Great Battles and How They Have Shaped American History
A History Institute for Teachers
Saturday and Sunday, April 21–22, 2012
The First Division Museum at Cantigny
1 S. 151 Winfield Road
Wheaton, Illinois
Sponsored by
The Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Wachman Center
FPRI’s Wachman Center, in association with the First Division Museum at Cantigny, is proud presenting their seventh weekend-long conference for teachers on subjects in military history. On April 21-22, we focused on great battles and how they have shaped American history.
Audio/Video Files, Powerpoints, and Texts
- Saratoga 1777: The battle that persuaded the French to ally with the 13 states.
- Kevin Weddle, Professor of Military Thought and Strategy, U.S. Army War College
- Plattsburgh 1814: The battle that persuaded the British to accept the United States as an equal and conclude the Treaty of Ghent
- Wayne Lee, Dowd Distinguished Term Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Author of "Barbarians and Brothers: Atrocity and Restraint in Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865" (Oxford University Press, 2011)
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- Gettysburg 1863: The battle that ensured Anglo-French non-intervention and thus saved the American Union
- Mark Grimsley, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University
- Previous History Institute presentations by Mark Grimsley
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- Manila Bay 1898: The battle that inadvertently made America a global colonial and naval power
- James Kurth, Senior Fellow, FPRI, and Senior Research Scholar, Swarthmore College
- Meuse-Argonne 1918: The battle that made the United States a decisive factor in the European Balance of Power
- Michael Neiberg, Harold K. Johnson Chair in Military History, U.S. Army War College
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- Midway 1942: The battle that began the era when American air and sea power conquered and defended the global commons
- Michael A. Palmer, Professor of History, Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
- Normandy 1944: The battle that extended America's geopolitical presence to the Eurasian heartland—permanently
- Paul Herbert, Executive Director, First Division Museum at Cantigny
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- Tet 1968: The battle that turned us away from Vietnam and constrained our use of military power for at least a generation.
- James Willbanks, Director, Dept. of Military History, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
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Additional Information
For information about future and previous programs visit: http://www.fpri.org/education/historyinstitutes.html
For information about FPRI's Military History program visit: http://www.fpri.org/education/militaryhistory/
Previous History Institutes on Military History
- Civilian Control of the Military and American DemocracyApril 2–3, 2011
The First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- The Role Of The Military In America's (Domestic) History, April 10–11, 2010
The First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- What Students Need to Know about America’s Wars, Part II: 1920–Present, May 2–3, 2009
The First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- Teaching the Nuclear Age, March 28-29, 2009
Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
- What Students Need to Know about America’s Wars (Part I), July 26–27, 2008
The First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- America in the Civil War Era, 1829–77, May 17–18, 2008
Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Teaching Military History: Why and How,
September 29–30, 2007
First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- Teaching about the Military in American History, March 24–25, 2007
First Division Museum, Wheaton, Illinois
- Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism, October 15–16, 2005
The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Teaching the Vietnam War, keynoted by George Herring, May 6–7, 2000
The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- The Cold War Revisited, keynoted by John Lewis Gaddis, May 2–3, 1998
The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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