Author: Robert B. Kane
Born: 13 August 1951
Bio: Dr. Robert Barry Kane holds bachelor, master’s, and doctorate degrees in European history. He spent 27 years in the Air Force between 1976 and 2003, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. An Air Force historian since July 2005, he presently serves as the Chief Historian, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He has also served as adjunct faculty for various colleges and universities and presently teaches part time for Troy University, Alabama, and the American Military University, West Virginia. He has received numerous Air Force awards and recognition as an Outstanding Young American (1985) and in *Who’s Who in America*. He has published *Disobedience and Conspiracy in the German Army, 1918-1945*, *So Far From Home: Royal Air Force and Free French Air Force Flight Training at Maxwell and Gunter Fields during World War II*, book reviews, and short articles for various encyclopedias. Dr. Kane resides in Montgomery, Alabama.

Source: [University of Georgia Press](https://ugapress.org/author/robert-b-kane/)