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

(401) 856-5408

Nick.Sarantakes@usnwc.edu

http://www.sarantakes.com

Areas of Expertise

Asia-Pacific
Cold War
Diplomacy
Japan
Korean War
WWII

Professional Highlights

2008

Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College

2006

Associate Professor, U.S. Army Command & General Staff College

2005

Visiting Professor, University of Southern Mississippi

2004

Visiting Associate Professor, U.S. Air War College

2004

Campus Visiting Fellow, University of Salford

1999

Summer Fellow, U.S. Military Academy

1997

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

C.V. or Resume

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

Publications by this Professor

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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