Donagh Bracken

Donagh Bracken is a native New Yorker born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx. He went to Manhattan Prep (Manhattan College High School) in Riverdale, then walked across the campus and attended Manhattan College earning a B.B.A... After graduation, he fulfilled his Cold War military obligation and entered the United States Army. He was assigned to the Tenth Infantry at the Combat Development Experimentation Center (CDEC) in California and worked on the development of nuclear warfare tactics....See more

Donagh Bracken is a native New Yorker born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx. He went to Manhattan Prep (Manhattan College High School) in Riverdale, then walked across the campus and attended Manhattan College earning a B.B.A... After graduation, he fulfilled his Cold War military obligation and entered the United States Army. He was assigned to the Tenth Infantry at the Combat Development Experimentation Center (CDEC) in California and worked on the development of nuclear warfare tactics. Following his military experience, he was inspired by John F. Kennedy to enter the political world and entered the Democratic Party in suburban New York. His drive and inclinations resulted in his co-ordination of campaigns for candidates on the local and congressional levels; his last, the successful 28th CD re-election of Congressman John Dow the sole congressman in an unsafe district to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Family illness intervened and he turned to the interpretation of the American Civil War through computer technology co-editing the Historyscope Series a computerized display of the 384 major battles of the Civil War compiled by the National Park Service. He also brought the sounds of the Civil War to the present day by using the old recorded battle cry of Confederate veterans to recreate a combat battlefield situation. also wrote "The Words of War, "contrasting the Civil War reportage of "The New York Times" and "The Charleston Mercury." See less