Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, Ph.D.
Professor Strategy and Policy Department
Biography
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes earned a B.A. from the University of Texas, an M.A. from the University of Kentucky and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, all of which were in history. He is the author of seven books and is currently writing another on the U.S. home front in World War II. He has won five writing awards and three teaching awards.
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- Asia-Pacific
- Cold War
- Diplomacy
- Japan
- Korean War
- WWII
Professional Highlights
Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College
Associate Professor, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College
Visiting Professor, University of Southern Mississippi
Visiting Associate Professor, U.S. Air War College
Campus Visiting Fellow, University of Salford
Summer Fellow, U.S. Military Academy
Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University--Commerce, Commerce, Texas
Education
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1997, History
M.A., University of Kentucky, 1991, History
B.A., University of Texas, 1989, History
Research Contributions and Publications
Heroes on the Home Front: The Boy Scouts of America in World War II
(In writing stage)
The Battle of Manila: Poisoned Victory in the Pacific War
New York: Oxford University Press, 2025
Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969-1974
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas
2019
Making Patton: A Classic War Film's Epic Journey to the Silver Screen
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas
2012
Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War
New York: Cambridge University Press
2011
Allies against the Rising Sun: The United States, the British Nations, and the Defeat of Imperial Japan
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas
2009
Seven Stars: The Okinawa Battle Diaries of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. and Joseph Stilwell
College Station: Texas A&M University Press
2004
Keystone: The American Occupation of Okinawa and U.S.-Japanese Relations
College Station: Texas A&M University Press
2000
Awards and Decorations
"Thank a Prof" Teaching Award, Naval War College
Three Awards
Kiley Prize for best article in the Recall Section of Joint Forces Quarterly
Silver Pen Award given to CGSC Faculty for distinguished writing of an article
Two Awards
Bronze Pen Award given to CGSC Faculty for distinguished writing of reviews
H. Bailey Carroll Award for the best article in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Other Honors
Eagle Scout
Omicron Delta Kappa
The Daily Texan Staff Scholarship
Phi Alpha Theta
External Memberships and Associations
American Historical Association
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
Fellow
National Book Critics Circle
Royal Historical Society
Fellow
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Society for Military History
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