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Military History at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (at the time known as University of Missouri-Rolla) where he now teaches courses on the Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, American Military History, and the American Combat Experience in the 20th Century. Shortly after the publication of Deadly Sky he accepted a position as Assistant Professor of U.S. Making extensive use of this material, as well as sources from many other archives, he published two important books, The Deadly Brotherhood: The American Combat Soldier in World War II in 1998, and Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II in 2000. At Tennessee he served as Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society, where he helped oversee a major effort to collect the first hand stories of American veterans of World War II.

He participated in the University of Tennessee’s Normandy Scholars program and, in the process, had an opportunity to study the battle first hand at the Normandy battlefields. in American history from the University of Missouri and a Ph.D in American history and military history from the University of Tennessee. After a brief stint in advertising and sports broadcasting, he embarked on a literary and academic career. He attended the University of Missouri and earned a degree in sports journalism. He also served as historical advisor for the bestselling book and documentary Salinger, the latter of which appeared nationwide in theaters and on PBS’s American Masters Series. In addition to dozens of local and national radio programs, he has appeared on Cnn.com, Fox News, C-Span, the Military Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Smithsonian Network, the History Channel and PBS.

As one of the nation’s leading military historians, and the author of twelve well received books on the topic, he is in frequent demand as a speaker and expert commentator.

McManus is the first ever Missouri S&T faculty member in the humanities to be named Curators’ Distinguished Professor. This professorship is bestowed by the University of Missouri Board of Curators on the most outstanding scholars in the University of Missouri system. military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). McManus is Curators’ Distinguished Professor of U.S.