Abstract
Harvey Arthur DeWeerd (1902–79) was an important member of the earliest generation of academic military historians in the United States. He was the first professional scholar to edit what is now the Journal of Military History, taught some of the first dedicated military history courses in the country, and was the second military historian hired by RAND. DeWeerd also contributed to the birth of security studies and served as an editor of the Infantry Journal during World War II.
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Timothy S. Wolters, “Harvey A. DeWeerd and the Dawn of Academic Military History in the United States,” The Journal of Military History 85, no. 1 (January 2021): 95–133.