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Rodney Carlisle earned his A.B. degree from Harvard College in History, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught at Merritt College in Oakland California before joining the faculty at Rutgers University, Camden. He taught at Rutgers from 1967 through 2003, and chaired the Camden History Department for some ten years. He is now Professor Emeritus.

In 1981, he was a co-founder of History Associates Incorporated (HAI), an historical services firm based in Rockville, Maryland. At HAI, he not only authored several commissioned works for the U.S. Navy and Department of Energy, but participated in numerous business activities, including marketing programs, strategic planning, and directing research and training efforts. He remains active with HAI as a consultant and member of the board of directors emeritus. In recent years he has also worked actively with other consulting firms, including The Pam Institute and Port Tobacco Consulting. He is an active editor and contributing author with Golson Books, Ltd., a book packaging firm based in New York state. He has also served as a consultant to various federal government agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Energy, the Defense Department, and the United States Navy.

Carlisle is the author of more than 30 books, including contract works through HAI, scholarly works for university presses, personally commissioned works, and popular treatments of historical subjects. He is also the author or editor of several encyclopedias. Among his previous publications are Sovereignty for Sale (Naval Institute Press); Roots of Black Nationalism (Kennikat), Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal (Johns Hopkins University Press); Encyclopedia of the Atomic Age (Facts on File Press); Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco (University of North Texas Press); Where the Fleet Begins (Naval Historical Center); and Powder and Propellants (University of North Texas Press). He co-authored with J. Welles Henderson, Jack Tar:A Sailor's Life (Antique Collector's Press, Britain). That work won a 2001 prize for best book in the Delaware Valley region from the Philadelphia Athenaeum.

Among his publications that are widely available in trade book stores are two works in the Idiot's Guide series (one on Communism and one on Spies and Espionage),as well as a series with HarperCollins and sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution entitled One Day in History, produced through Golson Books. Carlisle edited Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, (M.E. Sharpe), and authored Encyclopedia of Invention and Discovery, sponsored through Scientific American and with John Wiley as publisher. In addition to the constantly growing list of published books, Carlisle has authored numerous scholarly articles and book reviews.

Carlisle lives with his wife Loretta, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Loretta is a professional photographer and has contributed numerous photographs to several of Carlisle's recent books, most notably the December 7, 1941 and the July 4, 1776 volumes of the One Day in History series. She is also an avid amateur tennis player. Among Dr. Carlisle's personal hobbies are backyard astronomy, international travel (world conditions permitting), and watching both amateur and professional tennis.