He graduated from Princeton University in 1947 and wrote more than twenty books, including the bestseller Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans and This Kind of War, about the Korean War.
Ia lulus dari Universitas Princeton pada tahun 1947, dan telah mempublikasikan lebih dari dua puluh buku, termasuk buku larisnya bertajuk Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans dan This Kind of War, tentang Perang Korea.