Gregory A. Daddis

Gregory A. Daddis is originally from the Garden State of New Jersey and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Master’s degree from Villanova University, and a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the recipient of the 2022-2023 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

After graduating from West Point, Daddis served for 26 years in the US Army, retiring as a colonel. He is a veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom and his military awards include the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Meritorious Service Medals. His final assignment in the army was as the Chief of the American History Division in the Department of History at the United States Military Academy.

Daddis specializes in Cold War history with an emphasis on the American war in Vietnam. He has authored six books, including his most recent with Oxford University Press, Faith and Fear: America's Relationship with War Since 1945 (2025). Daddis also has published four books on the American war in Vietnam. Additionally, he has authored scholarly articles in some of his field’s leading journals, to include The Journal of Cold War Studies, The Journal of Military History, and The Journal of Strategic Studies.

Daddis also has participated in a number of initiatives to help educate the larger public on historical matters. He worked as an official advisor to Florentine Films for the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary, The Vietnam War, and has led multiple tours to Vietnam for educational purposes. As part of his military deployments, he served as the Command Historian to the US Multi-National Corps-Iraq (MNC-I) in Baghdad, Iraq. Daddis also has been a panelist for grant reviews with the National Endowment for the Humanities, performed as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for The Journal of Military History, and served on the Board of Trustees for the Society for Military History. He also is a board member for the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Daddis has published several op-ed pieces commenting on current military affairs, to include writings in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and National Interest magazine.