Biography
David R. Dorondo earned the degree of BA cum laude in history from Armstrong State
College in 1980 and the MA in German and European diplomatic history from the University
of South Carolina in 1984. From 1984 to 1987, he was a resident member of St. Antony鈥檚
College, Oxford and was admitted to the degree of D.Phil. from the University of Oxford
in 1988. While there, Dorondo also earned a Fulbright Graduate Research Fellowship
to attend the Otto-Friedrich-Universit盲t Bamberg in the Federal Republic of Germany
for the academic year 1985-1986, having already spent the year 1981-1982 at the same
institution.<br>Author of Bavaria and German Federalism: Reich to Republic 鈥� 1918-1933,
1945-1949 and Riders of the Apocalypse: German Cavalry and Modern Warfare, 1870-1945,
Dorondo has also published numerous articles, reviews, and encyclopedia entries on
German and modern European military history, most notably in Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia
of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990; Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia;
Naval Warfare: An International Encyclopedia; and the Encyclopedia of the Korean War.
His current work includes, but is not limited to, a translation-in-progress of Schlachtfeld
Fulda Gap: Strategien und Operationspl盲ne der B眉ndnisse im Kalten Krieg (Battlefield
Fulda Gap: Strategies and Operational Plans of the Military Alliances in the Cold
War; Parzellers Buchverlag, 2014). Expected completion-date is 1 June 2017. He is
a member of the Society for Military History and the United States Cavalry Association
and sits on both the Program and Brewster Award Committees of the North Carolina Association
of Historians.
Teaching Interests
German and European military and political history and international relations in
the 19th and 20th centuries.
Research Interests
History of the European cavalry and the military horse, particularly from the 17th
century to 1945.
