A History of Fort Campbell - Hardcover

O'Brien PhD, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1540209326 ISBN 13: 9781540209320

Publisher: History Press Library Editions, 2014

Synopsis

The mission at Fort Campbell has changed over the past seventy-five years, and the city has grown and adapted to meet new challenges. It was conceived before Pearl Harbor as the Tennessee-Kentucky Armor Camp and has progressed in recent years to meet changing national security needs and the transformation of the U.S. Army. The fort is home to the army's most elite air assault and airborne units. It is also the largest employer in Tennessee and Kentucky and puts $2.6 billion into the local economy each year. Author and post historian John O'Brien details the historic ride that took Fort Campbell from a Giant Bachelor City" to a "World-Class Army Home."

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About the Author

John J. O'Brien retired from a twenty-year active duty military career as a lieutenant colonel of infantry. He is currently an army historian assigned as the installation historian at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He has a BA in government, an MA in political science, an MMAS in military theory and history from the Command and General Staff College and School of Advanced Military Studies, and is a doctoral candidate in U.S. history at Saint Louis University.

Edition details

• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1540209326
• ISBN 13: 9781540209320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194