author
Margaret E. Tackley
Best known for helping shape official U.S. Army pictorial histories, this author worked on vividly illustrated volumes about World War II and the Korean War. Her books focus on major campaigns and military events in a clear, documentary style.
2 Audiobooks
The war against Germany and Italy: Mediterranean and adjacent areas
by John C. Hatlem, Kenneth E. Hunter, Margaret E. Tackley, United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
The war against Japan: Pictorial record
by Kenneth E. Hunter, Margaret E. Tackley, United States. Department of the Army. Office of Military History
About the author
Margaret E. Tackley is credited as an author or compiler on several military history volumes, especially pictorial records connected with the U.S. Army's official historical publishing program. Her name appears on works including The War Against Japan, The War Against Germany and Italy: Mediterranean and Adjacent Areas, and Korea, 1951-1953.
These books were created as concise, image-rich histories meant to record major campaigns and help readers understand the course of war through photographs and short explanatory text. The surviving catalog and library records available online confirm her role in producing these reference works, though they provide very little personal biographical detail.
Because so little verified personal information is readily available, Tackley is best introduced through the books she helped create: practical, visual histories that supported the Army's effort to document twentieth-century conflicts for veterans, researchers, and general readers.