Lynn, John A(lbert)

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LYNN, John A(lbert)

LYNN, John A(lbert). American, b. 1943. Genres: History, Military/Defense/Arms control. Career: Indiana University, visiting assistant professor of history, 1972-73; University of Maine at Orono, assistant professor of history, 1973-77; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, assistant professor of history, 1978-83, associate professor of history, 1983-91, professor of history, 1991-. Publications: The Bayonets of the Republic: Motivation and Tactics in the Army of Revolutionary France, 1791-94, 1984, rev. ed., 1996; (ed.) The Tools of War: Ideas, Instruments, and Institutions of Warfare, 1445-1871, 1990; (with G. Satterfield) A Guide to Sources in Early Modern European Military History in Midwestern Research Libraries, 1991, 2nd ed., 1994; (ed.) Feeding Mars: Logistics in Western Warfare from the Middle Ages to the Present, 1993; Giant of the Grand Siecle: The French Army, 1610-1715, 1997; The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667-1714, 1999. Address: Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 309 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.