Paul G. Halpern

Paul G. Halpern (born 27 January 1937) is a retired American educator, naval historian and documentary editor. His primary focus has been the history of the Royal Navy in the period surrounding the First World War and in Naval warfare in the Mediterranean during World War I.

Early life and education Halpern was born in New York City on 27 January 1937 to Harry and Teresa Ritter Halpern.

Paul Halpern graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Virginia in 1958. He joined the United States Army and served from 1958 to 1960, reaching the grade of first lieutenant. On leaving military service, Halpern earned a Master of Arts degree in history at Harvard University in 1961 and, in 1966, a Ph.D. with a two-volume thesis, "The Mediterranean naval situation, 1912-1914".

Career Halpern spent his entire academic career as Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, beginning with his appointed to instructor in history in 1965 and subsequent promotions to assistant professor in 1966, associate professor in 1970, and full professor in 1974. He was named emeritus professor in 2005. In the academic year 1986–87, he served as visiting professor of strategy at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Publications

The Mediterranean Naval Situation, 1908-1914. Harvard Historical Studies, v. 86 (Cambridge, Ma., Harvard University Press, 1971). The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918. (London : Allen & Unwin, 1987). The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, 1915-1918, edited by Paul G. Halpern. Publications of the Navy Records Society, v. 126 (Aldershot, Hants; Brookfield, Vt.: Published by Temple Smith, Gower Pub. Co., for the Navy Records Society, 1987). The Keyes papers: selections from the private and official correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge, edited by Paul G. Halpern. Publications of the Navy Records Society, v. 117, 121, 122 (London : Published by Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society, 1972–1981). A Naval history of World War I. (Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1994). Anton Haus: Österreich-Ungarns Grossadmiral (Graz: Styria, 1998). The Battle of the Otranto Straits: controlling the gateway to the Adriatic in World War I. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004). The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929. Navy Records Society publications, v. 158 (Farnham, Surrey, and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Pub. Co., 2011). The Mediterranean Fleet, 1930-1939. Navy Records Society publications, v. 163 (Farnham, Surrey, and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Pub. Co., 2016).