Dr. Luke Truxal is an adjunct instructor of history. He is the author of Uniting against the Reich: The American Air War in Europe. Truxal previously published “Bombing the Romanian Rail Network,” in the Spring 2018 issue of Air Power History. His work has also appeared in From Balloons to Drones, Strategy Bridge, and Military History Now. Truxal has also appeared on the podcasts Historians at the Movies, Modern Scholars Podcast, From Balloons to Drones, Mother of Tanks and the YouTube channel WW2TV to discuss the air war in Europe. His next major project is an examination of the American air war against Romania from 1942 to 1945. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 2011 and 2018. Currently he teaches United States and Western Civilization at Cumberland University.