Carlo D'Este

Carlo W. D'Este
Born	1936 (age 80–81) Oakland, California
Residence	New Seabury, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Education	New Mexico Military Institute junior college, 1956 Norwich University magna cum laude, 1958 University of Richmond masters, 1974
Occupation	Military historian Biographer Military officer
Title	LtCol, USA (Ret.)
Spouse(s)	Shirley
Children	four (and six grandchildren)
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Carlo D'Este (born 1938 in Oakland, California) is an American military historian and biographer, author of several books, especially on World War II. He is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal and Commendation Medal.

D'Este received his B.A. from Norwich University in 1958, an M.A. from the University of Richmond in 1974, and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Norwich in 1992.

D'Este lists his three favorite military historians and influences as: Barbara Tuchman (The Guns of August), John Eisenhower (The Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge), and Martin Blumenson (general George S. Patton’s official biographer).

A&E adapted his biography of George S. Patton to television for its Biography (TV series) (and, presumably, its Biography Channel) in 1995. In 1996, C-SPAN interviewed him about that book on its Booknotes program.

He was awarded the Andrew J. Goodpaster Prize by the American Veterans Center, 2010.

He delivered the annual Kemper Lecture on Winston Churchill at Westminster, College, Fulton, Missouri, 2010.

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