Dr. John Stapleton Associate Professor History john.stapleton [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, John attended New Trier High School, graduating in 1982. After graduation, he attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin where, in addition to earning a BA in History, John was a varsity football player and co-captain of the lacrosse club. After a five-year stint in the business world, John returned to academia in 1991 where he enrolled in the graduate history program at the Ohio State University. Ph.D. The Ohio State UniversityM.A. The Ohio State UniversityB.A. Lawrence University Research Interests Early Modern European History, Modern European History, Early Modern Military History, Modern Military History, Age of Exploration and Discovery Current Research Coalition Warfare in late-seventeenth century Europe, Amphibious Operations in the Second World War Selected Publications “British Military Development to 1700: From Civil War to Great Power,” Ty Seidule, Cliff Rogers, and John Stapleton, eds., The West Point History of Warfare, Volume 1 (i-Book, 2013), 116-182.“‘By thes difficultys you may see the great disadvantage a confederat army has’: Marlborough, the Allies and the Campaigns in the Low Countries, 1702-1706,” in John B. Hattendorf, Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., and Rolof van Hovell tot Westerflier, eds., Marlborough: Soldier and Diplomat (Rotterdam: Karwansaray Publishers, 2012), 145-171.“Prelude to Rijswijk: William III, Louis XIV, and the Strange Case of Marshal Boufflers,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, Volume 35 (2007), 87-106.“The Dual Monarchy in Practice: William III and the Confederate Army, 1689-1697,” in Esther Mijers and David Onnekink, ed., Redefining William III: the impact of the King-Stadholder in international context (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2007), 69-90.“The Blue-Water Dimension of King William’s War: Amphibious Operations and Allied Strategy during the Nine Years’ War, 1688-1697,” in Mark Fissel and David Trim, ed., Amphibious Warfare and European Expansion, 1000-1700: War, Commerce, and State Formation (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006), 315-356.“‘The World Is Not Enough.’ The Empire of Philip II (1556-1598),” co-authored with Geoffrey Parker, in Exploring the European Past: Texts and Images (Mason, OH: Thomson Learning Custom Publishing, 2003).“Grand Pensionary at War: Anthonie Heinsius and the Nine Years’ War,” in Jan A. F. de Jongste and Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr., ed., Anthonie Heinsius and the Dutch Republic, 1688-1720: Politics, War, and Finance (The Hague: Institute of Netherlands History, 2002), 199-227.