John Prados
John Prados is an American author and historian who specializes in history of World War II, history of the Vietnam War, and current international relations.
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| Occupation | historian, writer, game designer |
| Genre | military history, world history, international relations |
| Notable works | Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945-1975, Combined Fleet Decoded, Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh |
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Education
Prados received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in political science with an emphasis on international relations.[1]
Career
Prados is a senior fellow with the National Security Archive, where he leads its Intelligence Documentation Project and its Vietnam Project.[2]
Prados has written over 20 books.[1] He has also written articles and book reviews for Vanity Fair, Scientific American, Naval History, the Journal of American History, Diplomatic History, Intelligence and National Security, Naval Institute Proceedings, The Journal of National Security Law & Policy, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Journal of East-West Studies, Survival, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe.[2]
Awards
Combined Fleet Decoded was named by New York Military Affairs Symposium as the recipient of The Arthur Goodzeit Book Award in 1995.[2][3] Combined Fleet Decoded was also named a Notable Naval Book of the Year by the United States Naval Institute.[2]
Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh written with Ray W. Stubbe was named Notable Naval Book of the Year by the United States Naval Institute in 1991.[2][4]
Selected works
Books
- The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Intelligence Analysis and Russian Military Strength. New York: Dial Press (1982).
- The Sky Would Fall: Operation Vulture: The U.S. Bombing Mission in Indochina, 1954. New York: Dial Press (1983).
- Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf. New York: William Morrow (1986). ISBN 978-0688053840. OCLC 1020700001.
- Pentagon Games: Wargames and the American Military. New York: Harper & Row (1997).
- Keepers of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council from Bush to Truman. New York: Morrow (1991). ISBN 978-0688073978. OCLC 1020691200.
- Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh, with Ray W. Stubbe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1991). ISBN 0395550033. OCLC 24068862.
- Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II. New York: Random House (1995). ISBN 0679437010. OCLC 30544409.
- The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War. New York: Wiley (1999). ISBN 0471254657. OCLC 38199521.
- The White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President (as Editor). New York: The New Press with W. W. Norton. ISBN 1565848527. OCLC 1195475771.
- Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby. New York: Oxford University Press (2003). ISBN 0195128478. OCLC 49493468.
- Inside the Pentagon Papers, with Margaret Pratt. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas (2004). ISBN 0700613250. OCLC 54279988.
- Hoodwinked: The Documents That Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War. New York: The New Press (2004). ISBN 978-1565849020. OCLC 54775830.
- Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee (2006). ISBN 1566635748. OCLC 64591926.
- Vietnam: The History of an Unwinnable War, 1945-1975. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0700616343. OCLC 276995742.
- Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle That Shaped World War II in Europe. New York: NAL Caliber (2011). ISBN 978-0451233837. OCLC 679930937.
- In Country: Remembering the Vietnam War. Lanham, MD: Ivan R. Dee (2011). ISBN 978-1566638685. OCLC 681502179.
- Storm Over Leyte: The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy. New York: NAL Caliber (2016). ISBN 978-0451473615. OCLC 930786579.
- The Ghosts of Langley: Into the CIA's Heart of Darkness. The New Press (2017). ISBN 978-1620970881. OCLC 974700011.
Book reviews
- Review of Wild Bill and Intrepid, by Thomas F. Troy. American Historical Review (Oct. 1997), p. 1251.
- Review of No End to War, by Walter Laqueur. Political Science Quarterly (Mar. 2004), p. 184.
Book contributions
- "The War Scare of 1983." In: The Cold War: A Military History. New York: Random House (2006). pp. 438–39. ISBN 081296716X. ISBN 978-0812967166.
References
- "John Prados". 12 July 2011.
- "Dr. John Prados - National Security Archive". nsarchive.gwu.edu.
- "Winners of The Arthur Goodzeit Book Award". bobrowen.com.
- "Notable Naval Books of 1991 - U.S. Naval Institute". www.usni.org.
External links
- John Prados at IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN