Dr. Bill Allison

Professor of History (2008).

B.A., M.A., East Texas State University, 1989, 1991; Ph.D., Bowling Green, 1995.

Teaching and Research Interests: American Military, National Security Strategy, Vietnam War

Upper Division Courses:

• American Military History
• The American War in Vietnam
• War & Society in World History
• World War II

Contact Information:

Department of History
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8054
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054

Office: #3006, Interdisciplinary Academic Building
Email: billallison@georgiasouthern.edu

Website: click HERE for Dr. Allison’s Website

Publications:

• My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012).
• The Gulf War, 1990-1991. (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012).
• The Tet Offensive: A Brief History with Documents. (New York: Routledge, 2008).
• Military Justice in Vietnam: The Rule of Law in an American War. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2007).
• American Military History: A Survey from Colonial Times to the Present. Co-author with Jeffrey Grey and Janet Valentine (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2007; Second Edition 2013).

Professional Activities, Honors, and Awards:

• US Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal (2014)
• Vice President, Society for Military History (2014-2015)
• General Harold K. Johnson Chair in Military History, US Army War College (2012-2014)
• Editorial Advisory Board, The Journal of Military History (2009-2011)
• Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee (2007-2011)

Current Research:

• America in 1968, for University Press of Kansas.
• Tet Offensive, for Oxford University Press.

Last updated: 10/21/2020