About the Photographer and Researcher
Russ Rodgers is currently an historian who specializes in World War II armored operations, Medieval warfare, and asymmetric warfare principles. He has served in active duty and reserve component US Army units, having been in armor, infantry and military intelligence. He also assisted the Patton Museum with their armor reenactments, and was one of a group of volunteers featured in the National Geographic special "Tycoon Toys." The coat of arms on the front page actually belongs in his family, having been granted in the 1000s in Schwabia.
Publications:
Historic Photos of General George Patton, published by Turner Publishing, 2007.
Fundamentals of Islamic Asymmetric Warfare: A Documentary Analysis of the Principles of Muhammad, published by The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.
The Rise and Decline of Mobility Doctrine in the U.S. Army, 1920-1944, published by The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
The Generalship of Muhammad: Battles and Campaigns of the Prophet of Allah, published by University Press of Florida, 2012.
Terrorism's Unanswered Questions, published by Praeger, 2008 (chapter 7 on suicide bombers).
The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars [5 volumes]: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts, published by ABC-CLIO, 2010 (as Contributing Editor).
He is pictued, above left, at the start of his 2005 castle quest in Germany, with his leaky tent and little Renault Clio! The Clio vibrated excessively over 115mph. Center, his wife accompanied him on his 2007 trip. Next to her is their rental Daihatsu Sirion. This car was actually much better than the Clio, and didn't vibrate at all when going 120mph on the Autobahn! Below, his wife checking the equipment in their rental car, a Fiat Panda, in 2008. This Panda was a diesel and the fuel efficiency was excellent, a vital necessity where the Euro was at $1.56 and fuel was E 1.45 per liter (about $8.50 per gallon in July 2008!).
Below, Russ engaged in one of his other passions... research regarding tanks! In this case, he is in the turret of a Soviet-built Iraqi T-72.
