Jules Archer (January 27, 1915 – November 13, 2008) was an American author who wrote many volumes of non-fiction history for a general audience and for young adults. Archer attended DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City and the College of the City of New York, where he received a degree in advertising. Archer served four years during World War II with the Army Air Forces in the Pacific theater. He was the author of many books on U.S. history, political events, and personalities, including The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR, and Jungle Fighters: A G.I. War Correspondent's Experiences in the New Guinea Campaign. Jules Archer lived the remainder of his life in Scotts Valley, California. His papers are held by the University of Oregon Libraries. Works (partial list) Battlefield President Dwight D. Eisenhower Fighting Journalist Horace Greeley Front-Line General Douglas MacArthur Man of Steel Joseph Stalin, Julian Messner 1965 Twentieth Century Caesar Benito Mussolini Angry Abolitionist William Loyd Garrison, Julian Messner 1969 The Philippines' Fight for Freedom, Crowell-Collier Press 1970, Treason in America: Disloyalty Versus Dissent, E P Dutton 1971, Ho Chi Minh: Legend of Hanoi, Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd 1973, They Made a Revolution, 1776, 1975 The Plot to Seize the White House, 1973/2007 Mexico and the United States, 1973 The Incredible Sixties: The Stormy Years That Changed America, 1986 Who's Running Your Life?: A Look at Young People's Rights, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979, Resistance, 1973 They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle, 1993 Winners and Losers: How Elections Work in America, 1984 Mao Tse-Tung, 1972 Breaking Barriers: The Feminist Revolution from Susan B. Anthony to Margaret ..., 1998 You Can't Do That to Me: Famous Fights for Human Rights, 1980, References 20th-century American historians Historians of the United States American non-fiction children's writers American military writers American political writers American male non-fiction writers United States Army Air Forces soldiers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II City College of New York alumni DeWitt Clinton High School alumni People from Scotts Valley, California 1915 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American male writers Historians from New York (state) Historians from California