Williamson “Wick” Murray was an American historian and author. He authored numerous works on history and strategic studies and served as an editor on other projects extensively. He was professor emeritus of history at Ohio State University from 2012 until his death.
Books in order of publication:
1984: The Change in the European Balance of Power, 1938-1939: The Path to Ruin
1985: Luftwaffe
1991: Military Effectiveness: Three volumes: The First World War, The Interwar Period, and the Second World War (co-editor with Allan R. Millett)
1992: German Military Effectiveness
1992: Calculations, Net Assessment and the Coming of World War II (co-editor with A Allan R. Millett)
1994: The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War (co-editor with MacGregor Knox and Alvin Bernstein)
1995: The Air War in the Persian Gulf
1996: Military Innovation in the Interwar Period (co-editor with Allan R. Millett)
1999: War in the Air: 1914-1945
2001: The Dynamics of Military Revolution: 1300-2050 (co-editor with MacGregor Knox)
2001: A War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World War (co-author with Allan R. Millett)
2003: The Iraq War: A Military History (co-author with Major General Robert Scales, Jr.)
2003: The Cambridge History of War (contributing editor)
2006: The Past as Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession (co-editor with Richard Sinnreich)
2007: Calculations, Net Assessment and the Coming of World War II (co-author with Allan R. Millett)
2009: Conflicting Currents: Japan and the United States
2009: The Making of Peace: Rulers, States, and the Aftermath of War (co-editor with James Lacey)
2009: Saddam’s War: An Iraqi Military Perspective of the Iran-Iraq War
2011: The Shaping of Grand Strategy: Policy, Diplomacy, and War (co-editor with Richard Hart Sinnreich and James Lacey)
2011: War, Strategy, and Military Effectiveness
2011: Military Adaptation in War: With Fear of Change
2012: Hybrid Warfare: Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present (co-edited with Peter Mansoor)
2014: Successful Strategies, Triumphing in War and Peace from Antiquity to the Present (co-edited with Richard Sinnreich)
2014: Successful Strategies, Triumphing in War and Peace from Antiquity to the Present (co-edited with Richard Sinnreich)
2014: The Iran-Iraq War (co-author with Kevin Woods)
2016: A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War (co-author with Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh.)
2017: America and the Future of War: The Past as Prologue
2024: The Dark Path: The Structure of War and the Rise of the West
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