Paul D. Lockhart (born 1963) is an American historian who specializes in American and Scandinavian military history. He has authored several well known books such as ''The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army'' (New York: HarperCollins, 2008) and ''The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington'' (New York: HarperCollins, 2011). A native of

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, Lockhart did his undergraduate work at

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and then did his graduate studies at

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. Since 1989, Lockhart has taught at

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. Prior to working with the American Revolution, Lockhart published four books dealing with Scandinavian military history: ''Denmark in the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648: King Christian IV and the Decline of the Oldenburg State'' (Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press, 1996), ''Frederik II and the Protestant Cause: Denmark's Role in the Wars of Religion, 1559–1596'' (Leiden: Brill, 2004); ''Sweden in the Seventeenth Century'' (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2004), and ''Denmark, 1513–1660: The Rise and Decline of a Renaissance Monarchy'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press UK, 2007). Lockhart is currently working with Wright State University's CELIA (Collaborative Education, Leadership & Innovation in the Arts) on a project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of

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. He is also working on a book focusing on the last month of

. Lockhart was named the Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research in 2014.

Bibliography

*''Denmark in the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648: King Christian IV and the Decline of the Oldenburg State'' (1996) *''Frederik II and the Protestant Cause: Denmark's Role in the Wars of Religion, 1559–1596'' (2004) *''Sweden in the Seventeenth Century'' (2004) *''Denmark, 1513–1660: The Rise and Decline of a Renaissance Monarchy'' (2007) *''The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army'' (2008) *''The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington'' (2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lockhart, Paul D. American military historians American male non-fiction writers Wright State University faculty 1963 births Living people