Daniel Halperin Kurzman (27 March 1922, San Francisco – 12 December 2010, Manhattan), was an American journalist and writer of military history books. He studied at the University of California in Berkeley, served U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946, and completed his studies at Berkeley with a Bachelor's degree in political science. At the end of his life Dan Kurzman lived in North Bergen (New Jersey) with his wife Florence. He died December 12, 2010 at the age of 88, in Manhattan. His wife died the previous year.