Haydn Williams WWII Memorial Legacy Lecture

Nicholas Evan Sarantakes is a professor of strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College.  He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, a M.A. from the University of Kentucky, and a B.A. from the University of Texas.  All three degrees are in history.  He is the author of seven books.  The most recent is The Battle of Manila: Poisoned Victory in the Pacific War.  Two of his other works on World War II are: Making Patton: A Classic War Film’s Epic Journey to the Silver Screen and Allies against the Rising Sun: The United States, the British Nations, and the Defeat of Imperial Japan.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has previously taught at the U.S. Air War College, Texas A&M University - Commerce, the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College and the University of Southern Mississippi.  An Eagle Scout, he is currently writing a book on the Boy Scouts of America on the World War II home front.