We live in a land of unprecedented wealth and success. Yet, America is plagued with economic disparities and despair – a place where our “happiness” ranks only 24th among developed […]
This presentation examines the experiences of American military and political figures who were present in France for the Prussian victory in 1870-71 over Napoleon III, as well as the observations […]
Napoleon remains a character of endless fascination, even more than two centuries after his death. The God of War, as one biographer identified him, conquered much of Europe before his […]
Following the Declaration of Independence from Great Britian, the United States’ Continental Army under the leadership of George Washington attempted to defend New York City in August of 1776. During […]
Perhaps the most memorable campaign that underpinned US Army LTG Ulysses S. Grant’s military strategy of 1864, MG William Tecumseh Sherman’s Savannah Campaign exhausted the Southern Confederacy and hastened an […]
More information on this Ft. Leavenworth Series program is coming soon. Save the date to join us at the Dole Institute of Politics on the first Wednesday of each month […]
More information on this Ft. Leavenworth Series program is coming soon. Save the date to join us at the Dole Institute of Politics on the first Wednesday of each month […]
The First World War brought enormous changes to the battlefield that all combatants struggled to master. After the war’s end, military officers began to try to understand what would be […]
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