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{{short description|American military historian (1946-2020)}}







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, Eric Maxwell Hammel
, Contemporary Authors Online
, Detroit
, Gale (publisher), Gale
, 2008
, 2012-02-02
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, fee, via Fairfax County Public Library
, Gale Document Number: GALE{{!, H1000041756
|title-link=Contemporary Authors Online
}} Gale Biography In Context. {{subscription required}}
}}Eric M. Hammel (June 29, 1946 – August 25, 2020)WEB,beyondthedash.com/obituary/eric-hammel-1079913938/, Remembering the life of Eric Hammel 1946 - 2020, beyondthedash.com, was a military historian, with a focus on the military campaigns of theUnited States Marine Corps in the Pacific War, and other military action in World War II as well as military conflicts including the Vietnam War and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Hammel wrote a series of books about World War II Flying Aces but his most influential book was The Root : The Marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984 on the subject of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings.Hammel worked in several occupations before he settled on writing and publishing. He was formerly a stringer and contributing editor to Leatherneck Magazine.WEB
, Library of Congress
, 2012-02-02
, Contributor biographical information for Library of Congress control number 2011275228
,catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1203/2011275228-b.html
, Eric Hammel is a professional military historian with forty books and nearly seventy magazine articles to his credit (visit www.erichammelbooks.com). He has been writing about U.S. Marines at war since the early 1960s and has spoken to large assemblages of Marines and former Marines over the course of three decades. He often has been invited to lead professional military education seminars at the Marine Corps University as well as at Marine Corps commands on the West Coast. For many years he was a contributing editor and West Coast stringer for Leatherneck magazine. He has appeared in numerous television documentaries on Marine Corps operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut. Hammel has also worked as a freelance acquisitions and line editor, and for ten years operated his own military history publishing firm (Pacifica Press). He lives in California.
, He owned and operated a publishing business under the names Pacifica Press and Pacifica Military History. He died on August 25, 2020, of Parkinson’s disease.

Bibliography

  • BOOK


, Hammel
, Eric
, Eric M. Hammel
, Lemuel C.
, introduction by Shepherd, Jr.
, Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.
, Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War
, Vanguard Press
, 1981
, New York City, New York
, 0-8149-0856-X
, 81016089
,
  • BOOK


, R. Bruce, Porter
, Eric, Hammel
, Eric Hammel
, Pappy, introduction by Boyington
, Pappy Boyington
, Ace! : a Marine night-fighter pilot in World War II
, 1st
, Pacifica, Calif.
, Pacifica Press
, 1985
, 0-935553-01-0
, 86151862
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, The root : the marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984
, 1st
, San Diego
, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
, 1985
, 0-15-179006-X
, 85000805
,archive.org/details/rootmarinesin00hamm
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M. and John E. Lane
, 76 hours : the invasion of Tarawa
, 1st
, Pacifica, Calif.
, Pacifica Press
, 1985
, 0-935553-00-2
, 86152009
,
  • BOOK


, Asher, Jerry with Eric Hammel
, Duel for the Golan : the 100-hour battle that saved Israel
, 1st
, New York
, W. Morrow and Company, W. Morrow
, 1987
, 0-688-06911-8
, 86018199
,archive.org/details/duelforgolan00ashe
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Guadalcanal (Carrier battles)
, 1st
, New York
, Crown Publishing Group, Crown
, 1987
, 0-517-56608-7
, 86032964
,archive.org/details/guadalcanalcarri00hamm
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Guadalcanal : starvation island
, 1st
, New York
, Crown Publishers
, 1987
, 0-517-56417-3
, 86016586
,archive.org/details/guadalcanalstarv00hamm
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Guadalcanal : decision at sea : the naval battle of Guadalcanal, November 13–15, 1942
, 1st
, New York
, Crown
, 1988
, 0-517-56952-3
, 87037963
,archive.org/details/guadalcanaldecis00hamm
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Munda trail : the New Georgia campaign
, 1st
, New York
, Orion Books
, 1989
, 0-517-56972-8
, 88012684
,archive.org/details/mundatrailnewgeo00hamm
,
  • BOOK


, Camp, Richard D. with Eric Hammel
, Lima-6 : a Marine company commander in Vietnam, June 1967-January 1968
, New York
, Atheneum Books, Atheneum
, 1989
, 0-689-12045-1
, 89006967
,
  • BOOK


, David E. Pergrin, Pergrin, David E. with Eric Hammel
, First across the Rhine : the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany
, New York
, Atheneum
, 1989
, 0-689-12033-8
, 89000185
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Khe Sanh : siege in the clouds : an oral history
, 1st
, New York
, Crown Publishers
, 1989
, 0-517-57268-0
, 88039767
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Ambush Valley : I Corps, Vietnam 1967 : the story of a Marine infantry battalion’s battle for survival
, Novato, CA
, Presidio Press
, 1990
, 0-89141-365-0
, 90030090
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Fire in the streets : the battle for Hue, Tet 1968
, Chicago
, Contemporary Books
, 1991
, 0-8092-4279-6
, 90022867
,archive.org/details/fireinstreetsthe00hamm
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Six days in June : how Israel won the 1967 Arab-Israeli War
, New York
, Scribner’s
, 1992
, 978-0-684-19390-8
, 92004596
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, The American aces speak
, Novato, CA
, Presidio
, 1992–1998
, 1-3, 5
, 0-89141-440-1
, 91042810
, 089141441X (v. 2), 0935553142 (v. 3), 0935553282 (v. 5)
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Aces against Japan
, Novato, CA
, Presidio
, 1992–1996
, 1 and 2
, 0-89141-440-1
, 91042724
, 0935553142 (v. 2)
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Aces against Germany
, Novato, CA
, Presidio
, 1993
, 1 and 2
, 0-89141-441-X
, 93006548
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Air war Europa : America’s air war against Germany in Europe and north Africa, 1942-1945 : chronology
, Pacifica, CA
, Pacifica Press
, 1994
, 0-935553-07-X
, 94004181
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Carrier clash : the invasion of Guadalcanal and the battle of the eastern Solomons, August 1942
, Pacifica, CA
, Pacifica Press
, 1997
, 0-935553-20-7
, 96043501
,
  • BOOK


, John Thomas Blackburn, Blackburn, Tom with Eric Hammel
, The Jolly Rogers : the story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17
, Pacifica, CA
, Pacifica Press
, 1997
, 0-935553-19-3
, 96042244
,
  • BOOK


, compiled by Eric Hammel
, Aces in combat
, Pacifica, CA
, Pacifica Press
, 1998
, 0-935553-28-2
, 98004256
,
  • BOOK


, Raymond, Robert S. (with Eric Hammel)
, A Yank in Bomber Command
, Pacifica, CA
, Pacifica Press
, 1998
, 0-935553-27-4
, 98005323
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Marines at war : 20 true heroic tales of U.S. Marines in combat, 1942-1983
, 1st
, Pacifica, CA
, Pacifica Press
, 1999
, 0-935553-40-1
, 99022192
, (pbk.)
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Dustjacket and maps by Carol Moody
, Carrier strike : the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
, 1st
, Pacifica, CA
, Pacifica Press
, 1999
, 0-935553-37-1
, 99054764
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Pacific warriors : the U.S. marines in World War II : a pictorial tribute
, St. Paul, MN
, Zenith Press
, 2005
, 0-7603-2097-7
, 2006297865
, (hbk.)
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Iwo Jima : [portrait of a battle : United States Marines at war in the Pacific]
, St. Paul, MN
, Zenith Press
, 2006
, 978-0-7603-2520-9
, 2006015636
, (hardbound w/ jacket)
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Guadalcanal : the U.S. Marines in World War II : a pictorial tribute
, St. Paul
, Zenith Press
, 2007
, 978-0-7603-3148-4
, 2007000504
, (hbk.)
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Marines in Hue city : a portrait of urban combat, Tet 1968
, St. Paul
, Zenith Press
, 2007
, 978-0-7603-2521-6
, 2006022062
,
  • BOOK


, Bloody Tarawa: The 2nd Marine Division, November 20–23, 1943
, Eric M. Hammel, Eric M., Hammel
, John E., Lane
, Zenith Press
, February 20, 2006
,books.google.com/books?id=LZC0eX8CEZMC&q=CROWE&pg=PA38
, 2012-02-02
, 978-0-7603-2402-8
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester : the U.S. Marines in World War II : a pictorial tribute
, St. Paul
, Zenith Press
, 2007
, 978-0-7603-3296-2
, 2007039640
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, U.S. Marines in World War II : Tarawa and the Marshalls : a pictorial tribute
, Minneapolis, Minn.
, Zenith Press
, 2008
, 978-0-7603-3329-7
, 2008015726
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, How America saved the world : the untold story of U.S. preparedness between the world wars
, Minneapolis
, Zenith Press/MBI Pub. Co.
, 2009
, 978-0-7603-3511-6
, 2008045649
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Islands of hell : the U.S. Marines in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
, Minneapolis
, MBI Pub. Co. : Zenith Press
, 2010
, 978-0-7603-3779-0
, 2009030268
,
  • BOOK


, Hammel, Eric M.
, Always faithful : U.S. Marines in World War II combat
, Long Island City, New York
, Osprey Publishing
, 2011
, 978-1-84908-538-0
, 2011275228
,

Memberships

  • Marine Corps Historical Foundation
  • Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association
  • Marine Corps Association
  • The Chosin Few (honorary founder)
  • Second Marine Division Association
  • Guadalcanal Campaign Veterans

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