Alan Axelrod (born 1952) is an American author of history, business and management books.^[1] As of October 2018, he had written more than 150 books.^[2] Axelrod resides inAtlanta, Georgia.^[3]

Axelrod received his doctorate in English from theUniversity of Iowa in 1979,^[4] specializing in the literature and culture ofcolonial America and the early republic of theUnited States. He has taught atLake Forest College andFurman University, worked as a publishing executive, and has been a consultant to historical museums, cultural institutions, television'sCivil War Journal, theWB Network, and theDiscovery Channel.^[4][5]

Axelrod was a featured speaker at the 2004 Conference on Excellence in Government inWashington, DC. He has also been a speaker at the Leadership Institute ofColumbia College (South Carolina) inColumbia, South Carolina, and at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Goizueta School of Business, atEmory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He also spoke at the 2014 annual conference ofEcopetrol inBogota, Colombia.^[4][6]

• Lost Destiny:Joe Kennedy Jr. and the Doomed WWII Mission to Save London (2015) Palgrave MacmillanISBN 9781137279040
• Napoleon: CEO (2011) SterlingISBN 978-1-4027-7906-0 (Hardcover),ISBN 978-1-4027-8893-2 (ebook)
• Gandhi: CEO (2010) SterlingISBN 978-1-4027-5806-5
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to the New World Order (2010)
• Miracle atBelleau Wood: The Birth of the Modern U.S. Marine Corps (2010) (Published in hardcover 2007) The Lyons PressISBN 978-1-59921-025-4
• The Real History of theCold War: A New Look at the Past (2009)
• Winston Churchill: CEO (2009)
• Risk: Adversaries and Allies: Mastering Strategic Relationships. Sterling. 2009.ISBN 978-1402754111.
• Selling the Great War: the making of American Propaganda (March 2009)
• Edison on Innovation: 102 Lessons in Creativity for Business and Beyond (2008)
• What Every American Should Know about American History (2008)
• Blooding at Great Meadows: Young George Washington and the Battle That Shaped the Man (2008)
• Profiles in Folly:History's worst decisions and why they went wrong (2008)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy,The Complete Idiot's Guide Series (2008)
• The Real History of World War II: A New Look at the Past (2008)
• Bradley.Palgrave Macmillan. 2008.ISBN 978-0230608566.
• The Real History of the American Revolution: A new look at the past (2007)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Forensics, The Complete Idiot's Guide Series (2007)
• Profiles in Audacity: Great Decisions and How They Were Made. Sterling. 2006. p. 320.ISBN 1402732821.
• Eisenhower On Leadership: Ike's Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management, (2006) Jossey-BassISBN 0-7879-8238-5
• American History ASAP (2003)
• Elizabeth I: CEO (2000) Prentice HallISBN 0-7352-0189-7
• Patton On Leadership: Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare, (1999) Prentice HallISBN 0-7352-0091-2
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to the American Revolution, The Complete Idiot's Guide Series (1999)
• The Encyclopedia of Wars (1997). co-authored with Charles Phillips^[7]
• International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders New York;Facts on File, 1997
• The War Between the Spies: A History of Espionage During theAmerican Civil War (1992)Atlantic MonthlyISBN 0-87113-482-9
• Chronicle of theIndian Wars: From Colonial Times to Wounded Knee (1990)
• Charles Brockden Brown: An American Tale (1983)
• Lincoln's Last Night:Abraham Lincoln,John Wilkes Booth, and the Last 36 Hours Before the Assassination
• How America Won World War I: The U.S. Military Victory in the Great War – The Causes, The Course and The Consequences. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot, 2018.ISBN 978-1-4930-3192-4.
• TheGilded Age: 1876-1912 Overture To The American Century (2017)ISBN 978-1-4549-2575-0.

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