Donald L. Miller entered the faculty of Lafayette College in 1978 after earning his PhD from the University of Maryland.
City of the Century arrived from Simon & Schuster in 1996 to explore Chicago's explosive growth, while Supreme City followed in 2014 through The Washington Post publication to chart Manhattan's transformation during the 1920s.
Miller served as historical consultant for the HBO series The Pacific which won two Emmys in 2010, and he consulted for Masters of the Air that premiered on the 26th of January 2024.
The Story of World War II co-authored with Henry Steele Commager appeared in 2001 and used previously unpublished eyewitness accounts to describe the horror and heroism of the conflict.
D-Days in the Pacific arrived in 2004 to cover the invasion of Okinawa on the 1st of April 1945.