Robert Allan Doughty (born November 4, 1943) is an American military historian and retired United States Army officer.
Early life
Doughty was born in Tullos, Louisiana, on November 4, 1943, to parents John and Georgia Doughty.[1][2]
Career
He attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1965. Doughty subsequently completed a tour of duty in Germany before deploying to Vietnam in an advisory role in 1968. Upon his return to the United States, Doughty pursued graduate study, earning a master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1972, followed by a doctorate from the University of Kansas in 1979. From 1979 to 1981, Doughty served a second stint in Germany. In 1985, he was named head of the history department at West Point, and retired from the position in 2005.[1][2]
Doughty, R. A. (2014) [1985]. The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919–39 (Stackpole, Mechanicsburg, PA ed.). Hamden, CT: Archon Books. ISBN978-0-8117-1460-0.
Doughty, Robert A. (1990). The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940. Archon Books. ISBN978-0-208-02281-3.[8]
Doughty, Robert A.; Flint, Roy K. (1995). Warfare in the Western World: Military Operations Since 1871. Vol. II. Cengage Learning. ISBN978-0-669-20940-2.[10]
Doughty, Robert A. (2005). Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. Belknap. ISBN978-0-674-01880-8.[11]
^Reviews of Warfare in the Western World, Vol. I include:
Cohen, Eliot A. (May–June 1997). "Warfare in the Western World by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber". Foreign Affairs. 76 (3): 128. doi:10.2307/20048052. JSTOR20048052.
Cooper, Jerry (August 1998). "Warfare in the Western World. Volume I: Military Operations from 1600 to 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber; Warfare in the Western World. Volume II: Military Operations Since 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber". Journal of Southern History. 64 (3): 514–516. doi:10.2307/2587794. JSTOR2587794.
^Reviews of Warfare in the Western World, Vol. 2 include:
Cooper, Jerry (August 1998). "Warfare in the Western World. Volume I: Military Operations from 1600 to 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber; Warfare in the Western World. Volume II: Military Operations Since 1871 by Robert A. Doughty, Ira D. Gruber". Journal of Southern History. 64 (3): 514–516. doi:10.2307/2587794. JSTOR2587794.
Bach, André (2009). "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty". Politique étrangère. 74 (3): 678–681. JSTOR42715670.
Implay, Talbot (June 2007). "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty". The English Historical Review. 122 (497): 784–786. doi:10.1093/ehr/cem120. JSTOR4493926.
Young, Robert J. (2007). "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War by Robert A. Doughty". The International History Review. 29 (1): 174–176. JSTOR40109922.