Richard B. Frank

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Richard B. Frank (born 1947 in Kansas) is an American lawyer and military historian.^[1]

Frank graduated from the University of Missouri in 1969, after which he served four years in the United States Army. During the Vietnam War, he served a tour of duty as a platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division. In 1976 he graduated from Georgetown University Law Center.^[1]

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Frank has written several books and articles on the Pacific campaign of World War II:

• Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle (1990)
• Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire (1999)
• MacArthur (2007)

• "No Bomb, No End", in What If? 2 (2001)
• "Why Truman Dropped the Bomb", The Weekly Standard, (August 8, 2005): p. 20.

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