A graduate of the United States Military Academy West Point, Retired U.S. Army Colonel Phillip Cuccia has taught Military History at his alma mater, as well as the U.S. Army War College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) and Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia). He has led staff rides to U.S. and European battlefields for more than 30 years. In addition to his armor and cavalry assignments in Germany, the U.S. and Iraq, Dr. Cuccia also served in Afghanistan as an aide to the Italian Commander of Regional Command West and as the U.S. Army Attaché to the Republic of Italy.

Dr. Cuccia received his doctorate and master’s degrees in Napoleonic and military history from Florida State University in Tallahassee. He also received a master’s degree in international security from Sapienza University in Rome, Italy.