Andrew A. Wiest
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Andrew A. Wiest

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Dr. Andrew Wiest was born in Chicago, but raised in Hattiesburg. After attending the University of Southern Mississippi for his undergraduate and masters degrees, Dr. Wiest went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Specializing in the study of World War I and Vietnam, Dr. Wiest has served as a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in the United Kingdom and as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Warfighting Strategy at the United States Air Force Air War College. Dr. Wiest is the Founding Director of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Wiest has published widely and presented his research at conferences and at invited talks both nationally and internationally. Dr. Wiest has published more than 20 books, including The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam and Vietnam’s Forgotten Army (which won the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award). He has also been nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on National Geographic Channel’s documentary Brothers in War, which was based on his book The Boys of ’67, and won a New York Festivals Gold Medal for his work on the History Channel documentary Vietnam in HD. He has also written for the BBC, the New York Times, CNN, and serves on the Department of the Army’s Historical Advisory Committee.
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    • Dogwood

    • A National Guard unit's war in Iraq
    • By: Andrew Wiest
    • Narrated by: Eric Meyers
    • Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 08-05-2025
    • Language: English
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