Dennis Showalter
{{Short description|American historian (1942–2019)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|02|12}}
| birth_place = Delano, Minnesota
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|12|30|1942|02|12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/colorado-springs-co/dennis-showalter-8982461|title=Dennis Showalter Obituary – Colorado Springs, CO|website=Dignity Memorial}}{{Cite web|url=https://gazette.com/news/top-military-historian-dennis-showalter-of-colorado-springs-dies-in/article_f1d1365e-2e5b-11ea-8e86-17e00e4bd2c6.html|title=Top military historian Dennis Showalter of Colorado Springs dies in midst of writing his 28th book|first=Debbie Kelley|last=debbie.kelley@gazette.com|website=Colorado Springs Gazette|date=3 January 2020 }}
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| awards = Paul M. Birdsall Prize (1992)
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize (2005)
Pritzker Literature Award (2018)
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| alma_mater = St. John's University (BA)
University of Minnesota (MA, PhD)
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| discipline = History
| sub_discipline = German military history
| workplaces = Colorado College
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| notable_works = Tannenberg (1991)
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Dennis Edwin Showalter (February 12, 1942 – December 30, 2019) was a professor emeritus of history at Colorado College.{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/four-faculty-members-promoted-receive-tenure#.Wvn8jogvyUk|title=Four Faculty Members Promoted, Receive Tenure • Colorado College|website=www.coloradocollege.edu}} Showalter specialized in German military history. He was president of the American Society for Military History from 1997 to 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/history/people/profile.html?person=showalter_dennis_e|title=Dennis Showalter • History Colorado College|website=www.coloradocollege.edu}} In addition, Showalter was an advising fellow of the Barsanti Military History Center at the University of North Texas.[http://military.hist.unt.edu/advise_fellows.htm Advising Fellows] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218085442/http://military.hist.unt.edu/advise_fellows.htm |date=2011-02-18 }}, Military History Center, University of North Texas.
Career
Showalter began teaching at Colorado College in 1969. Showalter also previously taught at the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Military Academy, and the Marine Corps University.[http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=1423 Dennis Showalter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715111216/http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/AuthorDetail.aspx?id=1423 |date=2011-07-15 }}, Potomac Books, Inc. He wrote extensively on the wars of Frederick the Great, the German Wars of Unification, World War I, and World War II.
Awards and honors
- 1992 Paul Birdsall Prize for best new book given by the American Historical Association, for Tannenberg
- 2005 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement given by the Society for Military History{{cite web |url=http://www.smh-hq.org/awards/morison.html |title=Samuel Eliot Morison Prize previous winners |publisher=Society for Military History |accessdate=December 25, 2017}}
- 2018 Pritzker Literature Award{{cite web |url=http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/pritzker-literature-award/dennis-showalter-2018-pritzker-literature-award-winner/ |title=Dennis Showalter |publisher=pritzkermilitary.org |author= |date= |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://gazette.com/authors/longtime-colorado-springs-professor-and-military-historian-wins-prestigious-lifetime/article_ff0b4066-78e6-11e8-ab16-8f30b0b286ec.html |title=Longtime Colorado Springs professor and military historian wins prestigious lifetime achievement award |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |author=Debbie Kelley |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}
Selected works
- "Manifestation of Reform: The Rearmament of the Prussian Infantry, 1806–13", The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 44, No. 3, September 1972
- Railroads and Rifles: Soldiers, Technology, and the Unification of Germany. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon/Shoe String, 1975. {{ISBN|0-208-01505-1}}
- Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, 1914. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon, 1991. {{ISBN|978-0-208-02252-3}}. Repr. Washington: Brassey's, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-57488-781-5}}
- The Wars of Frederick the Great. London/New York: Longman, 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-582-06260-3}}
- The Wars of German Unification. London: Arnold, 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-340-73210-6}}
- Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism. Military Profiles. Washington: Potomac, 2005. {{ISBN|978-1-57488-653-5}} (with William J. Astore)
- Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century. New York: Berkley Caliber, 2005. {{ISBN|978-0-425-19346-4}}
- Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II. Random House, 2013. {{ISBN|978-1400066773}}
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Category:American military historians
Category:College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University alumni
Category:Colorado College faculty