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Carlo D’Este, an American military historian and biographer, is the author of several books, primarily on World War II. In 2011 he received the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. He served as an officer in the US Army and was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with oak-leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal, and Army Commendation Medal. He retired from the US Army in 1978 with the rank of lieutenant colonel to write full time. Among his books are Bitter Victory; Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945; Patton: A Genius for War; World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942–1945; and Eisenhower: Allied Supreme Commander. |