About Harold Lee Wise
Harold Lee Wise was a historian.
Harold Lee Wise is a naval historian, focused on recent U.S. military history. He is a former adjunct history professor at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina and Northwestern University, and winner of the Ben H. Powell writing award at his alma mater Sam Houston State University. He was a guest on NPR's Throughline in June 2026.
Books and Articles His 2007 book "Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88" (Naval Institute Press, 2007) Wise contributed the article "One Day of War" to Naval History Magazine in 2013.
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