Scope and Contents

The collection consists of four books edited by Edward Marolda. The materials are dated 2010 and 2017-2018.

Biographical / Historical

Edward J. Marolda served as the acting director of naval history and Senior Historian of the Navy. In 2017, the Naval Historical Foundation honored him with its Commodore Dudley W. Knox Naval History Lifetime Achievement Award. He has authored, co-authored, or edited nine works on the U.S. Navy's experience in Vietnam. In support of the U.S. Naval Institute's Oral History Program, he has interviewed Vietnam veterans and retired admirals Stanley R. Arthur and Joseph W. Prueher. At Georgetown University, he taught courses on the Cold War in the Far East and the Vietnam War. He holds degrees in history from Pennsylvania Military College (BA), Georgetown University (MA), and George Washington University (PhD). Dr. Marolda served as a U.S. Army officer in the Republic of Vietnam during 1969 and 1970.