Rod Andrew Jr.
Professor; Alumni Master Teacher
Contact
Department of History
Office: 12 Hardin Hall
Phone: 864-656-3153
Email: jrandre@clemson.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia (1997); M.A., Clemson University (1993); B.A., University of North Carolina (1987)
Courses
History of the American South, 1865-Present; Major Problems in Southern History (graduate seminar); U.S. Military History; History of World War II; U.S. History, 1865-Present
Research Interests
U.S. History; U.S. South; Military; Cultural
Professor Andrew specializes in the History of the American South and U.S. Military History. His biography of Wade Hampton won the Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies in 2009, and his biography of Andrew Pickens won the Harry M. Ward Book Award. He is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and recently served as Officer-in-Charge, Field History Branch, U.S. Marine Corps History Division. His current book project is tentatively titled Narrow Passage: War, Politics, and the Survival of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1945-1953.
Awards
Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies; Harry M. Ward Book Award, American Revolution Roundtable of Richmond
Selected Professional Works
Books (Published)
The Life and Times of General Andrew Pickens: Revolutionary War Hero, American Founder. University of North Carolina Press, 2017.
Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh, 1967. U.S. Marine Corps History Division, 2017.
The First Fight: U.S. Marines in Operation Starlite, August 1965. U.S. Marine Corps History Division, 2015.
Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to Southern Redeemer. University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
U.S. Marines in Battle: An Nasiriyah, 23 March to 2 April 2003. U.S. Marine Corps History Division, 2009.
Long Gray Lines: The Southern Military School Tradition, 1839-1915. University of North Carolina Press, 2003.