Army University Press

Army University Press
Name	Army University Press
Established	2015
Type	Professional military press
Location	Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Parent	United States Army Combined Arms Center

Army University Press is the professional publishing arm associated with Fort Leavenworth and the United States Army Combined Arms Center, created to disseminate operational, historical, and doctrinal scholarship for the United States Army and allied partners. It produces books, journals, and multimedia that bridge service education at institutions such as the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College with practitioners, scholars, and policymakers. The Press supports professional development across officer and noncommissioned officer cadres while preserving primary-source material connected to campaigns, leaders, and institutions.

History

Army University Press traces institutional antecedents to the publishing activities of the Combat Studies Institute and the historic printing work at Fort Leavenworth dating to the 19th century. Its formal establishment in 2015 consolidated multiple publishing programs under the authority of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and the Combined Arms Center to streamline dissemination of doctrine and scholarship post-Afghanistan and in the era of renewed great-power competition with states such as Russia and China. The Press has issued editions on historical campaigns including analyses of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the Anzio landings, and the Tet Offensive, while curating collected papers from figures like George S. Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and Erwin Rommel as part of broader archival efforts. Over time the organization absorbed legacy journals and platforms formerly hosted by entities such as the Combat Studies Institute Press and integrated modern editorial standards influenced by civilian academic publishers including Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.

Organization and Leadership

The Press is organized within the United States Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth and reports through command channels that include the Commanding General, Combined Arms Center and the Army University structure. Senior leadership typically comprises a director with publishing and military-education experience, an editorial board drawn from faculty at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the U.S. Army War College, plus production, acquisitions, and digital-media teams. Governance interfaces with legal counsel from the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Army and with historical oversight from the U.S. Army Center of Military History. Notable contributors and advisors have included retired generals and historians who served in theaters such as Iraq War and War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), and scholars associated with universities like Georgetown University, Harvard University, and Yale University.

Publications and Journals

The Press publishes monographs, edited volumes, doctrinal pamphlets, and periodicals. Flagship periodicals include scholarly journals that feature articles on doctrine, history, and operational art with contributors drawn from institutions like Naval War College, Air University, and allied academies such as the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the Canadian Army Command and Staff College. The catalog encompasses studies on campaigns like the Normandy landings, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Operation Desert Storm campaign analyses, and biographies of leaders such as Colin Powell, Omar Bradley, and Creighton Abrams. The Press also issues professional reading lists used at the Combined Arms Center and for PME at schools including Fort Benning and Fort Sill.

Mission and Activities

The mission centers on enabling professional military education, preserving operational history, and advancing doctrinal discourse. Activities include peer review of articles, editorial workshops with contributors linked to institutions such as Johns Hopkins University and Princeton University, and the production of teaching materials for resident and distance-learning programs. The Press supports the education of noncommissioned officers through materials connected to Sergeant Major Academy curricula and assists in wargaming and lessons-learned efforts coordinated with organizations like the Center for Army Lessons Learned and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

Digital Platforms and Accessibility

Digital dissemination is a priority: the Press operates an online repository with searchable content, downloadable ebooks, and multimedia lectures drawn from symposia at venues including the Association of the United States Army and the Military Writers Symposium. It emphasizes open access for many publications to reach audiences in partner militaries such as the British Army, Australian Defence Force, and NATO allies, and conforms to digital preservation practices similar to those used by the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration. Social-media engagement links to professional networks associated with think tanks like the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Brookings Institution.

Partnerships and Outreach

Army University Press maintains partnerships with academic presses, war colleges, historical societies, and civilian universities. Collaborative projects have involved the National WWII Museum, the U.S. Naval War College, and the George C. Marshall Foundation, producing joint conferences, edited volumes, and archival projects. Outreach includes public lectures, podcast series featuring historians from institutions like Stanford University and Columbia University, and exchanges with allied academic institutions such as the École militaire and the Bundeswehr University Munich.

Awards and Recognition

The Press and its authors have received recognition from professional associations, with awards from organizations like the Society for Military History, the Association of American University Presses, and the Army Historical Foundation. Individual titles have been cited in prize lists honoring work on topics such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and civil-military relations exemplified by studies involving figures like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur. Its journals attract peer-reviewed scholarship that is indexed by academic services used by scholars at institutions such as Rutgers University and Pennsylvania State University.

Category:United States Army publications