John D. Beatty

John D. Beatty holds a BA and an MA in Military History from American Military University, working primarily in the middle period of American military history (1860-1960).

He is the author of Stella's Game: A Story of Friendships (JDB Communications, LLC, 2019), Crop Duster, A Novel of WWII (Booklocker, 2013). The Devil's Own Day: Shiloh and the American Civil War (Booklocker 2011), and co-authored (with Lee A. Rochwerger) Why the Samurai Lost Japan: A Study in Miscalculation and Folly (JDB Communications, LLC, 2019), and numerous essay and short story collections, and several dozen articles for magazines, including Against the Odds and Strategy and Tactics.

He is retired from the US Army Reserve and has been a technical communicator for most of his professional life. He lives and works in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin.