Marc Gallicchio, PhD
Professor and Mary M. Birle Chair in History | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Villanova University
- Villanova PA
Marc Gallicchio, PhD, is an expert on World War II, U.S. foreign relations, East Asia, modern military history and modern U.S. history.
Media
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Areas of Expertise
Biography
Education
Temple University
PhD
Pennsylvania State University
MA
Temple University
BA
Select Media Appearances
"Something Bigger Than Ourselves": Biden Stresses Democratic Values at D-Day Landing Site
Courthouse News Service
2024-06-07
On June 6, 1944—as part of the D-Day invasion—225 American Rangers disembarked on these shores. They scaled the cliffs... as cannons fired down at them. The mission was a success, but only 90 soldiers survived. The French erected the Point du Hoc monument to commemorate the operation, which along with other D-Day operations proved a turning point in the war... "Once the landings were made and they were able to reinforce the beachheads, it was at that point probably a matter of time before the Germans would be defeated," Marc Gallicchio, a professor of history at Villanova University, told Courthouse News.
Op-Ed: Tired of Long Complicated Wars with Tough Choices?
History News Network
2017-08-31
"As the Trump administration prepares to send more troops to Afghanistan and considers how to respond to North Korean provocations, pundits and military experts evaluating those situations have struggled to assess when the costs of military intervention outweigh its potential achievements. In the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq U.S. General David Petraeus put this query rather more pointedly: 'Tell me how this ends?'"
Endgame in the Pacific
The Wall Street Journal
2017-06-09
A startling, nearly forgotten story is well documented in "Implacable Foes," a valuable and revealing study by Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio, historians at San Diego State and Villanova, respectively. The authors remind us how public weariness with World War II and the difficulty of redeploying armies world-wide for a reckoning with Tokyo imperiled Truman's plan to defeat Japan and avoid the type of economic disruptions that tested the nation after World War I.
Op-Ed: Today's the Anniversary of R-Day! What, You Don't Know What That Is?
History News Network
2017-05-12
"Earlier this week the United States and Europe marked the 72nd anniversary of V-E Day, "Victory in Europe," with mostly low-keyed ceremonies and announcements. Today, a date that was of equal or even greater importance for GIs will probably slip by with even less notice. We are referring to May 12, R-Day, for redeployment and readjustment, the day when GIs in Europe and the Pacific Theater learned if they had accumulated enough points to be sent home."
Research Grants
Special Research Grant
Villanova University
2003
Research Fellow for the Japan Foundation-National Security Archive Project on Power and Prosperity
Linkages Between Security and Economics in American-Japanese Relations
1997–2000
Research Grant
American Philosophical Society
1991
Fellowship for Advanced Research
U.S. Military History Institute
1991
Select Academic Articles
Truman, Unconditional Surrender, and a New Deal for Japan (Book Chapter)
The Legacy of Harry S. Truman in East Asia: Japan, China and the Two Koreas2012
African Americans and the Asia Pacific War (Book Chapter)
The Asia Pacific War, Volume 3: Mobilization, Resistance and Collaboration2006
