Alvin Coox
Alvin D. Coox, PhD (March 8, 1924, Rochester, New York – November 4, 1999, San Diego, California)[1] was an American military historian and author known for his award-winning book, Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia.
Coox studied at New York University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and achieved his doctorate in history at Harvard University. He taught at Harvard University in the 1940s and at Johns Hopkins University, before working as an analyst for the elucidation of 15 years Air Force after they went to Japan. From 1964 to 1995, he taught at San Diego State University.
Coox is primarily known for his extensive book, Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, about the nearly forgotten battles in the Nomonhan Incident, where the Soviet Union and Japan fought for control of Mongolia and where Japan was halted in their inland conquering westward from Manchuria. For his book of 1200 pages, he interviewed over 400 stakeholders in the course of 35 years. It gave him, in the US and Japan, a reputation as a military historian.
In 1986, he received the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature for his book on Nomonhan.[2]
References
- ↑ Honan, William H. (1999-11-23). "Alvin Coox, 75, Historian Of Russia-Japan Fight, Dies". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Naval Order of the United StatesNew York Commandery - Previous Morison Book Awards". Navalordernyc.org. Retrieved 2016-03-13.