Allan R. Millett is Ambrose Professor of History and director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans and is the recipient of the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. His previous books include Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps, A War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World War, For the Common Defense: A Military History of the United States from 1607 to 2012, Their War for Korea: American, Asian, and European Combatants and Civilians, 1945–1953, and The War for Korea, 1945–1950: A House Burning.