Matt Wayman

Head Librarian Berks and Interim Director for Commonwealth Campus Libraries Eastern Region
Associate Librarian

Department Address

Thun Library
1300 Harper Road
Reading, PA 19610-6009
Departmental Phone
610-396-6339 (department)
mjw13@psu.edu

Research Interests

Military history, colonial American history, siege warfare and fortifications, bibliography of history

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