(1912–89), U.S. historian, born in New York City; worked as writer and correspondent for several publications; author of ‘The Lost British Policy' (1938), ‘Bible and Sword' (1956), ‘The Zimmerman Telegram' (1958), ‘The Guns of August' (1963 Pulitzer prize novel), ‘The Proud Tower' (1966), ‘Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–1945' (1972 Pulitzer prize novel), ‘Notes from China' (1972), ‘A Distant Mirror' (1978), ‘Practicing History' (1981), ‘The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam' (1984), and ‘The First Salute—a View of the American Revolution' (1988).