Professor Linn was born in the
Territory of Hawaii and completed his graduate
work at The Ohio State University under the
direction of Allan R. Millett. He is the
recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and was a
visiting professor at the Army War College. He
is the only author to have twice been awarded
the Society for Military History's book prize.
His current research project is "Elvis's Army
and the Cold War, 1946-1976." He is the
president of the Society for Military History.
