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Kenneth W. Condit
KENNETH W. CONDIT (January 26, 1920 - July 16, 2013) was an acclaimed military historian.
Born in New York City, he grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and graduated from Princeton University in 1942...view moreKENNETH W. CONDIT (January 26, 1920 - July 16, 2013) was an acclaimed military historian.
Born in New York City, he grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and graduated from Princeton University in 1942. Following service in the U.S. Army in World War II, he resumed his studies at Princeton and received a masters’ degree in history in 1949.
In 1951, he moved to Washington, D.C. to join the Historical Branch of the U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters, where he assisted in the preparation of the official Marine Corps histories of World War II and Korea. In 1961, he transferred to the Historical Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
From 1979 until his retirement in 1983, Mr. Condit, as chief of the Histories Branch of the Historical Division, was general editor of the official JCS history of the Cold War years. He is the author of two volumes of this history as well as numerous special studies in support of the Joint Staff.
He died in Mitchellville, Maryland in 2013, aged 93.view less