Michael E. Haskew has been writing and researching military history topics for more than 25 years. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Elite Forces In World War II, Order of Battle: Western Allied Tanks, 1939–45, The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Postwar Armoured Fighting Vehicles, 1945–Present and The Essential Weapons Identification Guide: Postwar Artillery, 1945–Present. Mr. Haskew also served as editor of The World War II Desk Reference with The Eisenhower Center For American Studies. He lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.