Tag: new military history

  • Society for Military History call for papers

    The Society for Military History is calling for papers for their 2007 conference. Seems like a natural for the “new” historians. Fred Call for Papers Society for Military History 74th Annual Meeting Frederick, Maryland April 19-22, 2007 The Catoctin Center for Regional Studies located at Frederick Community College will host the 74th meeting of the […]

  • Old Military History in New Bottles

    I may as well weigh in on the military history debate also. My take, speaking as a reader and after reading a lot of it, is that at present amateurs write the best military history. By far. By amateurs I mean “not professional historians.” Some examples are Gordon Rhea and Eric Wittenberg, both lawyers who […]

  • New Military History: My View

    In three interesting posts, Kevin Levin, Eric Wittenberg, and Drew Wagenhoffer have weighed in on New Military History. I posted my feelings on the subject on all three blogs, and I thought it might be interesting to share my thoughts on my own blog as well. The following few paragraphs are my comments, verbatim: Drew, […]