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Robert B. Asprey


Born
in Sioux City, Iowa, The United States
February 16, 1923

Died
January 26, 2009

Genre
History, Biography


Robert Brown Asprey was an American military historian and author, noted for his books on military history published between 1959 and 2001.

Asprey received a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1949, after serving in World War II. He also studied at New College, Oxford, at the University of Vienna, and at the University of Nice.

In World War II, Asprey was a member of the secret Marine Beach Jumper Unit, then joined the 5th Marine Division. In the 1950s, he served in U.S. Army Intelligence in Austria before returning to the U.S. Marine Corps in the Korean War with the rank of captain. He received a Purple Heart and a Presidential Unit Citation for his service. ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 1,290 ratings · 131 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors
The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
3.98 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions
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The Reign of Napoleon Bonap...
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Frederick the Great: The Ma...
3.93 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions
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War In The Shadows: The Gue...
4.08 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1975 — 19 editions
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The German High Command at ...
3.78 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions
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At Belleau Wood
3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions
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The Panther's Feast
4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1959 — 11 editions
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First Battle of the Marne
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions
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Semper Fidelis: The United ...
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