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Skinner’s most recent published work, The Staff Ride Handbook for the Battle of Kings Mountain-7 October 1780, was released by the Army University Press in April 2020 and was later selected as a finalist for a 2020 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award. He is currently enrolled in the history PhD program at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Skinner received a bachelor of science in administration of justice from the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and a master of military art and science in military history from the U.S. Previous military assignments included military history detachment commander, task force historian, and command historian for the Indiana National Guard and the 38th Infantry Division. He retired as an Army major from the Active Guard/Reserve program in 2015 after 25 years of service with six operational tours, which included deployments in support of Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. From April 2015 to July 2019, Skinner was the command historian for the 81st Division (Readiness), U.S. He was awarded the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award for his theater historian accomplishments. From August 2019 to January 2020, Skinner deployed under the Civilian Expeditionary Workforce program as the theater historian for Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR). Army Soldier Support Institute (SSI), located at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. currently serves as the command historian for the U.S. His approach gets straight to the central purpose and greatest value of a staff ride: the critical process of analyzing how and why events played out as they did.

Skinner’s deft presentation of the events leading up to and during the pivotal battle of Guilford Courthouse reveals insights at the three levels of war and provides a balanced treatment of issues, such as command at the strategic and operational levels and organization of armies, weapons, and tactics. Author Harold Allen Skinner Jr.’s narrative establishes necessary context to illuminate the decisions that shaped the overall contest in the South between American and British armies. How did a narrow tactical victory for the British at Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War lead to the failure of the British Southern Campaign? This volume offers an indispensable point of departure for a staff ride to the battlefield at Guilford Courthouse, providing a systematic analysis of this key battle in the American Revolution. A Game of Hare & Hounds An Operational-Level Command Study of the Guilford Courthouse Campaign, 18 January-15 March 1781