. Army Writing for his latest book, To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945.
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Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, an Iran expert and vice provost and dean of S&T’s College of Arts, Sciences and Education, is quoted by Eve Sampson, a reporter for The New York Times discussing the candidates for Iran’s presidential election.
Read More »McManus prepares original audio course
John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, was recently selected by The Great Courses to prepare an audio course on the Normandy invasion.
Read More »McManus’s book selected as finalist for Army award
Dr. John McManus’s newest book, To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 has been chosen as a finalist for the Army Historical Foundation’s Distinguished Writing Award.
Read More »McManus to present virtual book talk
Hosted by the National Museum of the United States Army, Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, will give a talk on his book, titled To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army an
Read More »McManus publishes op-ed in ‘The Diplomat’
Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history and political science, published an opinion piece about the Army in the Pacific in The Diplomat, a defense and security journal.
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In addition to the glowing review published in the May 19 issue of The Wall Street Journal, Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, continues to receives rave reviews for his latest book, To the End of the Earth.
Read More »McManus publishes book on final months of WWII in the Pacific
The final book in a World War II Pacific theater trilogy will focus on the Allied victory – from the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender.
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