Richard B. Frank

Richard B. Frank (born 1947 in Kansas) is an American lawyer and military historian.^[1]

Frank graduated from the University of Missouri in 1969, after which he served four years in the United States Army. During the Vietnam War, he served a tour of duty as a platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division. In 1976, he graduated from Georgetown University Law Center.^[1]

Bibliography

Frank has written several books and articles on the Pacific campaign of World War II:

• Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle (1990)
• Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (1999)
• MacArthur (2007)
• "No Bomb, No End", in What If? 2 (2001)
• "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb", The Weekly Standard, (August 8, 2005): p. 20.
• "George Polk's Real World War II Record", The Weekly Standard, (February 26, 2007)

Notes

1. MILITARY HISTORIAN WINS 2000 TRUMAN BOOK AWARD Harry S. Truman Library

External links

• Panel discussion on the 132nd Infantry Regiment at Guadalcanal which included Richard B. Frank at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on October 23, 2013