Alex Roland

ALEX ROLAND is Professor of History Emeritus at Duke University, where he taught military history and the history of technology. His recent books include Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983–1993, Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1915–1958 and Underwater Warfare in the Age of Sail.

Roland received the Society for the History of Technology’s 2023 Leonardo da Vinci Medal. He earned his Ph.D. in History from Duke University in 1974, served as a historian with NASA from 1973 to 1981, and held both the Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army War College and the Dr. Leo Shifrin Chair of Naval-Military History at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Alex lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Alex Roland’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

Browse more: New Releases · Award-Winning Books