Stanley Weintraub

Stanley Weintraub, PhD, published his first biography, about Lawrence of Arabia's postwar years, in 1963. Since then he has been writing about other notable lives, and about wars, from the rebellion in America to Korea, with many of his books combining both aspects. Before beginning his writing career, he earned a Bronze Star in Korea as a young Army officer. He has published books about the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the...See more

Stanley Weintraub, PhD, published his first biography, about Lawrence of Arabia's postwar years, in 1963. Since then he has been writing about other notable lives, and about wars, from the rebellion in America to Korea, with many of his books combining both aspects. Before beginning his writing career, he earned a Bronze Star in Korea as a young Army officer. He has published books about the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Korean War, as well as biographies of American and English figures of political, cultural and military significance, from Queen Victoria (which reached #1 on The Times bestseller list), Aubrey Beardsley (a National Book Award finalist), George Washington, to Dwight D. Eisenhower, among many others. A former Guggenheim Fellow, Stanley Weintraub is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University. See less