Robert Cowley

29 workspublishing since 1964

Robert Cowley is an American military historian, who writes on topics in American and European military history ranging from the American Civil War through World War II. He has held several senior positions in book and magazine publishing and is the founding editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History; Cowley has also written extensively and edited three collections of essays in counterfactual history known as What If?

Published

29 works · 1964–2025

2025

The Killing Season: A New History of Autumn 1914ReleasedOct 9, 2025Hardcover
The Killing Season The Autumn of 1914, Ypres, and the Afternoon That Cost Germany a WarReleasedSep 2, 2025Hardcover · Paperback

2013

Priorities and Self RealizationsReleasedJan 26, 2013Paperback

2012

Inner Cognition Outer Relatedness to ChangeReleasedMay 2012Paperback

2005

The Cold War: A Military HistoryReleasedSep 6, 2005Hardcover

2004

What Ifs? Of American HistoryReleasedAug 2004Hardcover · Ebook
Journey on the Western FrontReleasedApr 1, 2004Hardcover
What If? America Eminent Historians Imagine what Might Have BeenReleased2004Hardcover · Paperback