Teaching about the Military in American History

A History Institute for Teachers

March 24–25, 2007

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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

Welcoming remarks by Paul Herbert and David Eisenhower.
Paul Herbert and David Eisenhower
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)
Teaching About the Military: the Basics
Paul Herbert, Executive Director, Cantigny First Division Foundation
Read Teaching About the Military: Some Basics, FPRI FootNotes, 5/2007
Download presentation (22MB Powerpoint file)
Remarks by W.W. Keen Butcher
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
Read Teaching the Classics: What Americans Can Learn from Herodotus, FPRI FootNotes, 3/2007
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)
Read The Social Dimensions of the U.S. Civil War, FPRI FootNotes, 5/2007
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Understanding the Creation of the U.S. Armed Forces
Peter Maslowski, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Read Understanding the Creation of the U.S. Armed Forces, FPRI FootNotes, 4/2007
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)
  • 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
    Read World War II and Its Meaning for Americans, FPRI FootNotes, 3/2007
    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)
    Read War and the Military in American History, FPRI FootNotes, 3/2007

    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