author
Lynn Montross
1895–1961
A sharp, widely respected military historian, remembered for turning centuries of warfare into clear, readable narrative. His books combine a reporter’s eye for detail with a broad sense of how battles, armies, and ideas changed over time.
4 Audiobooks
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1 (of 5) The Pusan Perimeter
by Lynn Montross, Nicholas A. Canzona, United States. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 2 (of 5) The Inchon-Seoul Operation
by United States. Marine Corps, Nicholas A. Canzona, Lynn Montross
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 3 (of 5) The Chosin Reservoir Campaign
by United States. Marine Corps, Nicholas A. Canzona, Lynn Montross
U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 4 (of 5) The East-Central Front
by United States. Marine Corps, Norman W. Hicks, Hubard D. Kuokka, Lynn Montross
About the author
Born in Battle Creek, Nebraska, in 1895, Lynn Montross studied at the University of Nebraska and then served for three years in an American Expeditionary Force regiment during World War I. After the war he worked as a freelance writer for the Chicago Daily News, bringing a journalist’s clarity to subjects that could easily become dense or technical.
Montross went on to become one of the better-known American military historians of the postwar period. He wrote on the American Revolution and later served from 1950 to 1961 as a historical writer for the United States Marine Corps, contributing to its official history of the Korean War. He is especially associated with War Through the Ages, a major survey of military history that helped build his reputation.
He died in 1961, not long after the publication of a new edition of War Through the Ages. Though he was not a prolific writer by volume, his work earned lasting respect for its sweep, discipline, and ability to make military history approachable for general readers.