Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD, is a writer and historian who has edited and authored more than 180 books. After earning his PhD in 1990 from St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, he took a position as civilian historian with the Department of Defense and specialized in air force history. His previous books include Kings Mountain; Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781; Saving Washington's Army; Death at the Little Bighorn; Pickett's Charge; How the Irish Won the American Revolution; George Washington's Surprise Attack; Exodus from the Alamo; and Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson. He lives in central Florida.