Jay Luvaas
Author · 6 books
A U.S. Navy veteran, Jay Luvaas graduated from Allegheny College, and received a Ph.D. in history from Duke University. He served as the Director of the Flowers Collection of Southern Americana at Duke University Library, and as a long-time professor of history at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was the first civilian to be appointed as Visiting Professor of Military History at the United States Military Academy. He also taught at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA, where he served as Professor of Military History from 1982 to 1995. Following his retirement, he was honored in 1997 as a Distinguished Fellow of the Army War College. He twice received the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the Department of the Army for his many contributions to the educational mission of the U.S. Army.
Series
Books
Guide to the Battle of Antietam
1987
Napoleon on the Art of War
1999
The Military Legacy of Civil War
1988
Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg
1987
American Sea Power in the Old World
The United States Navy in European and Near Eastern Waters, 1865-1917
1980
Guide to the Battle of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg
1988
