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Zita Steele

Born

Los Angeles, The United States

Website

https://zitasteele.com/

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction, History

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Zita Ballinger Fletcher is an award-winning author and military historian. She holds an MA in Military History with Distinction from the University of Birmingham (UK) Centre for War Studies and is a graduate of the Honors College at the University of South Florida. She has written over 10 books, including both fiction and nonfiction, and over 100 military history articles. She is fluent in German.

She has done research about war history across the US and internationally, visiting many key historic war-related sites including The Museum of Military History in Vienna, Austria; The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg; The Munich Stadtmuseum, and many more places.

Zita was previously the first female editor of Military Hist Zita Ballinger Fletcher is an award-winning author and military historian. She holds an MA in Military History with Distinction from the University of Birmingham (UK) Centre for War Studies and is a graduate of the Honors College at the University of South Florida. She has written over 10 books, including both fiction and nonfiction, and over 100 military history articles. She is fluent in German.

She has done research about war history across the US and internationally, visiting many key historic war-related sites including The Museum of Military History in Vienna, Austria; The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg; The Munich Stadtmuseum, and many more places.

Zita was previously the first female editor of Military History Quarterly (MHQ) and Vietnam magazines. She served proudly as the official historian of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and  has written in German as a guest historian for the German War Graves Commission, which she supports. As a defense reporter, she has provided news coverage of the Pentagon, U.S. Congress, the global defense industry, and all branches of the U.S. military for Defense News and Military Times, and is a Forbes contributor on drone warfare and unmanned systems.

Originally from Los Angeles, California, Zita was named after Empress Zita of Austria, the wife of the last Habsburg emperor, Karl I of Austria. Both Karl and his wife Zita have been inspirations to her. Zita’s earliest goal was to be an author and she always loved soldiers and heroes. You can read more about her enthusiasm for military history in her Author Interview with the Military Writers Society of America.

Some of her past books were published under the pen name “Zita Steele” she created a long time ago. The pen name “Steele” was a wordplay on steel metal; her element according to the Chinese zodiac and Five Elements system is Metal.

Apart from her military history research and writing, she enjoys traveling, music, and a wide variety of outdoor/physical activities. ...more

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Exploring the Secrets of Steel Plate Armor

MHQ takes a cold hard look at steel plate armor as showcased by the Vienna Art History Museum’s “Fashion in Steel” exhibit. Read my article here: https://www.historynet.com/what-made-...

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Published on March 16, 2023 12:53 • Tags: armor, history, medieval, military, myths, renaissance, technology, war

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Average rating: 3.1 · 29 ratings · 7 reviews · 16 distinct works

	Bernard Montgomery's Art of War by Zita Steele, Bernard Law Montgomery 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Erwin Rommel: Photographer: Vol. 4, Personal Encounters by Zita Steele, Erwin Rommel (Photographer) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hidden Sphinx: A Tale of World War II Egypt 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Envoy: Rule of Silence liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Erwin Rommel Photographer: Vol. 3, Adventures in Color by Zita Steele, Erwin Rommel (Photographer, Illustrator) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blessed Karl of Austria: Real Reasons for his Sainthood 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Erwin Rommel First War:: A New Look at Infantry Attacks by Zita Steele, Erwin Rommel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Ruthless Shadow did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The whiskered goddess had two natures; as Sekhmet the lioness, she was a mighty queen of sun-fire and war, and a harbinger of raw spiritual powers. As Bast the cat, she was the gentle bringer of love and domestic joy.”
― Zita Steele, The Hidden Sphinx: A Tale of World War II Egypt

tags: afterlife, cat, egypt, fiction, goddess, gods, lion, world-war-2

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“She decided at that very moment that he had completely stolen her heart.”
― Zita Steele, The Hidden Sphinx: A Tale of World War II Egypt

tags: egypt, love, romance, soldier, world-war-2

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“Nobody can predict how successful you are going to be in life. Only you will find that out through your own choices. Give yourself a chance to make those choices for the right reasons, and chances are success will find you.”
― Zita Steele, Guide to Free Thinking: Stories & Life Lessons

tags: choices-and-consequences, life, philosophy, success

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