Alan Axelrod

Alan Axelrod (born 1952) is an American author of history, business and management books. As of October 2018, he had written more than 150 books. Axelrod resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Axelrod received his doctorate in English from the University of Iowa in 1979, specializing in the literature and culture of colonial America and the early republic of the United States. He has taught at Lake Forest College and Furman University, worked as a publishing executive, and has been a consultant to historical museums, cultural institutions, television's Civil War Journal, the WB Network, and the Discovery Channel.

Axelrod was a featured speaker at the 2004 Conference on Excellence in Government in Washington, DC. He has also been a speaker at the Leadership Institute of Columbia College (South Carolina) in Columbia, South Carolina, and at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Goizueta School of Business, at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He also spoke at the 2014 annual conference of Ecopetrol in Bogota, Colombia.

Publications

• Lost Destiny: Joe Kennedy Jr. and the Doomed WWII Mission to Save London (2015) Palgrave Macmillan Template:ISBN
• Napoleon: CEO (2011) Sterling Template:ISBN (Hardcover), Template:ISBN (ebook)
• Gandhi: CEO (2010) Sterling Template:ISBN
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to the New World Order (2010)
• Miracle at Belleau Wood: The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps (2010) (Published in hardcover 2007) The Lyons Press Template:ISBN
• The Real History of the Cold War: A New Look at the Past (2009)
• Winston Churchill: CEO (2009)
• Selling the Great War: the making of American Propaganda (March 2009)
• Edison on Innovation: 102 Lessons in Creativity for Business and Beyond (2008)
• What Every American Should Know about American History (2008)
• Blooding at Great Meadows: Young George Washington and the Battle That Shaped the Man (2008)
• Profiles in Folly: History's worst decisions and why they went wrong (2008)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy, The Complete Idiot's Guide Series (2008)
• The Real History of World War II: A New Look at the Past (2008)
• The Real History of the American Revolution: A new look at the past (2007)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Forensics, The Complete Idiot's Guide Series (2007)
• Eisenhower On Leadership: Ike's Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management, (2006) Jossey-Bass Template:ISBN
• American History ASAP (2003)
• Elizabeth I: CEO (2000) Prentice Hall Template:ISBN
• Patton On Leadership: Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare, (1999) Prentice Hall Template:ISBN
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution, The Complete Idiot's Guide Series (1999)
• The Encyclopedia of Wars (1997). co-authored with Charles Phillips
• International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders New York; Facts on File, 1997
• The War Between the Spies: A History of Espionage During the American Civil War (1992) Atlantic Monthly Template:ISBN
• Chronicle of the Indian Wars: From Colonial Times to Wounded Knee (1990)
• Charles Brockden Brown: An American Tale (1983)
• Lincoln's Last Night: Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, and the Last 36 Hours Before the Assassination
• How America Won World War I: The U.S. Military Victory in the Great War – The Causes, The Course and The Consequences. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot, 2018. Template:ISBN.
• The Gilded Age: 1876-1912 Overture To The American Century (2017) Template:ISBN.

External links

• A Chat with Alan Axelrod, Frank R. Shaw with bibliography to 2004
• Georgia Writers Association entry for Alan Axelrod