George Nafziger
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Dr. George F. Nafziger is an American
United States
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 writer and editor of numerous books and articles in military history
Military history
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Biography

He was born on March 1, 1949,
in Lakewood, Ohio
Lakewood, Ohio
Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area, and borders the city of Cleveland. The population was 52,131 at the 2010 making it the third largest city in Cuyahoga County, behind Cleveland and Parma .Lakewood, one of Cleveland's...

 to Betty Elizabeth Olson and George Andrew Nafziger.
He earned his BS from Miami University
Miami University
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 in 1971, his MBA from Miami University in 1976, and his Ph.D. in Military History from The Union Institute in 1999. He was commissioned as an Ensign USN in 1971 and served 4 years on active duty, including two tours to Vietnam aboard the USS Hull (DD-945)
USS Hull (DD-945)
USS Hull , named for Commodore Isaac Hull USN , was a Forrest Sherman class destroyer built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine. Laid down on 12 September 1956 and launched 10 August 1957, by Mrs. Albert G...

. In 1975 he left the regular Navy and joined the Reserves in 1977. He retired from the US Navy Reserves as a Captain in 1995.

Dr. Nafziger is a former director of the Napoleonic Society of America and the Napoleonic Alliance. He currently serves on the board of directors of HMGS East.

Dr. Nafziger is the owner of The Nafziger Collection publishing house, specializing in military history. The Nafziger Collection, Inc., produces, as of 2007, 205 different titles on military history ranging from the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
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 through the Korean War
Korean War
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, with a heavy emphasis on the Wars of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and World War II
World War II
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. As a publisher of obscure military works, he is constantly seeking authors with unpublished manuscripts on military history that are seeking a publisher.

He currently works in a US Department of State program known as ACOTA, where he trains African officers in peacekeeping operations.

List of works

For a complete list, see The Nafziger Collection

Medieval wars

  • Colonel Hardy de Perini. French Military Campaigns 1214 to 1542. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

  • Commandant de Coynart. The Battle of Dreux, 1562. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

  • Delpech, Henry. The Battle of Muret (1213) and the Calvary Tactics in the 13th Century. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

Wars between 1600 and 1700

  • Baron von Holtzendorf. War of Bavarian Succession (1778-1779). Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

  • Lt. Col. Charles Townsend Wilson. The Duke of Berwick, Marshal of France. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

  • Sautai, Maurice. The Battle of Malplaquet. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

  • Skrine, Francis H. The Battle of Fontenoy. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

  • Voltaire, M
    Voltaire
    François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...

    . History of Charles XII of Sweden
    Charles XII of Sweden
    Charles XII also Carl of Sweden, , Latinized to Carolus Rex, Turkish: Demirbaş Şarl, also known as Charles the Habitué was the King of the Swedish Empire from 1697 to 1718...

    .
    Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

The Seven Years War

  • Moulliard, Lucien. The French Army of Louis XV. Translated by G. F. Nafziger.

  • Nafziger, George F. The Prussian Army of Friedrich der Grosse
    Friedrich der Grosse
    Friedrich der Grosse is the German name for Frederick the Great, a ruler of Prussia. It is also the name of a number of German-built ships, namely:*SMS Friedrich der Grosse : A battleship with 24,700 ton displacement...

    .
    Two volumes.

Napoleonic works

  • Nafziger, George F. Imperial Bayonettes.

  • Anonymous. Operations of the 7th Polish Light Calvary Division in the Leipzig Campaign. Translated/annotated by G. F. Nafziger.

World War II tactical studies

  • The United States Army. American Tank Company Tactics. Edited by G. F. Nafziger.

  • The United States Army. Employment of Tanks With Infantry. Edited by G. F. Nafziger.

External links

  • A list of books by George Nafziger at Amazon.com
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