Faculty Profile

Geoffrey Wawro

Title
Professor
Department
History
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, Yale University, 1992.
Major: History
Degree Specialization: Modern European History
Dissertation Title: "The Austro-Prussian War: Politics, Strategy and War in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1859-1866."
MPhil, Yale University, 1989.
Major: History
Degree Specialization: Modern European History
MA, Yale University, 1987.
Major: History
Degree Specialization: Modern European History
BA, Brown University, 1983.
Major: History
Cheltenham College, England, 1979.
Major: English Literature and German
Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, 1978.
Major: high school curriculum

Current Scheduled Teaching*

HIST 6950.737, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 2024
HIST 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
HIST 4900.002, Special Problems, Spring 2024
HIST 5065.001, The Art of War: Theory and History, Spring 2024

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

HIST 6950.734, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 Syllabus
HIST 6065.001, Seminar on the History of Modern Warfare, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4065.001, Warfare and Society in Europe from the French Revolution to World War II, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4066.001, World War I, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.734, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4065.001, Warfare and Society in Europe from the French Revolution to World War II, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
HIST 5250.001, Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.734, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
HIST 6950.737, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
HIST 6900.729, Special Problems, Fall 2021
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4066.001, World War I, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.737, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2021
HIST 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2021
HIST 5240.004, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2021 SPOT
HIST 6950.734, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020
HIST 5250.001, Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.701, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 3W1 2020
HIST 6950.837, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W2 2020
HIST 6950.702, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020
HIST 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020
HIST 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020
HIST 6950.734, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019
HIST 6950.737, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019
HIST 6950.901, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 8W2 2019
HIST 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2019
HIST 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2019
HIST 5950.801, Master's Thesis, Spring 2019
HIST 5900.703, Special Problems, Spring 2019 Syllabus
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2019 SPOT
HIST 4260.002, Topics in History, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.737, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018
HIST 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2018
HIST 5250.002, Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2018 SPOT
HIST 4262.001, Topics in European History, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018
HIST 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2018
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2018 SPOT
HIST 6950.737, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017
HIST 5250.001, Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2017 SPOT
HIST 4262.001, Topics in European History, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2017
HIST 6940.754, Individual Research, Spring 2017
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2017 SPOT
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.737, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2016
HIST 5950.707, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016
HIST 5950.737, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016
HIST 6900.729, Special Problems, Fall 2016
HIST 4262.002, Topics in European History, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2016
HIST 6940.754, Individual Research, Spring 2016
HIST 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2016 SPOT
HIST 5950.737, Master's Thesis, Fall 2015
HIST 5250.001, Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2015 SPOT
HIST 5900.719, Special Problems, Fall 2015
HIST 4262.002, Topics in European History, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2015
HIST 5950.715, Master's Thesis, Spring 2015
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2015
HIST 6940.737, Individual Research, Fall 2014
HIST 5950.737, Master's Thesis, Fall 2014
HIST 5250.001, Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2014
HIST 5900.772, Special Problems, Fall 2014
HIST 5900.773, Special Problems, Fall 2014
HIST 4262.001, Topics in European History, Fall 2014 Syllabus
HIST 5900.702, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2014
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2014
HIST 6900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2014
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2014
HIST 6940.737, Individual Research, Fall 2013
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2013
HIST 4262.001, Topics in European History, Fall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2013
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2013
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Spring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2012
HIST 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Spring 2012
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2012
HIST 6940.737, Individual Research, Fall 2011
HIST 5950.737, Master's Thesis, Fall 2011
HIST 5230.001, Seminar in United States Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2011
HIST 5900.772, Special Problems, Fall 2011
HIST 4262.002, Topics in European History, Fall 2011 Syllabus
HIST 5950.737, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2011
HIST 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Spring 2011
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2011
HIST 6940.737, Individual Research, Fall 2010
HIST 5950.737, Master's Thesis, Fall 2010
HIST 5230.002, Seminar in United States Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2010
HIST 4262.004, Topics in European History, Fall 2010 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2010
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2010
HIST 6940.704, Individual Research, Fall 2009
HIST 5900.725, Special Problems, Fall 2009
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2009
HIST 4262.005, Topics in European History, Fall 2009 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2009
HIST 6900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2009
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2009
HIST 5900.725, Special Problems, Fall 2008
HIST 4262.002, Topics in European History, Fall 2008
HIST 5900.726, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2008
HIST 5950.705, Master's Thesis, Spring 2008
HIST 5900.703, Special Problems, Spring 2008
HIST 5900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2008
HIST 4262.006, Topics in European History, Spring 2008
HIST 6950.716, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2007
HIST 5950.731, Master's Thesis, Fall 2007
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2007
HIST 6940.750, Individual Research, Spring 2007
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Spring 2007
HIST 6940.706, Individual Research, Fall 2006
HIST 5240.001, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2006
HIST 6940.701, Individual Research, Summer 5W1 2006
HIST 6940.701, Individual Research, Summer 5W2 2006
HIST 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2006
HIST 5900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2006
HIST 5900.752, Special Problems, Spring 2006
HIST 6900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2006
HIST 4262.002, Topics in European History, Spring 2006
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Spring 2006
HIST 5240.002, Studies in European Military/Diplomatic History, Fall 2005

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings
Wawro, G., Hutecka, J. (2017). The "Fog of Chlum": Myths and Realities of the Austro-Prussian War. Proceedings of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Koeniggraetz Symposium. 75-83. University of Hradec Kralove.
Wawro, G. (2017). A Mad Catastrophe: WW1 and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire. Favorita Papers of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. 74-78. Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.
Book
Wawro, G. (2024). Leaving the Fight: Surrender, POWs, and Detainees in Western Warfare - series editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2024). Balancing Strategy: Sea Power, Neutrality, and Prize Law in the Seven Years War - series editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2024). Tactical Air Power and the Vietnam War -- series editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2023). Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-75 - series editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2023). Holding Out: The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 - series editor. 348. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2022). On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War -- series editor. 555. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ Press.
Wawro, G. (2022). Storm and Sack: British Sieges, Violence, and Laws of War - series editor. 320. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Henriksen, T. H. (2022). America's Wars: Interventions, Regime Change, and Insurgencies after the Cold War -- series editor. 324. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/americas-wars/0EF1A3F2EDA536EAD994C59057E6E273
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hack, K. (2021). The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire -- series editor. 506. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/malayan-emergency/B991D0A3E65053C10CB93E18DBA62A36
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Willems, B. (2021). Violence in Defeat: the Wehrmacht on German Soil, 1944-45 - series editor. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Echevarria II, A. (2021). War's Logic: Strategic Thought and the American Way of War- series editor. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G. (2021). Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States - series editor. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2020). Britain and Italy in the Era of the First World War: Defending and Forging Empires - series editor. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2020). Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare - series editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hayworth, J. (2019). Revolutionary France's War of Conquest in the Rhineland - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hughes, M. (2019). Britain's Pacification of Palestine - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., McCrae, M. (2019). Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G. (2018). Sons of Freedom: The Forgotten American Soldiers Who Defeated Germany in 1918. 596. New York, New York: Hachette/Basic Books.
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Fox, A. (2017). Learning to Fight: Military Innovation and Change in the British Army, 1914-18 -- series co-editor. New York, NY: Cambridge Univ Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Kiszely, J. (2017). Anatomy of a Campaign: The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940 - series co-editor. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hall, B. N. (2017). Communications and British Operations - series co-editor. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/communications-and-british-operations-on-the-western-front-19141918/4B3C8B920B6823443A675DCCFBA10C10
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Wilcox, V. (2016). Morale and the Italian Army during the First World War-series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Brooks, J. (2016). The Battle of Jutland - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/battle-of-jutland/B4F88F40DC07EF0340632CBCC57E3AE3
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Morris, A. J. (2015). Reporting the First World War-series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Leggiere, M. V. (2015). Napoleon and Struggle for Germany vol.2-series co-editor. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., O'Brien, P. P. (2015). How The War Was Won - series co-editor. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G. (2014). Indian Army on the Western Front- series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2014). Napoleon and Struggle for Germany vol. 1- series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Rutherford, J. (2014). Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front-series co-editor. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
Wawro, G. (2014). A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire. 1, 480. New York, NY:.
Wawro, G. (2013). Bombing the People - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2013). Haig's Intelligence - series co-editor.
Wawro, G. (2012). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of War, 5 vols. Advisory Editor. 1-5, 2912. Oxford:. www.wiley.com
Wawro, G. (2010). Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East. 1, 736. New York, NY: Penguin Press.
Wawro, G. (2008). Eighth Army Morale and Combat Effectiveness-series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2008). Enduring the Great War -series co-editor.
Wawro, G. (2008). Historical Atlas: A Comprehensive History of the World-chief consultant.
Wawro, G., (2008). Mussolini and his Generals--series co-editor.
Wawro, G. (2008). The Ottoman Road to War in 1914 - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
Wawro, G. (2007). Arms, Economics and British Strategy: From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs, Cambridge Military Histories.
Wawro, G. (2007). The Fall of Napoleon, vol. 1: The Allied Invasion of France, 1813-14 Cambridge Military Histories.
Wawro, G. (2006). Historica: 1,000 Years Of Our Lives and Times.
Wawro, G. (2005). German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916, Cambridge Military Histories.
Wawro, G. (2005). Thailand's Secret War: OSS, SOE and the Free Thai Underground during World War II , Cambridge Military Histories.
Wawro, G. (2005). Victory Through Coalition: Britain and France during the First World War, Cambridge Military Histories.
Wawro, G. (2003). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-71.
Wawro, G. (2000). Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914.
Wawro, G. (1996). The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866.
Book Chapter
Wawro, G. (2016). A New Europe with New Rivalries: The Franco-German Rivalry. Great Strategic Rivalries: From the Classical World to the Cold War. Oxford University Press.
Dixon, N. (2016). Foreword (5,000 words) to Norman Dixon, On The Psychology of Military Incompetence. On The Psychology of Military Incompetence. Basic Books.
Wawro, G. (2016). Prefiguration de 1914: Mythes, Realites et Presages de la Guerre franco-prussienne. D'une guerre a l'autre: que reste-t-il de 1870-71 en 1914?. Paris: Riveneuve.
Wawro, G. (2016). West Point History of Warfare, "The European Balance of Power and the Colonial Wars". The West Point History of Warfare. 20.
Wawro, G., Leggiere, M. V. (2016). Introduction. Napoleon and the Operational Art of War: Essays in Honor of Donald Horward. Brill.
Wawro, G. (2014). The European Balance of Power and Colonial Wars, 1870-1914. The West Point History of Warfare. New York, NY: Rowan.
Book Review
Wawro, G. (2023). Forgotten Wars: Central and Eastern Europe, 1912-1916. The Journal of Modern History. 95(3 (Sept. 2023)), 752-53. Chicago, IL:.
Wawro, G. (2017). Forged Through Fire: War, Peace and the Democratic Bargain. Feb. 2017, .
Wawro, G. (2016). John Birch: A Life. March 2016, .
Wawro, G. (2016). The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers and Guerrillas. A Journal of Practice and Theory. June 2016, .
Wawro, G. (2016). The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution. Feb. 2016, .
Wawro, G. (2008). King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop.
Wawro, G. (2008). Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America.
Wawro, G. (2008). The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire: Churchill, Roosevelt and the Birth of the Pax Americana.
Wawro, G. (2008). The Line Upon A Wind: the Great War at Sea, 1793-1815.
Wawro, G. (2008). The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate.
Wawro, G. (2008). Worlds at War: The 2,500 Year Struggle Between East and West.
Wawro, G. (2007). A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900.
Wawro, G. (2007). Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution.
Wawro, G. (2007). Agent Zigzag: a True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love and Betrayal.
Wawro, G. (2007). Alamo in the Ardennes: the Untold Story of the American Soldiers who made the Defense of Bastogne Possible.
Wawro, G. (2007). Alliance of Enemies: The Untold Story of the Secret American and German Collaboration to End World War II.
Wawro, G. (2007). Benedict Arnold's Navy.
Wawro, G. (2007). Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War.
Wawro, G. (2007). Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign.
Wawro, G. (2007). First into Nagasaki.
Wawro, G. (2007). Nixon and Mao: The Week that changed the world.
Wawro, G. (2007). Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and how they Changed America, 1789-1989.
Wawro, G. (2007). Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage.
Wawro, G. (2007). Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History.
Wawro, G. (2007). Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA.
Wawro, G. (2007). Sea Venture: The Ship that Rescued Jamestown and Established the English Presence in the New World.
Wawro, G. (2007). The Changing Face of War: Lessons of Combat from the Marne to Iraq.
Wawro, G. (2007). The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-44.
Wawro, G. (2007). The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914, 2nd edition.
Wawro, G. (2007). The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism from the Assassination of Tsar Alexander II to Al-Qaeda.
Wawro, G. (2007). To the Castle and Back.
Wawro, G. (2007). Urban Guerrilla Warfare.
Wawro, G. (2007). Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War from the American Revolution to Iraq.
Wawro, G. (2006). A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of World War II.
Wawro, G. (2006). Broken Branch: How Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track.
Wawro, G. (2006). Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of America's Lunar Quest.
Wawro, G. (2006). DEFCON-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Wawro, G. (2006). House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power.
Wawro, G. (2006). I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events that Changed America Ed..
Wawro, G. (2006). Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich.
Wawro, G. (2006). Krueger's Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19.
Wawro, G. (2006). Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq.
Wawro, G. (2006). Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution.
Wawro, G. (2006). Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy.
Wawro, G. (2006). T. E. Lawrence in War & Peace ed..
Wawro, G. (2006). The End of Barbary Terror: America's 1815 War against the Pirates of North Africa.
Wawro, G. (2006). The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.
Wawro, G. (2006). The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold.
Wawro, G. (2006). War Made New: Technology, Warfare and the Course of History 1500 to Today.
Wawro, G. (2006). Woodrow Wilson's Right Hand: The Life of Colonel Edward M. House.
Wawro, G. (2005). Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare.
Wawro, G. (2005). Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors and Secret Intelligence.
Wawro, G. (2005). Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak.
Wawro, G. (2005). Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851.
Wawro, G. (2005). Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805.
Wawro, G. (2005). Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore.
Wawro, G. (2005). Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima.
Wawro, G. (2005). Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism.
Wawro, G. (2005). The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq.
Wawro, G. (2005). The Bullet's Song: Romantic Violence and Utopia.
Wawro, G. (2005). The Last Valley: The Battle That Doomed the French Empire and Led American into Vietnam.
Wawro, G. (2005). The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced.
Wawro, G. (2005). The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II.
Wawro, G. (2004). A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The life of William Dampier.
Wawro, G. (2004). America's Secret War: Inside the Worldwide Struggle between America and its Enemies.
Wawro, G. (2004). Bismarck.
Wawro, G. (2004). Institutions and Innovation: Voters, Parties and Interest Groups in the Consolidation of Democracy -- France and Germany 1870-1939.
Wawro, G. (2004). Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914.
Wawro, G. (2004). Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended.
Wawro, G. (2004). Rounding the Horn: A Deck's Eye View of Cape Horn.
Wawro, G. (2004). Ten Days to D-Day.
Wawro, G. (2004). The Children's Blizzard.
Wawro, G. (2004). The Flame Keepers: The True Story of an American Soldier's Survival inside Stalag 17.
Wawro, G. (2004). The Wars of German Unification.
Wawro, G. (2004). They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace in Vietnam and America, October 1967.
Wawro, G. (2004). To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World.
Wawro, G. (2003). A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War.
Wawro, G. (2003). A Look over my Shoulder: A Life in the CIA.
Wawro, G. (2003). Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in their Own Words.
Wawro, G. (2003). Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.
Wawro, G. (2003). Intelligence in War.
Wawro, G. (2003). John Paul Jones.
Wawro, G. (2003). Nelson: Love and Fame.
Wawro, G. (2003). Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History.
Wawro, G. (2003). Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age from Antiquity through the First World War.
Wawro, G. (2003). Terror in the name of God: why religious militants kill.
Wawro, G. (2002). After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars.
Wawro, G. (2002). Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before.
Wawro, G. (2002). Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy.
Wawro, G. (2002). Moltke and the German Wars 1864-71.
Wawro, G. (2002). Reagan's War.
Wawro, G. (2002). The First World War: To Arms.
Wawro, G. (2002). The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd.
Wawro, G. (2002). Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans.
Wawro, G. (2001). After Clausewitz: German Military Thinkers before the Great War.
Wawro, G. (2000). Deutsche in der Fremdenlegion, 1870-1965.
Wawro, G. (1999). Österreich, die Westmächte und das europäische Staatensystem nach dem Krimkrieg, 1856-59 by Katharina Weigand (Husum, 1997).
Wawro, G. (1998). The Prussian Army, 1640-1871, by Jonathan R. White (Lanham, 1996).
Wawro, G. (1997). Austria 1938-88:  Anschluss and Fifty Years, ed. by William Wright (Riverside, 1995).
Wawro, G. (1997). Decisions for War, 1914, ed. by Keith Wilson (New York, 1995).
Wawro, G. (1997). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918 by Lawrence Sondhaus (W. Lafayette, 1994).
Wawro, G. (1996). Emergencies and Disorder in the European Empires after 1945, ed. by Robert Holland (London, 1994).
Wawro, G. (1996). The Rebirth of the Habsburg Army:  Friedrich Beck and the Rise of the General Staff by Scott Lackey (Westport, 1995).
Wawro, G. (1995). Sandor Wekerle, 1848-1921:  Die politische Biographie eines ungarischen Staatsmannes der Donaumonarchie by Geza Andreas von Geyr (Oldenbourg, 1993).
Journal Article
Wawro, G. (2015). La Senda de la Guerra: Bismarck, Napoleon III y los Origines de la Guerra franco-prusiana. Jan. 2015(13), 6. Madrid:.
Wawro, G. (2008). "Finding Our Place in the World," Introductory essay to Historical Atlas: A Comprehensive History of the World.
Wawro, G. (2008). Nineteenth Century Warfare.
Wawro, G. (2007). "Forged by Fire: America's Bloody World War I Struggle for the Meuse-Argonne saw Warfare enter a New Era,".
Wawro, G. (2007). "The Leverage of Sea Power," Introductory essay to Lisle A. Rose, Power at Sea, 3 volumes.
Wawro, G. (2006). "Billy Bishop," "Kamikaze," and "Luftwaffe,".
Wawro, G. (2006). "History: Our Heritage," Introductory essay to Historica: 1,000 Years of Our Lives and Times.
Wawro, G. (2006). "The Great White Fleet: Teddy Roosevelt's Lunge for World Power,".
Wawro, G. (2006). The Long War: A Short History of 20th Century Conflict.
Wawro, G. (2006). United States Special Operations Forces.
Wawro, G. (2005). "Civil War Snipers,".
Wawro, G. (2005). "Inside the Whale: The Tangled Finances of the Austrian Army, 1848-1866,".
Wawro, G. (2005). "Inside the Whale: The Tangled Finances of the Austrian Army, 1848-66,".
Wawro, G. (2005). "Military Tactics, 1789-1914,".
Wawro, G. (2005). "Modern War," scholarly essay for the WGBH/PBS/NEH series The World War I Years: America Becomes a World Power.
Wawro, G. (2005). "Over There," scholarly essay for the WGBH/PBS/NEH series The World War I Years: America Becomes a World Power.
Wawro, G. (2005). From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs: Arms, Economics and British Strategy 1904-69.
Wawro, G. (2005). Grant, Rulers, Guns and Money: The Global Arms Trade in the Age of Imperialism 1860-1914.
Wawro, G. (2005). Great Battles.
Wawro, G. (2005). Manstein: A Biography.
Wawro, G. (2005). The AEF Way of War: The American Army and Combat in the First World War.
Wawro, G. (2005). Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Strategy.
Wawro, G. (2005). War in the Modern World.
Wawro, G. (2004). "Slaughter at Sedan,".
Wawro, G. (2004). "The Austro-Prussian War,".
Wawro, G. (2004). "The Day of Days,".
Wawro, G. (2004). "The Masque of Command: Bad generals and their impact,".
Wawro, G. (2004). Helmuth von Moltke, 1800-1891: A Modern Biography.
Wawro, G. (2004). Making Modern War: War and the Emergence of the Modern World, 1853-1884.
Wawro, G. (2004). The Blood State: the Thirty Years War and German Memory in the 19th Century.
Wawro, G. (2001). "Luxury Fleet: The Austrian Navy and the Battle of Lissa, 1866,".
Wawro, G. (2001). "The Austro-Prussian War" -- "The Battle of Custoza" -- and "The Battle of Königgrätz.".
Newspaper
Wawro, G. (2018). The Reinvention of Warfare (in The Wall Street Journal). The Wall Street Journal. (Nov. 10-11, 2018), . New York, New York: Dow Jones.
Wawro, G. (2018). Everything You Know About How World War I Ended Is Wrong (in TIME Magazine). TIME Magazine. (Sept 26, 2018), . New York, New York: Time Magazine. http://time.com/5406235/everything-you-know-about-how-world-war-i-ended-is-wrong/
Wawro, G. (2018). A Century Later, America Must Remember The Lessons of One of its Biggest Blunders (in Washington Post). Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/24/century-later-america-must-remember-lessons-one-its-biggest-blunders/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c2273333f973
Wawro, G. (2018). How Hyphenated Americans Won World War I (in New York Times). (Sept. 12, 2018), . New York, New York: The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/opinion/how-hyphenated-americans-won-world-war-i.html
Popular Press Article
Wawro, G. (2004). "Latin America's Lawless Areas and Failed States,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "D-Day in Iraq,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "Dying Iranian Regime Clutches at Nukes,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "Forza Italia: Rome cozies up to the Coalition,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "Iran's Nuclear Gamble,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "Letter from France,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "Saddam's Sedan: Lessons from the Franco-Prussian War,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "The Order of Battle for Saddam,".
Wawro, G. (2003). "Weak Muscles: The Unbearable Lightness of Brussels,".
Wawro, G. (2003). Germany and the First World War: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Strategy of Attrition, 1914-16.
Wawro, G. (2002). "How to fight Iran and beat mullahs,".
Wawro, G. (2002). "In Iran,".
Wawro, G. (2002). "Letter from Iran,".
Wawro, G. (2002). "Letter from South America,".
Wawro, G. (2001). "Europe not ready for prime-time war,".
Wawro, G. (2001). "Peace in the Mideast? Not a chance,".
Wawro, G. (2001). "The strange death of the Euro Army,".
Wawro, G. (2001). "Why the Taliban crumbled so fast,".
Wawro, G. (2001). World War I: The Origins.
Wawro, G. (2000). "U.S. strategists should welcome the Euro Army,".
Wawro, G. (1998). "Identity Formation in the Balkans: The Role of the Ottoman Empire.".
Wawro, G. (1993). "The Origins of a Catastrophe: Command and Staff Problems in the Austrian Army 1848-66.".
Scholarly Note
Wawro, G. (1996). "Austria versus the Risorgimento: A New Look at Austria's Italian Strategy in the 1860s,".
Wawro, G. (1996). "Inside the Whale: The Tangled Finances of the Austrian Army, 1848-1866,".
Wawro, G. (1996). "Morale in the Austro-Hungarian Army,".
Wawro, G. (1995). "An 'Army of Pigs':  The Technical, Social and Political Bases of Austrian Shock Tactics, 1859-1866,".
Wawro, G. (1995). "The Habsburg Flucht nach vorne in 1866:  Domestic-Political Origins of the Austro-Prussian War.".
Wawro, G. (1994). "Serbia, Croatia and the Bosnian War:  A Historical Perspective.".

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Wawro, G., "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award 2019," Sponsored by UNT, State, $4200 Funded. (May 2019August 2019).
Wawro, G. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award 2016," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $4600 Funded. (May 2016August 2016).
Wawro, G. (Principal), "General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway Research Grant," Sponsored by U.S. Army, Federal, $1000 Funded. (May 2016June 2016).
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