Overview
I specialize in the industrialized total wars of the 20th century and the asymmetric responses (guerrilla warfare, insurgency, and terrorism) to those wars that evolved after 1945. I have written books on the British Army in World War I, the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion in China, and American military encounters with other cultures.
I'm the series editor for Cornell University Press' Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
Research Focus
Military History and Policy
Publications
Recently:
From me: Gregory S. Hospodor, and Sanders Marble, eds. After America’s First Battles: 1861-2008 (Naval Institute Press, 2026).
From Battlegrounds: Ryan T. Reynolds, The Paramilitary Turn: Cold War Policing and the American Garrison State; Daniel Jackson, From Dogfights to Diplomacy in Cold War Southeast Asia; Steven Trout, Remember the Tuscania: The Sinking, Its Aftermath, and a Century of Public Memory.
Battlegrounds Awards: The Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Robert Williams, The Airborne Mafia: The Paratroopers Who Shaped America's Cold War Army.
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- Little changing as Ukraine-Russia war drags toward Fifth year
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- Plan to conduct nuclear tests comes with enormous risks, says Cornell expert
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- Military use in Los Angeles coming right up to Insurrection Act
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- Chinese military drills send ominous message to Taiwan
- After three years of war in Ukraine, Cornell experts assess endgame
- Ahead of Trump takeover, long-range missiles unlikely to change tide in Ukraine
- North Korean troop deployment aimed at cementing alliance with Russia
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- Kim Jong-un ‘taking advantage’ of Russian need for artillery shells
- If verified, drone strike against Putin could be a significant turning point
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- China must protect own interests in decision to provide Russia aid
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