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Steve grew up in Metuchen, NJ surrounded by returned citizen soldiers, sailors, and marines of World War II. He listened to their stories and developed a lifelong interest in military history, especially World War II. As a result of a number of boyhood experiences during which he learned about a long-forgotten hero, Steve became “Citizen Historian” of the 3rd Armored "Spearhead" Division Association. Under their auspices Steve wrote a biography of their wartime commander. Major General Maurice Rose: World War II’s Greatest Forgotten Commander (Roman & Littlefield, 2003, paperback 2006). It tells the incredible story of that boyhood hero, one of the greatest warriors who ever served our country.
Steve has established a niche focused on unknown heroes and battles, timeless leadership models and the lessons of command failure. He was the recipient of the 2003 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for ”Command Failures: Lessons Learned from Lloyd R. Fredendall” ( Army Magazine, March 2003). His articles have also appeared in Wharton Leadership Digest, World War II, America’s Civil War, Military Heritage, WW II History, Military History and Army History, the Profesional Bulletin of the US Army Center of Military History. His analysis of Command Failure at Anzio will appear in Volume 6 (2010) of World War II Quarterly, the on-line, peer-reviewed journal.
For more than two decades, Steve worked as a technology analyst on Wall Street before establishing a second career as a military historian and consultant. He followed a broad range of companies and pioneered coverage of several analytic sectors, including Computer Disk Drives & Peripherals, Electronic Manufacturing Services and Business Process Outsourcing. As lead analyst on many of the most important Initial Public Offerings of the 1980’s and 1990’s, Steve worked with many legendary entrepreneurs, corporate managers, analysts, bankers, venture capitalists and investors responsible for our connectivity culture, and continually evaluated them against history’s great battlefield commanders.
A featured speaker on TV, radio and in the national print media as an expert on technological innovation, Steve has also spoken at reunions of veterans and memorial dedication events. He is Managing Director of APPLIED BATTLEFIELD CONCEPTS LLC, a consultancy that adapts the US Army's time-tested Battlefield Staff Ride and other tools of leadership training and team building for C-level corporate managers and other top professionals. Prior to his Wall Street career, Steve worked for five years as a Marketing Manager for Clinical Laboratory Instrumentation, during which time he co-authored a paper on Radioimmunoassay (RIA) Instrumentation. He holds a BA with Honors in Philosophy from Wesleyan University, an MA degree in the History of Philosophy from the Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
He is also a pretty good baker.
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Henry Ware Lawton: Flawed Giant and Hero of Four Wars, Army History, Winter 2007
Brevet Colonel, Commander of the 30th Indiana Volunteers, and recipient of the Medal of Honor - all at the age of 23 - Henry Lawton's career spanned four decades until he fell in battle "bringing democracy to a distant land."
BG Joseph Mansfield, Military Heritage Magazine, February 2007
When Joseph K.F. Mansfield fell at the Battle of Antietam, he was the ranking casualty on either side, the oldest general and West Point graduate to die in battle.
The Terrills: "God Alone Knows Which Was Right", America's Civil War Magazine, September 2006
William and James Terrill of Virginia chose opposing sides in the Civil War, each rose to general and fell in battle. Theirs is a unique story of "brother against brother".
Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander
The only American armored division commander to die in battle, Maurice Rose was the son and grandson of rabbis who rose from private to general to lead the premier American armored force to victory over the Nazi empire.
The Corporate Staff Ride: A Proven Military Training Tool Comes to the Boardroom, Wharton Leadership Digest, January 2006
For more than a century, the "Staff Ride" has been used to train the nation's military leaders. Now it has been adapted by APPLIED BATTLEFIELD CONCEPTS LLC for use by corporations to train top management in the principles of leadership under pressure.
Drawings of Antietam Commanders
"Commanders at Antietam" is a collection of the author's drawings related to ongoing work on the Corporate Staff Ride
The Fighting McCooks, Military History Magazine, October 2005
Sixteen of the McCook Family served in the Union Army or Navy during the Civil War. Seven became generals. Four gave the last full measure.
Russian General Ivan D. Chernyakhovsky, WWII History Magazine, May 2004
Russia's Rommel, General Ivan Chernyakhovsky survived brutal Anti-Semitisim, Stalin's madness, and German tanks to achieve a stunning combat record and fell at the end of the war.
Fighting Admiral of Guadalcanal, World War II Magazine, May 2004
Daniel Judson Callaghan's heroic sacrifice off Guadalcanal saved the embattled defenders of Henderson Field.
In the Front Ranks of Gallant Men, World War II Magazine, November 2003
Brigadier General Frederick W. Castle's leadership in and out of the cockpit made him one of the most admired men in the Eighth Air Force
The Frustrations of Leonard Wood, Army Magazine, September 2003
The only physician ever to rise to Army Chief of Staff, Leonard Wood's path to success produced as many enemies as admirers.
The Last Battle of Gen. William Orlando Darby, Army Magazine, January 2003
Creator of the modern American Rangers, Darby led his men to great victories and a catastrophic defeat, but was always in the thick of the action.
Martin Blumenson (1918-2005)
Martin Blumenson spent his life writing the history of an institution he respected greatly and knew intimately, the United States Army. He inspired generations of his students and successors to the highest standard of excellence.
The Battle of Anghiari: "This Most Bestial Madness"
Described by eminent art historians as perhaps his greatest work, Leonardo Da Vinci's "Battle of Anghiari" defined for centuries the way artists portray the fury of battle and the anatomy and motion of warriors and horses in combat. The lost work sparked intense and on-going debate, and inspired many other great masters working in a variety of media. But, the battle has disappeared from history. Why?
Xenophon's "Hipparchicus, Commander of Cavalry"
Historian, biographer, memoirist, and companion of Socrates, at the end of his life Xenophon wrote a small book of advice about reforming the Athenian cavalry. A discussion of specific suggestions, Xenophon's Hipparchicus reflects decades of the author's experience as an army commander. The wily survivor offers subtle insights on leadership as well as observations valuable to modern theorists and practioners of the "mounted service" that will always resonate.
The Battle of Kadesh: Public Relations Trumps Performance
The Battle of Kadesh, the greatest chariot clash in all recorded history, pitted the war-hardened Hittites against an untested Pharaoh in a struggle that shaped the destinies of the two dominant empires of the early Iron Age. Recorded as a great Egyptian victory, it is a case study of how a brilliant and well-executed public relations campaign can trump performance - and reality.
General John P. Lucas at Anzio: Prudence or Boldness?
A man who faced down Pancho Villa, John Lucas found his comrades as deadly as his enemies.
Charles Sanders Peirce: America's Greatest Genius
Born to greatness, Peirce ended his life in poverty, obscurity, and disappointment. Afflicted by illness, pain, drug-addiction and the suffocating moral intolerance of 19th Century America, the time to tell his story to a broad audience has finally arrived.
'BRAD': The GI’s General - Omar N. Bradley (1893-1981)
Omar Bradley was one of a handful of “larger than life” figures to emerge from World War II and go on to deeply influence the post-war era. Those later contributions especially have shaped our history and culture in decisive, dramatic, and virtually unexamined ways. The challenges we face – fighting fanatic global enemies, organizing our forces for that and other struggles, coordinating our strategy with allies, determining the roles and powers of our military leaders, and providing care and benefits for our veterans – were framed in the top counsels of our government by Omar Bradley.
Reading the Bible as Military History
More than 3,500 years ago, Abram, the leader of the Hebrews, led his men on a daring, long-distance, night time commando raid to rescue hostages. Hidden in a very brief passage of Genesis is the story of the first organized military action and victory of the Jewish people, a tale of courage and inspired leadership.
The Philosophy of War: A General Inquiry
Does it make any sense to talk about a "philosophy of war?" What kinds of things would be discussed in such an academic sub-category? Whose works would make up the canon of such a study and discussion? On that point, how come Carl von Clausevitz's early 19th century work "On War" is the only work even considered - however grudgingly - to be a work of philosophy? In a world where war is so common, how come there is no systematic examination of its "first principles?" These are only a few of the questions that spark this general inquiry.
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