Trevor N. Dupuy

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Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (Colonel, U. S. Army, retired), soldier and noted author, was born in New York on May 3, 1916.

[edit] Biography

He attended the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in the class of 1938. During World War II he commanded a U. S. Army artillery battalion, a Chinese artillery group, and an artillery detachment from the British 36th Infantry Division. He was always proud of the fact that he had more combat time in Burma than any other American, and received decorations for service or valor from the U. S., British, and Chinese governments. After the war Dupuy served in the United States Department of Defense Operations Division[1] from 1945 to 1947, and as military assistant to the Under Secretary of the Army from 1947 to 1948. He was a member of the original Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) staff in Paris under Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Matthew Ridgway from 1950 to 1952.

But it is as an author and a theorist that Trevor Dupuy would make his lasting mark on the military world. In 1952, Harvard University appointed Dupuy as a Professor of Military Science and Tactics, where he helped found the Harvard Defense Studies Program (directed from 1958 to 1971 by Henry Kissinger[2]). He left Harvard in 1956 to become director of the program in military studies at The Ohio State University. After retiring from active military duty in 1958, he served as a visiting professor in the International Relations Program at Rangoon University (now Yangon University) in Burma. From 1960 to 1962 Dupuy worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses, a government-funded think tank.

In 1962 he formed the first of his research companies dedicated to the study and analysis of armed conflict, the Historical Evaluation and Research Organization (HERO), and served as President and Executive Director until 1983. From 1967 to 1983 he was also President of T. N. Dupuy Associates Inc. (TNDA), which became the parent organization for HERO. In 1983, TNDA sold its assets (including HERO) to a new corporation he formed called Data Memory Systems, Inc. (DMSI). Trevor was the president and largest stockholder in DMSI. In 1990, Dupuy resigned from DMSI, sold his stock and reactivated TNDA. In 1992 TNDA was closed out, and he established the non-profit The Dupuy Institute (TDI)[3].

Dupuy passed away on June 5, 1995, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. During his lifetime he wrote or co-wrote more than 50 books.

[edit] Quotes

• “My personal feeling is that if I have done anything worthwhile, it is in military theory and the relationship of the elements of historical experience to theory.”

[edit] Books and Publications

• To the Colors; The Way of Life of an Army Officer (with R.E. Dupuy), Chicago, 1942
• FAITHFUL AND TRUE; HISTORY OF THE 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY, Schwabisch-Hall, Germany, 1949
• CAMPAIGNS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND OF NAPOLEON, Cambridge, MA, 1956
• BRAVE MEN AND GREAT CAPTAINS (with R. E. Dupuy), New York, 1960, 1984, 1993
• COMPACT HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR (with R.E. Dupuy), New York, 1960, 1991
• CIVIL WAR LAND BATTLES, New York, 1960
• CIVIL WAR NAVAL ACTIONS, New York, 1961
• MILITARY HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II, New York, 1962-65:
  • Vol. 1 - EUROPEAN LAND BATTLES: 1939- 1943
  • Vol. 2 - EUROPEAN LAND BATTLES: 1944- 1945
  • Vol. 3 - LAND BATTLES: NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, AND ITALY
  • Vol. 4 - THE NAVAL WAR IN THE WEST: THE RAIDERS
  • Vol. 5 - THE NAVAL WAR IN THE WEST: THE WOLF PACKS
  • Vol. 6 - THE AIR WAR IN THE WEST: SEPT. 1939-MAY 1941
  • Vol. 7 - THE AIR WAR IN THE WEST: JUNE 1941-APRIL 1945
  • Vol. 8 - ASIATIC LAND BATTLES: EXPANSION OF JAPAN IN ASIA
  • Vol. 9 - ASIATIC LAND BATTLES: JAPANESE AMBITIONS IN THE PACIFIC
  • Vol. 10 - ASIATIC LAND BATTLES: ALLIED VICTORIES IN CHINA AND BURMA
  • Vol. 11 - THE NAVAL WAR IN THE PACIFIC: RISING SUN OF NIPPON
  • Vol. 12 - THE NAVAL WAR IN THE PACIFIC: ON TO TOKYO
  • Vol. 13 - THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC: AIR POWER LEADS THE WAY
  • Vol. 14 - THE AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC: VICTORY IN THE AIR
  • Vol. 15 - EUROPEAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS
  • Vol. 16 - ASIAN AND AXIS RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS
  • Vol. 17 - LEADERS OF WORLD WAR II
  • Vol. 18 - CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WORLD WAR II
• COMPACT HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (with R. E. Dupuy), New York, 1963
• HOLIDAYS, editor, contributor., New York, 1965
• MILITARY HERITAGE OF AMERICA (with R. E. Dupuy, Paul Braim), 2 Vols., New York, 1966, 1986, 1992
• MILITARY HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I, New York, 1967:
  • Vol. 1 - 1914: THE BATTLES IN THE WEST
  • Vol. 2 - 1914: THE BATTLES IN THE EAST
  • Vol. 3 - STALEMATE IN THE TRENCHES, NOV. 1914-MAR. 1918
  • Vol. 4 - TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES IN THE EAST: 1915-17
  • Vol. 5 - THE CAMPAIGNS ON THE TURKISH FRONTS
  • Vol. 6 - CAMPAIGNS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
  • Vol. 7 - 1918: THE GERMAN OFFENSIVES
  • Vol. 8 - 1918: DECISION IN THE WEST
  • Vol. 9 - NAVAL AND OVERSEAS WAR: 1914-15
  • Vol. 10 - NAVAL AND OVERSEAS WAR: 1916- 18
  • Vol. 11 - THE WAR IN THE AIR
  • Vol. 12 - SUMMARY OF WORLD WAR I
• THE BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ, New York, 1968
• MODERN LIBRARIES FOR MODERN COLLEGES: RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, Washington, D.C., 1968
• FERMENT IN COLLEGE LIBRARIES: THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Washington, D.C., 1968
• MEDIAPOWER: A COLLEGE PLANS FOR AN INTEGRATED MEDIA SERVICE SYSTEM, Washington, D.C., 1968
• MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF HANNIBAL, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF JULIUS CAESAR, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF GENGHIS KHAN, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF NAPOLEON, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF HINDENBURG AND LUDENDORFF, New York, 1970
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF ADOLPH HITLER, New York, 1969
• THE MILITARY LIFE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL, New York, 1970
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR NAVAL BATTLES (with Grace P. Hayes), New York, 1970
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR LAND BATTLES (with Gay M. Hammerman), New York, 1970
• MONGOLIA, FOREIGN AREA STUDIES HANDBOOK, Washington, D.C., 1970
• ALMANAC OF WORLD MILITARY POWER 1970 (with John A. Andrews, Grace P. Hayes), New York, 1970
• ALMANAC OF WORLD MILITARY POWER 1972 (with John A. Andrews, Grace P. Hayes), New York, 1972
• DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT (with Gay M. Hammerman), New York, 1974
• WORLD MILITARY LEADERS (with Grace P. Hayes, Paul Martell), 1974
• ALMANAC OF WORLD MILITARY POWER 1974 (with John A. Andrews, Grace P. Hayes), New York, 1974
• PEOPLE AND EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (with Gay M. Hammerman), New York, 1974
• AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (with R.E. Dupuy), New York, 1975
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILITARY HISTORY (with R.E. Dupuy), New York, 1975, 1986, 1993
• A GENIUS FOR WAR: THE GERMAN ARMY AND GENERAL STAFF, 1807-1945, New Jersey, 1977, 1984, 1989, 1993
• NUMBERS, PREDICTION AND WAR, New York, 1978, 1985
• ELUSIVE VICTORY: THE ARAB-ISRAELI WARS, 1947-1974, New York, 1978, 1984, 1989, 1992
• ALMANAC OF WORLD MILITARY POWER 1980 (with John A. Andrews, Grace P. Hayes), New York, 1980
• THE EVOLUTION OF WEAPONS AND WARFARE, New York, 1980, 1984, 1986
• GREAT BATTLES OF THE EASTERN FRONT (with Paul Martell), New York, 1982
• OPTIONS OF COMMAND, New York, 1984
• FLAWED VICTORY: THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT AND THE 1982 WAR IN LEBANON (with Paul Martell), Virginia, 1986
• UNDERSTANDING WAR: MILITARY HISTORY AND THE THEORY OF COMBAT, New York, 1986
• DICTIONARY OF MILITARY TERMS (with Curt Johnson, Grace P. Hayes), New York, 1987
• UNDERSTANDING DEFEAT, New York, 1990
• ATTRITION: FORECASTING BATTLE CASUALTIES AND EQUIPMENT LOSSES IN MODERN WAR, Virginia, 1990
• IF WAR COMES, HOW TO DEFEAT SADDAM HUSSEIN, Virginia, 1991
• FUTURE WARS: THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS FLASHPOINTS, New York, 1992
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILITARY BIOGRAPHY (with Curt Johnson, David L. Bongard), New York, 1992
• INTERNATIONAL MILITARY AND DEFENSE ENCYCLOPEDIA, (Brassey's) 6 Vols., Editor in Chief, New York, 1992
• HITLER'S LAST GAMBLE (with David L. Bongard, Richard C. Anderson), New York, 1994
• UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS BY TREVOR N. DUPUY
• Great Captains and Modern War
• Military Myths (unfinished)
• Documentary History of the U.S. Armed Forces (unfinished)