Matt Wayman
Department Address
1300 Harper Road
Reading, PA 19610-6009

Research Interests
Subject Expertise
- History
- Military Studies
Publications
Best Historical Materials 2015, 2016
Best Historical Materials 2014, 2015
Best Historical Materials 2012 (misprint), 2014
Best Historical Materials 2012, 2013
The Seven Years’ War in North America, 1754-1763, Choice, 2004
Fortifications at Quebec, 1759-1760: Their Conditions and Impact on the Sieges and Battles, Journal of America’s Military Past, 2004
Career information and salary surveys, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, 2003
The history of the American colonies 1585-1700, Reference and User Services Quarterly, 2002
Other Publications
Chapters
Mortars, 2012
Howitzers, 2012
The Penn State University Libraries Administrative Leadership Development Program: A Proposal, Middle Management in Academic and Public Libraries, 2011
The Penn State University Libraries Administrative Leadership Development Program: A Proposal, 2011
Fort, 2008
Career Information and Salary Surveys, The Core Business Web: A Guide to Key Information Resources, 2002
Book/Film/Article Reviews
Turning the Tide: The USAAF in North Africa and Sicily, 2024
The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives, 2024
World of War: A History of American Warfare from Jamestown to the War on Terror, 2023
Dark Nights, Deadly Waters: American PT Boats at Guadalcanal, 2023
Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition, 2023
Battle: The Art of War from the Battle of Hastings to D-Day, 2022
Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower & the World They Forged, 2022
From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance, 2021
By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy Seals, 2021
War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East, 2020
The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor, 2020
Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II, 2020
George Marshall: Defender of the Republic, 2019
The Second Most Powerful Man in the World: The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff, 2019
The Deadly Deep: The Definitive History of Submarine Warfare, 2018
Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II, 2018
Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History, 2018
Sons of Freedom: The Forgotten American Soldiers Who Defeated Germany in World War I, 2018
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U. S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man, 2018
Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea, 2018
World War II at Sea: A Global History, 2018
Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round the World, 2018
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won, 2017
Pershing's Crusaders: The American Soldier in World War I, 2017
The Jersey Brothers: A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family's Quest to Bring Him Home, 2017
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, 2016
Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission, 2016
Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality, and Hitler's Lightning War: France, 1940, 2016
Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II, 2016
MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific, 2016
Revolution on the Hudson: New York City and the Hudson River Valley in the War of American Independence, 2016
Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution, Journal of Military History, 2016
Coventry: November 14, 1940, Library Journal, 2015
Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Frienship, and Sacrifice, 2015
Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, Library Journal, 2015
Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It, Library Journal, 2015
Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of World War II, Library Journal, 2015
Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War, Library Journal, 2014
Iraq after America: Strongmen, Sectarians, Resistance, Library Journal, 2014
Encyclopedia of Military Science, Library Journal, 2014
Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World, Library Journal, 2013
A Field Guide to Gettysburg: Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its HIstory, Places, and People, Library Journal, 2013
The Gettysburg Campaign in Numbers and Losses: Synopses, Orders of Battle, Strengths, Casualties, and Maps, June 9 - July 14, 1863, Library Journal, 2013
Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News., Library Journal, 2012
Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain, Library Journal, 2012
So You Think You Know Antietam?: The Stories Behind America's Bloodiest Day, Library Journal, 2012
Tales from a Revolution: Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America., Library Journal, 2012
The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle, Library Journal, 2012
Fatal Colours: Towton, 1461; England's Most Brutal Battle, Library Journal, 2012
This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485-1746, Library Journal, 2011
Commanders: History’s Greatest Military Leaders, Library Journal, 2010
Erich von Manstein: Hitler's Master Strategist, Library Journal, 2010
Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg; The Campaigns That Changed the Civil War, Library Journal, 2010
Outnumbered: Incredible Stories of History's Most Surprising Battlefield Upsets, Library Journal, 2010
The Legacy of the Second World War, Library Journal, 2010
With Musket & Tomahawk: The Saratoga Campaign and the Wilderness War of 1777, Library Journal, 2010
War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of the American Frontier, Library Journal, 2009
Antietam, South Mountain, & Harpers Ferry: A Battlefield Guide, Library Journal, 2009
Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Library Journal, 2009
Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York, Library Journal, 2008
Seeds of Discontent: The Deep Roots of the American Revolution, 1650-1750, Library Journal, 2008
The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army, Library Journal, 2008
Washington’s War: The American War of Independence to the Iraqi Insurgency, Library Journal, 2008
Fusiliers: The Sage of the British Soldier in the American Revolution, Library Journal, 2007
The Perils of Peace: American’s Struggle for Survival after Yorktown, Library Journal, 2007
Stonewall Jackson: A Biography, Library Journal, 2007
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence, Library Journal, 2007
Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence Was Fought, Library Journal, 2007
Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors, Library Journal, 2006
How To Lose a Battle: Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders, Library Journal, 2006
Fields of Honor: PivotalBattles of the Civil War, Library Journal, 2006
The Doolittle Raid 1942: America’s First Strike Back at Japan / Ancient Greek Fortifications 500-300 B.C. / Bronze Age War Chariots / Armies of Ivan the Terrible: Russian Troops 1505-1700 (Review essay), Library Journal, 2006
Through a Howling Wilderness, Library Journal, 2005
The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War, Library Journal, 2005
Washington’s Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge, Library Journal, 2005
Encyclopedia/Dictionary Entries
Privateering, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, 2016
Colonial Defense, ABC-CLIO, 2005
Magazine/Trade Publications
It’s the Little Things: The 2006 List of Outstanding Reference Sources, American Libraries, 2006
Short Surveys
From committees of RUSA: Best historical materials 2015, Reference and User Services Quarterly, 2016
Others
Bibliography of Chicago Architecture, 2017
Selected Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2016
Selected Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2014
Selected Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2014
Selected Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2013
A World At War: World War II and the Origins of the Cold War, 1931-1949: Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2012
Expansion at Home and Abroad: The Later Indian Wars, the Spanishg-American War, and the Philippine-American War, 1878-1913: Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2012
The Post-Cold War Era: Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan, 1990-Present: Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2012
Turmoil in the Early Republic: The War of 1812 and the Rise of American Power, 1786-1830: Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2012
Selected Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2012
Selected Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2011
Selected Bibliography, ABC-CLIO, 2009
Library of Congress call number sections E101-143 (Discovery of America and Early Explorations; Descriptive Accounts of America to 1810), E181-182 (Military and Naval History), E186-199 (Colonial History, 1607-1775), and E201-298 (The Revolution, 1775-1783), American Library Association, 2006