Career
Chiaventone served in the United States. Army from 1973 to 1993. His rank was Lieutenant Colonel. He is Professor Emeritus of International Security Affairs at the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
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Fred Chiaventone
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His novel A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at the Little Bighorn won the 1999 Ambassador William E. Colby Award. A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at the Little Bighorn won the 1999 Ambassador William E. Colby Award. He won a Wrangler award for his novel Moon of Bitter Cold. In 2011, his article at Wild West Magazine, "Taking Stock of the Pony Express," won the Western Heritage Award in the Magazine category. Chiavnetone was the historical advisor to film and television productions including, Ken Burns"s The West (documentary), TNT"s Rough Riders (miniseries), and Two for Texas, which was the winner of the 1999 Western Heritage Award.
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Chiaventone"s articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, The Foreign Service Journal, The Journal of the Army War College, and the Review.
