Dr. Ronald Frankum
Dr. Ronald Frankum
Associate Professor of History, Chair
Ronald.Frankum@millersville.edu
Office: 312 McComsey
Phone: (717) 872-3750
Additional Information
Courses:
- HIST 105: Craft of History
- HIST 106: Contours of United States History
- HIST 276: American Foreign Relations, 1890 to the Present
- HIST 360: Second World War
- HIST 406: Senior Seminar
- HIST 470: The Vietnam War
- HIST 498/499: Departmental Honors Thesis
- HIST 510: Topics in History: 20th Century American Foreign Relations
- HIST 503: Readings in 20th Century United States History
- HIST 510: Readings: The Vietnam War
- HIST 510: Readings: Modern American Foreign Relations
- HIST 610: 20th Century American Wars and Diplomacy
- HIST 612: Seminar: The Vietnam War
- HIST 698: Independent Study - Readings in United States History
Recent Publications:
Books
-
The Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam. Scarecrow Press (May 2011)
- Operation Passage to Freedom: The United States Navy in Vietnam, 1954-1955 . Texas Tech University Press (July 2007)
- Like Rolling Thunder: The Air War during the Vietnam War. Rowman and Littlefield (February 2005)
- The Vietnam War for Dummies. (with Stephen Maxner) Wiley (October 2002)
- Silent Partners: The United States and Australia in Vietnam . Edwin Mellen Press, (March 2001)
Articles/Encyclopedia Entries
- "Một cách hiểu về Ngô Đình Diệm (Understanding Ngô Đình Diêm), BBCVietnamese.com (October 28, 2008) http://www.bbc.co.uk/vietnamese/vietnam/story/2008/10/081028_frankum_ngodinhdiem.shtml
- "Australia, Air Force", "Australia, Navy", "Donlan, Roger", "FREEDOM TRAIN, Operation (air)", "Sisowath Sirik Matak", "Task Force 116", "Xa Loi Pagoda Raid", "Vung Tau" entries in the ABC-CLIO Military History Series (2008)
- "Australia" and "New Zealand" entries in the Encyclopedia of the Cold War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Spencer Tucker, Editor (2006)
Current Research Interests:
Twentieth Century American Foreign Relations; The Vietnam War; The Second World War
