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John Albert Lynn (born March 18, 1943) is a military historian who has written on a wide variety of topics in his field, with an emphasis on early modern Europe. Early life and education Born in Glenview, Illinois, in 1943, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1964), his Master of Arts degree at the University of California, Davis (1967), and his Ph.D. at UCLA (1973). Career Lynn taught briefly at Indiana University and the University of Maine, before joining the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1978. During 1994-1995, he was the Oppenheimer Professor of Warfighting Strategy at the Marine Corps University at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Retiring from the University of Illinois in 2009, he taught for three years at Northwestern University as Distinguished Professor of Military History. In 2012, he returned to the University of Illinois to teach part-time as Professor Emeritus of History and in the Department of Political Science, which he has continued to do up to the present. His current research and teaching interests center on the history of terrorism. Awards While at the University of Illinois, Lynn received several teaching awards, including the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2001. He served as president of the United States Commission on Military History (2003-2007) and vice-president of the Society for Military History (2005-2007). He has been awarded two foreign decorations: the French Ordre des Palmes Académiques at the rank of chevalier (2004) and the Moroccan Order of Ouissam Alaouite at the rank of commandeur (2006). In 2017, he received the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History. This award is given in recognition of career accomplishments and contributions; it is the highest award granted by the Society. In August 2017, Lynn was awarded a NEH Public Scholar Grant to fund research and writing on his current project, a history of surrender. Bibliography Tactical Evolution in the French Army, 1560-1660 (Duke University Press, 1985) French Historical Studies 14 (2): 176–91 Another Kind of War: An Introduction to the History of Terrorism (Yale University Press, forthcoming July 23, 2019) Women, Armies, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2008) ISBN 0-521-89765-3 OCLC 232656888 Battle: A History of Combat and Culture (Westview Press, 2003) ISBN 0-813-33372-5 OCLC 58548315 Paperback: Basic Books 2004, ISBN 978-0813333724 The French Wars 1667-1714: the Sun King at War. (Osprey Publishing, 2002) ISBN 1-841-76361-6 OCLC 50101401 The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667–1714 (Longman, 1999) Les guerres de Louis XIV, 1667-1714, traduction Perrin 2010, ISBN 978-2-262-02456-7 Giant of the Grand Siècle: The French Army, 1610–1715 (Cambridge University Press, 1997) The Bayonets of the Republic: Motivation and Tactics in the Army of Revolutionary France, 1791–94 (Westview Press, 1996) (editor) Feeding Mars: Logistics in Western Warfare from the Middle Ages to the Present (Westview Press, 1993) ISBN 0-813-31865-3 OCLC 26307640 (editor) The Tools of War: Ideas, Instruments, and Institutions of Warfare, 1445–1871" (University of Illinois Press, 1990) References External links John A. Lynn at ACDIS Faculty page at UIUC. Discover the John A Lynn popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John A Lynn books.
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Crossroads
F. Brett Cox & Andy DuncanA stellar collection of stories of the fantastic with a distinctly American Southern Literary accent. Magical realism is the dominant mode here, and other styles of fantasy are rep...
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El Viejo y El Mar
Ernest HemingwayLa obra que le valió a Hemingway el Pulitzer en 1953.«Su mejor obra. El tiempo demostrará que es la mejor que cualquiera de nosotros haya escrito, y con eso me refiero a sus coetán...
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The Pretty Girl Killer
Andrew ByrneThis is the story of Christopher Wilder: the surfloving son of a decorated naval war hero born in the suburbs of Sydney, who became the most wanted man in America – a psychopathic ...
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The Torrents of Spring
Ernest HemingwayAn early gem of satire and humor from the greatest American writer of the twentieth century.First published in 1926, The Torrents of Spring is a hilarious parody of the Chicago sch...
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Shamanic Transformations
Itzhak BeeryInspiring accounts from renowned contemporary working shamans about their first moments of spiritual epiphany With contributions by Sandra Ingerman, Hank Wesselman, John Perkins, ...
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The Ship of Dreams
Gareth RussellThis original and “meticulously researched retelling of history’s most infamous voyage” (Denise Kiernan, New York Times bestselling author) uses the sinking of the Titanic as a pri...
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Lynn C. Stephenson v. John E. Warner and
Supreme Court Of UtahCROCKETT, Justice: Plaintiff Lynn C. Stephenson, a service station attendant, sued both his employer John Warner and the lessor, Steve Greenwood, for burns he suffered at the stati...
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Lynn C. Stephenson v. John E. Warner and
Supreme Court Of UtahCROCKETT, Justice: Plaintiff Lynn C. Stephenson, a service station attendant, sued both his employer John Warner and the lessor, Steve Greenwood, for burns he suffered at the stati...
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Brewing Porters and Stouts
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Me and Mr. Jones
Suzi RonsonA luminescent memoir from the stylist who created David's iconic Ziggy Stardust look, painting a dazzling picture of Bowie and the wild world of his entourage during this pivotal m...
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Old Man and the Sea
Ernest HemingwayThe last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisher...
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The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway’s most beloved and popular novel ever, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, now featuring a previously unpublished short story and additional supplementary materialplus a...
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Sutro
John James LynnTed is a student intern working on the Mount Sutro tower, located along the southern hills ofSan Francisco. Teddie is sent to Mount Sutro by her Los Angeles television station wher...
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John W. Roods v. Victoria Lynn Roods
Court of Appeals of UtahAppellant John W. Roods, Jr., former husband of respondent Victoria Lynn Roods, seeks reversal of a lower court judgment which declared him to be the father or respondents minor ch...
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Let Love Have the Last Word
Common“An insightful memoir that uncovers unique stories about matters of the heart.” EssenceThe inspiring New York Times bestseller from Commonthe Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golde...
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Poems That Make Grown Women Cry
Anthony Holden & Ben HoldenThe internationally bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that it has moved readers to tears. “Anthony and Ben Holden remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a po...
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The American Experiment
David M. RubensteinTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERThe capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story and hos...