Kenneth L. Alford

Kenneth L. Alford is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. He retired as a colonel in 2008 after serving almost thirty years on active duty in the U.S. Army. While on active duty, Ken served in numerous assignments, including the Pentagon, eight years teaching at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and four years as professor and department chair at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. His books include Civil War Saints (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2012), Utah and the American Civil War: The Written Record (Norman, Okla.: Arthur H. Clark, 2017), and Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2020).