In October 2023, The University of Alabama’s Department of History hosted a two-day conference called “Ways of War, Ways of Peace: American and British Military Leadership from 1812.” More than twenty panelists from across the United States and the United Kingdom discussed leadership and command in the armed forces; differing national leadership approaches taken by the US and British military; lessons learned from war and peace; and what endures through history in preparation for war and when warfighting. Across these […]
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US Army Chief of Military History & Chair of War Studies Department at USMC Command Staff College Visit Department
On March 29, The University of Alabama Department of History hosted a pair of events lead by two military historians. Executive Director of the US Army Center of Military History and Chief of History, Charles R. Bowery, Jr., and Professor of Military History and Department Head of the War Studies Department at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Dr. Christopher Stowe. Bowery and Stowe gave joint presentations to faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students, discussing the Civil War and its […]
Department Hosts US Army Chief of Military History & Chair of War Studies Department at USMC Command Staff College
The Department of History is pleased to welcome Charles R. Bowery, Jr. and Christopher Stowe to discuss connections between the Civil War and today’s military. The will speak in room 30, ten Hoor Hall on Thursday, March 29, at 3:30 PM. Mr. Bowery is Executive Director U.S. Army Center of Military History and Chief of Military History. He is responsible for the overall supervision and direction of historical matters throughout the Department of the Army, which includes management of fifty-seven […]
First Fall Session of the Military History Round Table to be Held Friday, Sept. 6
Three US Marines at Alcázar de Colon during the first US intervention in the Dominican Republic. Mark Folse, a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, will be the featured presenter at first fall session of the History Department’s Military History Round Table, which will be held at 3:00 pm (CDT) in the Summersell Room. His topic, “Damage Control: The Hispaniola Occupation’s Impact on the Marine Corps Image, 1915-1924,” explores the ways in which the US Marine Corps dealt with […]
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