Teaching about the Military in American History
A History Institute for Teachers
March 24–25, 2007
Sponsored by the Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education
A Project of the Foreign Policy Research Institute
and by the Cantigny First Division Foundation
Co-chaired by David Eisenhower and Walter A. McDougall
The First Division Museum
1 S. 151 Winfield Road
Wheaton, Illinois
Conference Report
Topics and Speakers
- Keynote: In the Company of Soldiers
- Rick Atkinson, winner of two Pulitizer Prizes
Author of In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat (Henry Holt, 2004)
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- The Social Dimensions of the US Civil War
- Mark Grimsley, Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University
Author of And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May–June 1864 (University of Nebraska Press, 2002)
- Teaching About the Military: the Basics
- Paul Herbert, Executive Director, Cantigny First Division Foundation
- Teaching the Classics: What Americans Can Learn from Herodotus
- Paul Rahe, Jay P. Walker Professor of American History, University of Tulsa
Author of Republics Ancient and Modern: Classical Republicanism and the American Revolution
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- Understanding the Creation of the U.S. Armed Forces
- Peter Maslowski, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- The US and Unconventional War
- Brian McAllister Linn, Professor of History and Claudius M. Easley Jr. Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University
Author of The US Army and Counterinsurgency in the Philippine War, 1899–1902 (University of North Carolina Press, 1989, paperback, 2001)
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- War and the Military in American History
- Walter A. McDougall, Co-chair, FPRI History Institute for Teachers
Alloy Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania Author of Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History, 1585–1828 (HarperCollins, 2004)
- World War II and Its Meaning for Americans
- David Eisenhower, Co-Chair, FPRI History Institute for Teachers and Lecturer, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania
Author of Eisenhower at War
Classroom Lessons
- Ancient History: The Importance of Logistics in Greek & Roman Armies (98K Microsoft Word document)
- Kathryn Lerch
- Examining an Important Battle in WWII (32K Microsoft Word document)
- John Eret
- Regulars and Volunteers in the U.S.-Mexican War (451K Microsoft Word document)
- Karen Weaver
- Teaching the Experiences of American Fighting Men in World War Two Through Popular Historical Books and Primary Documents (77K Microsoft Word document)
- Nicholas Walsh
- The Vietnam War (1963–1973) and the Iraq War (2003–): A Comparison (37K Microsoft Word document)
- Paul Dickler
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