Education:

• Ph.D. - University of Virginia
• M.A. - Michigan State University
• B.A. - Michigan State University

Biography:

Jim Bradford taught at the Naval Academy, 1973-8.  While teaching at Texas A&M University, since 1981, he taught in Malaysia, 1987-88; and was a Visiting Professor at the Air War College, 1995-97. He served as president of the North American Society for Oceanic History, 2008-2011.

 Publications:

   Books 

     A Companion to American Military History, 2 vols. ed. Blackwell 2010

     International Encyclopedia of Military History, 2 vols. ed. Routledge, 2006

     Atlas of American Military History, ed., Oxford University Press, 2003. 

     The Papers of John Paul Jones, 10 reels of microfilm & guide. Chadwyck-Healey, 1986.

     Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders, ed. Naval Institute Press, 1997.

     Conflict between Cultures: The Military Dimension, ed. Texas A&M University Press, 1997.

     Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War & Its Aftermath, ed .Naval Institute Press, 1993.

    Admirals of the New Steel Navy: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1880-1930, ed. Naval Institute Press, 1990. Chinese language edition, 1998.

    Captains of the Old Steam Navy: Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1840-1880, ed. Naval Institute Press, 1986.

    Command Under Sail: ­Makers of the American Naval Tradition, 1775-1850,­ ed. Naval Institute Press, 1985.  Chinese language edition, 1993.

    Anne Arundel County Maryland:­ A Bicentennial  History, 1649-1977, ed. Annapolis and Anne Arundel Bicentennial Committee, 1977.

Articles and Book Chapters (Selected)

  “Pointe-du-Hoc Battlefield, Normandy, France,” in Fields of Conflict: Battlefield Archaeology from the Roman Empire to the Korean War, ed. by Douglas Scott, Lawrence Babits, and Charles Haeker (Westport: Praeger, 2007) 2:383-397 (co-author).

   “The Effects of the Vietnam War on the U.S. Navy,” in From Quagmire to Détente: The Cold War from 1963 to 1975,   ed. by Malcolm Muir , Jr. and Mark F. Wilkinson (Lexington, Va., VMI, 2005), 268-283. 

"Samuel Nicholas: Senior Officer, Continental Marines," in The Commandants of the Marine Corps, ed by Allan Millett and Jack Shulminson. Naval Institute Press, 2004, pp. 17-26.

“John Paul Jones and Guerre de Razzia,” The Northern Mariner, 13:4 (October 2003), 1-16.

"The Battle of Flamborough Head," in Great American Naval Battles, ed. By Jack Sweetman. Naval Institute Press, 1998, pp. 27-47.

“Two Centuries of Warfare for Profit: French and American Privateering, 1680-1865.” in Pirates, ed. by David Cordingly. London: Salamander Books, 1996, pp. 164-87.

"Naval Developments in the Late 19^th Century," in Sea Power:­ A Naval History, 2^nd ed. by E. B. Potter. Annapolis: ­Naval Institute Press, 1981­, pp. 155-63.

"The Navies of the American Revolution," in In Peace and War:­ Interpretations of American Naval History,1775-1978, ed. By Kenneth J. Hagan­ Westport:  Greenwood Press, 1978­, pp.3-26; rev. ed. 2008.

Current work:

Bradford is currently working on a an encyclopedia of American naval history and a biography of John Paul Jones.