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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
At West Point in 1938
Born May 3, 1916

Staten Island, New York, US[1]
Died June 5, 1995 (aged 79)

Vienna, Virginia, US
Buried Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance United States of America

Service / branch United States Army
Years of service 1938–1958
Rank Colonel
Battles / wars World War II

• Burma Campaign
Awards Legion of Merit

Bronze Star
Air Medal
Order of the Cloud and Banner (China)
Distinguished Service Order (UK)[1]
Other work Military historian
Grave at Arlington National Cemetery

Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (May 3, 1916 – June 5, 1995) was a colonel in the United States
Army and a noted military historian.
Early life
[edit]
Born in Staten Island, New York, the son of accomplished illustrator and artist, Laura
Nevitt Dupuy, and noted military historian, R. Ernest Dupuy, Trevor Dupuy followed in
his father's footsteps.[2][3]
Military career
[edit]
Dupuy attended West Point, graduating in the class of 1938. During World War II he
commanded a U.S. Army artillery battalion, a Chinese artillery group, and an artillery
detachment from the British 36th Infantry Division. He was always proud of the fact that
he had more combat time in Burma than any other American, and received decorations
for service or valour from the U.S., British, and Chinese governments. After the war
Dupuy served in the United States Department of Defense Operations Division[4] from
1945 to 1947, and as military assistant to the Under Secretary of the Army from 1947 to
1948. He graduated from the Joint Services Staff College in England in April
1949.[5] Dupuy was a member of the original Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers
Europe (SHAPE) staff in Paris under Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Matthew
Ridgway from 1950 to 1952.
Dupuy went on to achieve eminence as a military historian and theorist. He is perhaps

best known for his very large book The Encyclopedia Of Military History (co-written, like
many of his books, with his father R. Ernest Dupuy). In this work Dupuy discusses the
world's major and minor military conflicts from the dawn of history to the present day.
Entries are arranged chronologically and by region, and most of them give little more
than the names of the commanders and (often) very rough estimates for the size of the
forces involved in the campaigns. Dupuy was not afraid of expressing an opinion and he
classified some of his subjects as Great Captains (such as Alexander the
Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Viscount of
Turenne, Frederick II of Prussia and Napoleon). The book mainly describes American
and Western European conflicts but offers some coverage of other regions of the world.
The Encyclopedia Of Military History has been revised and updated several times, most
recently in 1993. It can be found in the reference section of most American libraries.
Academic and research career

[edit]
Dupuy began the academic phase of his career in 1952, when Harvard
University appointed him as a Professor of Military Science and Tactics in the ROTC
program.[6] While there, he helped found the Harvard Defense Studies Program
(directed from 1958 to 1971 by Henry Kissinger[7]). He left Harvard in 1956 to become
director of the program in military studies at Ohio State University. After retiring from
active military duty in 1958, he served as a visiting professor in the International
Relations Program at Rangoon University (now Yangon University) in Burma. From
1960 to 1962 Dupuy worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses, a government-
funded think tank.
In 1962 he formed the first of his research companies dedicated to the study and
analysis of armed conflict, the Historical Evaluation and Research Organization
(HERO), and served as President and Executive Director until 1983. From 1967 to 1983
he was also President of T. N. Dupuy Associates Inc. (TNDA), which became the parent
organization for HERO. In 1983, TNDA sold its assets (including HERO) to a new
corporation he formed called Data Memory Systems, Inc. (DMSI). Trevor was the
president and largest stockholder in DMSI. In 1990, Dupuy resigned from DMSI, sold
his stock and reactivated TNDA. In 1992 TNDA was closed out, and he established the
non-profit The Dupuy Institute (TDI).[8]
Dupuy's main contribution to military operation analysis is the assessment

method Quantified Judgment Method or QJM, where the outcome of a battle is
predicted using a fairly complicated multiplicative-additive formula in which various
factors relating to the strength and firepower of the fighting parties as well as the
circumstances are taken into account. Dupuy and his associates adjusted the
parameters of his model by using known statistical facts of several recorded battles.
Family life and death

[edit]
Dupuy killed himself by gunshot at his home in Vienna, Virginia on June 5, 1995; he had
learned three weeks earlier that he had terminal pancreatic cancer. He was buried
in Arlington National Cemetery.[9] During his lifetime he wrote or co-wrote more than 50
books.
When he died, he had been married five times. He fathered nine children – six boys and
three girls.[10]
Books and publications

[edit]
• To the Colors: The Way of Life of an Army Officer (with R.E. Dupuy),
Chicago, 1942
• Faithful and True: History of the 5th Field Artillery, Schwabisch-Hall,
Germany, 1949
• Campaigns of the French Revolution and of Napoleon, Cambridge, Ma, 1956
• Brave Men and Great Captains (With R. E. Dupuy), New York, 1960, 1984,
1993
• Compact History of the Civil War (with R.E. Dupuy), New York, 1960, 1991
• Civil War Land Battles, New York, 1960
• Civil War Naval Actions, New York, 1961
• Military History Of World War II, New York, 1962–65 (in 18 fairly short books):
Vol. 1 – European Land Battles: 1939–1943 Vol. 2 – European Land Battles: 1944–1945
Vol. 3 – Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, Vol. 4 – The Naval War In The West: The
And Italy Raiders
Vol. 5 – The Naval War In The West: The Vol. 6 – The Air War In The West: September
Wolf Packs 1939 – May 1941
Vol. 7 – The Air War In The West: June 1941 Vol. 8 – Asiatic Land Battles: Expansion Of
– April 1945 Japan In Asia
Vol. 9 – Asiatic Land Battles: Japanese Vol. 10 – Asiatic Land Battles: Allied Victories
Ambitions In The Pacific In China And Burma
Vol. 11 – The Naval War In The Pacific: Vol. 12 – The Naval War In The Pacific: On To
Rising Sun Of Nippon Tokyo
Vol. 13 – The Air War In The Pacific: Air Vol. 14 – The Air War In The Pacific: Victory In
Power Leads The Way The Air
Vol. 16 – Asian And Axis Resistance
Vol. 15 – European Resistance Movements
Movements
Vol. 18 – Chronological Survey Of World War
Vol. 17 – Leaders Of World War II
II
• Compact History of the Revolutionary War (With R. E. Dupuy), New York,
1963
• Holidays, Editor, Contributor., New York, 1965
• Military Heritage Of America (With R. E. Dupuy, Paul Braim), 2 Vols., New
York, 1966, 1986, 1992
• Summation: Strategic and Combat Leadership, New York, 1967
• Military History Of World War I, New York, 1967 OCLC 1173614 (in 12 fairly
short books):
Vol. 1 – 1914: The Battles In The West Vol. 2 – 1914: The Battles In The East
Vol. 3 – Stalemate In The Trenches, November Vol. 4 – Triumphs And Tragedies In The
1914 – March 1918 East: 1915–17
Vol. 5 – The Campaigns On The Turkish Fronts Vol. 6 – Campaigns In Southern Europe
Vol. 7 – 1918: The German Offensives Vol. 8 – 1918: Decision In The West
Vol. 10 – Naval And Overseas War: 1916–
Vol. 9 – Naval And Overseas War: 1914–15
18
Vol. 11 – The War In The Air Vol. 12 – Summary Of World War I
• The Battle Of Austerlitz, New York, 1968
• Modern Libraries For Modern Colleges: Research Strategies For Design And
Development, Washington, D.C., 1968
• Ferment In College Libraries: The Impact Of Information Technology,
Washington, D.C., 1968
• Mediapower: A College Plans For An Integrated Media Service System,
Washington, D.C., 1968
• Military History Of The Chinese Civil War, New York, 1969
• The Military Lives Series (published in 1969 and 1970) :
The Military Life Of Alexander The Great The Military Life Of Hannibal
The Military Life Of Julius Caesar The Military Life Of Genghis Khan
The Military Life Of Gustavus Adolphus The Military Life Of Frederick The Great
The Military Life Of George Washington The Military Life Of Napoleon
The Military Life Of Abraham Lincoln The Military Life Of Hindenburg And Ludendorff
The Military Life Of Adolph Hitler The Military Life Of Winston Churchill
• Revolutionary War Naval Battles (With Grace P. Hayes), New York, 1970
• Revolutionary War Land Battles (With Gay M. Hammerman), New York, 1970
• Mongolia, Foreign Area Studies Handbook, Washington, D.C., 1970
• Almanac Of World Military Power 1970 (With John A. Andrews, Grace P.
Hayes), New York, 1970
• Almanac Of World Military Power 1972 (With John A. Andrews, Grace P.
Hayes), New York, 1972
• Documentary History Of Arms Control And Disarmament (With Gay M.
Hammerman), New York, 1974
• World Military Leaders (With Grace P. Hayes, Paul Martell), 1974

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Trevor Nevitt Dupuy

At West Point in 1938

Born May 3, 1916

Died June 5, 1995 (aged 79)

Buried Arlington National Cemetery

Allegiance United States of America

Years of service 1938–1958

Battles / wars World War II

Awards Legion of Merit

Other work Military historian

Grave at Arlington National Cemetery

Dupuy went on to achieve eminence as a military historian and theorist. He is perhaps

Academic and research career

Dupuy's main contribution to military operation analysis is the assessment

Family life and death

Books and publications

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