Derek Croxton

Charles Derek Croxton is an American historian. He authored several articles on military and diplomatic aspects of the Thirty Years' War. Croxton wrote Peacemaking in [Early Modern Europe|Peacemaking in Early Modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and The Congress of Westphalia, 1643–1648]. He also worked as adjunct professor at Madonna College and has taught at Ohio State University and at Columbus State Community College.
Alongside Anuschka Tischer, he wrote The Peace of Westphalia: A Historical Dictionary. Most recently, he was the author of Westphalia: The Last Christian Peace.
Derek is also a game designer, having designed The King's Coalition, Rommel's War, and Archie's War, the latter two by Worthington Publishing.