Roger R. Reese

Roger R. Reese is the Ralph R. Thomas Class of 1921 Endowed Professor in Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University's Department of History. He specializes in Soviet social history with a focus on Imperial and Soviet Russian military institutions. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Texas (1990), his research bridges Russian Imperial and Soviet military history, examining continuity and transformation in military structures across regimes.

Notable awards include the Moncado Prize for military history and the Tomlinson Book Prize for his work on the Russian Imperial Army. His publications explore topics such as revolutionary-era military dynamics, Stalinist soldier motivation, and Soviet command structures. Current research addresses cross-period comparisons in Russian/Soviet military history.

His academic contributions span books like The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution (2019) and Stalin's Reluctant Soldiers, reflecting deep engagement with war's societal impacts and military organization evolution.