Theodore Reed "T. R." Fehrenbach, Jr. (January 12, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American historian, columnist, and the former head of the
Texas Historical Commission (1987-1991).[1] He graduated from
Princeton University in 1947[2] with a degree in modern languages ("he never pursued graduate study or held a faculty post") [3]and wrote more than twenty books, including the bestseller Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans[4] and This Kind of War, about the
Korean War. Senator
John McCain called this book “perhaps the best book ever written on the Korean War”.[5] Secretary of Defense
James Mattis said “There’s a reason I recommended T.R. Fehrenbach’s book...that we all pull it out and read it one more time.”[6][7][8]
This Kind of War: A Study In Unpreparedness 1963,
LCCN63-9972. Republished in 1998 as This Kind Of War: The Classic Korean War HistoryISBN1-57488-161-2,
LCCN98-27350
Crossroads in Korea, the Historic Siege of Chipyong-Ni, 1966,
LCCN66-10022
FDR's Undeclared War, 1939–1941, 1967,
LCCN67-13415
Greatness to Spare: The Heroic Sacrifices of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence, 1968,
LCCN68-30756. Republished in 2000,
ISBN0-7351-0164-7
The Fight for Korea: from the War of 1950 to the Pueblo Incident, 1969,
LCCN68-29982
The United Nations in war and peace, 1968,
LCCN68-23669
^Swartz, Mimi (January 23, 2009). "Oil Portraits". New York Times. ..there is, in fact, a Texas canon. Opinions vary, but my list would include T. R. Fehrenbach's "Lone Star," ...
^"T(heodore) R(eed) Fehrenbach, (Jr.)."
Contemporary Authors Online.
Detroit:
Gale, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. Retrieved 6 Jan. 2011.
Document URL
Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000030971. Fee, via Fairfax County Public Library.
^Roberts, Sam (May 19, 1994). "A Rank That Rankles: New York Slips to No. 3; Now Texas Is 2d Most Populous State". New York Times. ...T. R. Fehrenbach, second to none as a Texas historian.