Dwight R. Messimer (American)

Messimer was a Lecturer in Military History at San Jose State University in California. He specialised in World War One and early aviation. He had published 6 books prior to the book on Anti Submarine warfare. He served in the US Army from 1954 to 1962 and was stationed in Berlin between 1957 and 1959.After discharge he spent 22 years with the San Jose Police Department, and then completed a degree in history before beginning a career in teaching.