Trevor N. Dupuy

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Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (Colonel, U. S. Army, retired), soldier and noted military historian, was born in New York on May 3, 1916. Died 1995.

[edit] Biography

Born in New York, the son of noted military historian, R. Earnest Dupuy, Trevor very much followed in his father's footsteps. Trevor Dupuy attended the 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.

It is as a military historian and a theorist that Trevor Dupuy would make a lasting mark on the world. He is perhaps best known for his massive book The Encyclopedia Of Military History (co-written, like many of his books, with his father R. Ernest Dupuy). Starting from the beginning of history and going up the present day the book tries to cover all the major (and minor) military conflicts in world history. Usually each entry (arranged chronologically and by region) gives little more than the names of the commanders and (often) very rough estimates for the size of the forces involved in the campaigns. Dupuy was not afraid of expressing an opinion and he classified some of his subjects as Great Captains (such as Alexander the Great, Hanibal, Julius Caeser, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Napoleon). Like most Western reference works it spends far more time dealing with wars in Europe and the United States than the rest of the world, but it does at least try to cover the entire world. The Encyclopedia Of Military History has been revised (and updated) several times, most recently in 1993. It can be found in the reference section of most American libraries.

After leaving active service in the Army, 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 died 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 (in 18 fairly short books):

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 (in 12 fairly short books):

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 Lives Series (published in 1969 and 1970) :

The Military Life Of Alexander The Great	The Military Life Of Hannibal
The Military Life Of Julius Caesar	The Military Life Of Genghis Khan
The Military Life Of Gustavus Adolphus	The Military Life Of Frederick The Great
The Military Life Of George Washington	The Military Life Of Napoleon
The Military Life Of Abraham Lincoln	The Military Life Of Hindenburg And Ludendorff
The Military Life Of Adolph Hitler	The Military Life Of Winston Churchill

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)