Daniel Allen Butler is a maritime and military historian, the author (through 2024) of eleven
books. Some of his previous works include "Unsinkable"--the Full Story of RMS Titanic; Distant
Victory--the Battle of Jutland and the Allied Triumph in the First World War"; The First Jihad:
Khartoum and the Dawn of Militant Islam; The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the
Californian, and the Night the Titanic was Lost; The Burden of Guilt: How Germany Shattered
the Last Days of Peace, Summer 1914; Shadow of the Sultan's Realm: the Destruction of the
Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East; Field Marshal--the Life and
Death of Erwin Rommel; and his newest, Pearl - December 7, 1941.
Educated at Hope College, Grand Valley State University, and the University of Erlangen (FAU),
Butler served in the United States Army before becoming a full time author. He isa popular
guest-speaker, having given presentations at the National Archives in Washington DC, the
Mariners Museum, and in the United Kingdom. From 2002 to 2010, he was also a frequent guest
in the on-board enrichment series of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Mary 2, as well as
the ships of the Royal Caribbean and Norwegian cruise lines.
Butler is currently at work on two new projects: The Convoy -- ONS-5 and the Last Stand of the
Wolfpacks; and A Short Victorious War: the Russo-Japanese War. 1904-1095.
Noted for his love of good cigars and single-malt scotch, Butler is a self-proclaimed
"semi-professional beach bum," dividing what little time he spends away from his writing
between, his love of woodworking and his fascination with building model ships. After living
and working in Los Angeles, California, for several years, Butler now resides in northern
Georgia.
