Background
James, Dorris Clayton was born on February 13, 1931 in Winchester, Kentucky, United States. Son of Dorris Clayton and Opal (Shetter) James.
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The Years of MacArthur, Volume 1: 1880-1941
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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II (American Ways Series)
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A compact but comprehensive history of the American armed forces in World War II, examining the strategy, logistics, high command, operations, and home-front aspects of the military campaign. Consistently absorbing....As inclusive and compact a rundown as general readers are likely to get anytime soon. —Kirkus Reviews. American Ways Series.
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Antebellum Natchez
(D. Clayton James's history of Natchez from its settlement...)
D. Clayton James's history of Natchez from its settlement in 1716 to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 traces the development of the town from the time of the Natchez Indians through the succeeding periods of French, Spanish, British, and American domination. Drawing generously on diaries, journals, and other records, Antebellum Natchez is an important account of the role of Natchez and some of its most distinguished citizens in the colonial affairs of the lower Mississippi Valley and the growth of the Old Southwest.
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Refighting the Last War: Command and Crisis in Korea 1950-1953
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This book examines the Korean War, the paradigm of America's conflicts with communism. He argues that, like so many wars, the Korean War was fought broadly along the lines of the war before, World War II. It shows, however, that the consequences of this error were limited by the State Department. The book examines the roles, leadership, personalities and prejudices of five key commanders - President Harry S. Truman, General Douglas MacArthur, General Matthew B. Ridgway, General Mark W. Clark and Admiral C. Turner Joy. It goes on to look at the crucial issues that confronted them during the conflict: Truman's decision to commit US forces to war without congressional approval; MacArthur's pressure for an assault on Inchon; and the decision to open truce negotiations. The book analyzes the ground-level results and long-term consequences of command decisions, and explores the course the war might have taken had certain crucial decisions been taken differently.
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The Years of MacArthur, Volume 1: 1880-1941
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In the twentieth century, no American commander has proved more controversial than General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Alternately revered and vilified, MacArthur has seldom, if ever, been understood dispassionately, though more than twenty books have been written about him. This book, the first of a two-volume biography, is a portrait in depth of this military genius, from his early days down to Pearl Harbor. It is at once a chronicle of a full life and a history of the modern American army.
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A Time for Giants The Politics of the American High Command in World War II
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The Years of Macarthur: Triumph and Disaster 1945-1964
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A biography of the General from the end of World War Ii to the last days of his life.
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The Years of Macarthur 1941-1945
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This perceptive, impartial, amd well-written volume is by far the best book-length study to appear on the subject.
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REFIGHTING The LAST WAR. Command and Crisis in Korea 1950-1953.
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Dorris Clayton James
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Bachelor of Arts with honors, Southwestern at Memphis, 1953; Bachelor of Divinity, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1956; postgraduate, U. Cincinnati, 1956-1957; Master of Arts, University Texas at Austin, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas at Austin, 1964.
Career
Ordained to ministry, Presbyterian Church United States, 1956;
minister, Union (Kentucky) Presbyterian Church, 1954-1957;
minister, First Presbyterian Church, Cameron, Texas, 1958-1960;
teaching assistant, University Texas, 1960-1961;
instructor history, Louisiana State University, Alexandria, 1961-1964;
assistant professor, Mankato (Minnesota) State College, 1964-1965;
professor, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, 1965-1977;
Distinguished professor of history, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, 1978-1988;
John Biggs Chair in Military History, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, since 1988. Member graduate council, Mississippi State University, 1972-1975. Harold K. Johnson chair military history United States Army Military History Institute and Army War College, 1979-1980.
John F. Morrison chair military history United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1980-1981. Visiting professor Mississippi Valley State University, 1967-1968. Harmon Memorial lecturer United States Air Force Academy, 1981.
Consultant British Broadcasting Corporation, University Press Mississippi, Presidio Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Indiana U. Press, United States State Department. Foundation chair inmil. affairs United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 1989, Department Army History Advisory Committee, 1992.
Achievements
Works
book
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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II (American Ways Series)
(A compact but comprehensive history of the American armed...)
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The Years of MacArthur, Volume 1: 1880-1941
(In the twentieth century, no American commander has prove...)
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The Years of Macarthur 1941-1945
(This perceptive, impartial, amd well-written volume is by...)
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Refighting the Last War: Command and Crisis in Korea 1950-1953
(This book examines the Korean War, the paradigm of Americ...)
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The Years of Macarthur: Triumph and Disaster 1945-1964
(A biography of the General from the end of World War Ii t...)
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Antebellum Natchez
(D. Clayton James's history of Natchez from its settlement...)
- The Years of MacArthur, Volume 1: 1880-1941
- A Time for Giants: The Politics of the American High Command in World War II
- A Time for Giants The Politics of the American High Command in World War II
- REFIGHTING The LAST WAR. Command and Crisis in Korea 1950-1953.
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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II (American Ways Series)
Membership
Served to lieutenant, Singapore United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1962. Fellow Society of America Historians. Member American Association of University Professors, Mississippi State University Society Distinguished Professors (chairman 1974-1975), American, Southern history associations, Organization American Historians, Society Military History (trustee), Society Historians American Foreign Relations, World World War II Studies Association (director, secretary), Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Alpha Theta, Omicron Delta Kappa., Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Erlene Downs, June 2, 1953. Children: Dorris Sherrod James Worley, Newell Edmund, Judith Erlene James Spencer, Allie Brady James Jones.
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Nationality
American
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Recipient Outstanding Teaching-Research award Mississippi State University, 1972, Harry S. Truman Book award, 1986. Parshad fellow, 1949-1953. National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1968. Mississippi State University Research grantee, 1968-1979.Recipient Outstanding Teaching-Research award Mississippi State University, 1972, Harry S. Truman Book award, 1986. Parshad fellow, 1949-1953. National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1968.
Mississippi State University Research grantee, 1968-1979.