Donald Stoker (historian)

Donald J. Stoker is an American military historian.

Education

He earned his bachelor's degree in 1989 and his Master's of Arts in 1990 from Valdosta State University.^[1]

Career

Donald Stoker is currently Professor of Strategy and Policy for the U.S. Naval War College’s program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.^[2]

Personal life

He lives with his wife and daughter in Salinas, California.^[3]

Publications

• Britain, France, and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919-1939: Grand Strategy and Failure. London: Frank Cass, 2003. ISBN 0714653195 OCLC 51607351
• Girding for Battle: The Arms Trade in a Global Perspective, 1815 - 1940. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. ISBN 0275973395 OCLC 845526470
• Military Advising and Assistance: From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815-2007. London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 9780415770156 OCLC 148729762
• With Harold D. Blanton, and Frederick C. Schneid. Conscription in the Napoleonic Era: A Revolution in Military Affairs? London: Routledge, 2009. ISBN 9780415349994 OCLC 226984653
• The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780195373059 OCLC 463454485
• With Kenneth J. Hagan, and Michael T. McMaster. Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2010. ISBN 9780415367349 OCLC 373060002
• Clausewitz: His Life and Work. New York : Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780199357949 OCLC 876005873

Awards

The Grand Design was recognized with Fletcher Pratt award for best non-fiction Civil War book of 2010 by the Civil War Round Table of New York^[4] and was a Main Selection of the History Book Club.

He was named as an Outstanding Alumnus of Valdosta State University by the Department of History in 2014.^[5]

References

1. "Donald Stoker Talks About World War I and Why It Matters at VSU Oct. 22". valdosta.edu.
2. "Donald Stoker: The Grand Design - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". pritzkermilitary.org.
3. "Donald Stoker: The Grand Design - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". pritzkermilitary.org.
4. "Civil War Round Table of New York Fletcher Pratt Award". cwrtnyc.org.
5. "Donald Stoker Talks About World War I and Why It Matters at VSU Oct. 22". valdosta.edu.

External links

• Donald Stoker on The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
• Donald Stoker on Clausewitz: His Life and Work at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
• Official Curriculum Vitae