Americans must stop judging history by modern standards and realize that what they criticize still exists, British historian Jeremy Black said at an event hosted by the Center for Military History and Grand Strategy on April 10. “Neither the British nor the Americans saw their global influence as resting essentially on control over territory,” Black...
The Center for Military History and Grand Strategy plans to take students to Vietnam next winter break. “The trip will be focused primarily on tactics, individual battles, personal experiences, Vietnamese culture, and knick-knack negotiation,” said Mark Moyar, the William P. Harris Chair in Military History. Students will be in Vietnam from Dec. 27, 2024, to...
Mark Moyar is the William P. Harris Chair in Military History. Courtesy | Hillsdale Archives Hillsdale students must be willing to venture into the ugly realm of politics, Chair of Military History Mark Moyar said in a lecture on Tuesday. In a talk titled “Is a Job in Politics Right For You?” Moyar spoke from...
Students will travel to the major sites and battlefields of the American Revolution with the Center for Military History and Grand Strategy over spring break. Led by Professor of History David Stewart, the trip will include visits to Norfolk, Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.; and Yorktown, Virginia. “We’re going to visit some...
An overlooked aspect of American foreign policy is the systems in which decisions and policy are crafted, said Major General Ricky Waddell in a lecture for the Center for Military History and Grand Strategy last Friday. “Military strategy is not made in a vacuum, at least it shouldn’t be,” Waddell said. “Military strategy should descend...