Stephen Alan Bourque

STEPHEN A. BOURQUE is professor emeritus of military history at the School of Advanced Military Studies, Army University, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A retired US Army officer, he earned a PhD from Georgia State University and taught at several military and civilian colleges. Bourque is the author or coauthor of six books, including The Road to Safwan: The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War (UNT Press) and Beyond the Beach: The Allied War Against France. His most recent, Tubby: Raymond O. Barton and the US Army, 1889-1963 (UNT Press), earned a distinguished writing award from the Army Historical Foundation. In addition, he has conducted almost two dozen historical tours and military staff rides in Europe and the United States.