author
Jon T. Hoffman
b. 1955
A Marine Corps historian and retired reserve colonel, he writes military history with the perspective of both a scholar and a practitioner. His books often focus on leadership, battlefield decision-making, and the people behind major moments in U.S. military history.
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From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War
by Jon T. Hoffman
About the author
Born in 1955, Jon T. Hoffman is an American military historian who has spent much of his career studying and explaining U.S. Marine Corps and defense history. Reliable biographical profiles describe him as a retired Marine Corps Reserve colonel who also served as an infantry officer, field historian, and later a senior historian in the Department of Defense.
Public author and contributor pages say he earned a BA from Miami University in Ohio, a master's degree in military history from Ohio State, and a law degree from Duke University. Over the years he has written books and articles on Marine Corps history and leadership, including works on Lewis "Chesty" Puller and World War II campaigns in the Pacific.
What makes his work especially appealing is the mix of research and lived experience behind it. He writes as someone who has taught, served, and worked inside military history institutions, which gives his books a clear, grounded voice rather than a distant academic one.