E. A. Reitan

Earl Aaron Reitain (May 3, 1925 – October 15, 2015) was an American historian.

He was born in Grove City, Minnesota and served in World War II as a United States Army rifleman. He was awarded both the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Medal for his service.

Works 'The Civil List in Eighteenth-Century British Politics: Parliamentary Supremacy versus the Independence of the Crown', The Historical Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1966), pp. 318–337. 'The "Knowledge Explosion" and the Academic Man', The Journal of General Education, Vol. 18, No. 2 (July 1966), pp. 73–80. 'Revenue to Civil List, 1689-1702: The Revolution Settlement and the 'Mixed and Balanced' Constitution', The Historical Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Dec., 1970), pp. 571–588. 'The Man with the Multiple-Choice Mind', Academe, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Apr., 1979), pp. 197–201. 'Expanding Horizons: Maps in the "Gentleman's Magazine," 1731-1754', Imago Mundi, Vol. 37 (1985), pp. 54–62. Politics, War and Empire: Rise of Britain to a World Power, 1688-1792 (1994). Tory Radicalism: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and the Transformation of Modern Britain, 1979-1997 (1997). Rifleman: On the Cutting Edge of World War II (2001). Crossing the Bridge: Growing up Norwegian-American in Depression and War 1925-1946 (2002). The Thatcher Revolution: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, and the Transformation of Modern Britain (2002). Liberalism: Time-Tested Principles for the Twenty-First Century (2003). I Was a Teenage Rifleman in World War II (2004). Politics, Finance, and the People: Economical Reform in England in the Age of the American Revolution, 1770-1792 (2007).