# positions[].label
Ralph R. Thomas Class of 1921 Professor in Liberal Arts

# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
Bush School of Government and Public Service

# overview
My research focus has been on the 20th century U.S. Army's military, intellectual, and social evolution, imperial and counterinsurgency warfare, comparative international history, and the American way of war.  My current project is a study of the U.S. armed forces' recovery from war.

# keywords[]
Race And The History Of The Modern Us Military

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
The Ohio State University - (Columbus, Ohio, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
University of Hawaii at Manoa - (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
The Ohio State University - (Columbus, Ohio, United States)

# publications[].label
The Pulahan campaign: A study in US pacification

# publications[].label
Imagining Nuclear War in the British Army, 1945-1989

# publications[].label
The U.S. Army and Counterinsurgency in the Philippine War, 1899-1902

# publications[].publisher
Netherlands Institute of Military History

# publications[].label
Evolving Grand Narratives: A Forty-Year Perspective

# publications[].label
Pretty Scaly Times: The Ohio National  Guard and the Railroad Strike of 1877

# publications[].label
'Technical violence' in the Dutch-Indonesian War Heavy weapons in the period of decolonization

# publications[].publisher
BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, KNHG

# publications[].label
Guerrilla Fighter: Frederick Funston in the Philippines, 1900-1901

# publications[].label
Intelligence and lowintensity conflict in the Philippine war, 18991902

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FOR GOD AND COUNTRY - THE AMERICAN-LEGION, 1919-1941 - PENCAK,W

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THE GENERALS GENERAL - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MACARTHUR,ARTHUR - YOUNG,KR

# publications[].label
Before the Quagmire: The US Army and Southeast Asia

# publications[].publisher
Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd

# publications[].label
Challenge and change: West Point and the Cold War

# publications[].label
The Impact of the Philippine Wars (1898-1913) on the U.S. Army

# publications[].label
Cerberus' Dilemma: The U.S. Army and Internal Security in the Pacific, 1902-1940*

# publications[].label
The US Army and Small Wars: An Uncomfortable Reality

# publications[].label
The impact of the Philippine wars (1898-1913) on the U.S. Army

# publications[].label
Guardians of Empire The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940

# publications[].label
The US Army, Technology, and Atomic Warfare in the 1950s

# publications[].label
HIGHLAND SOLDIER - A SOCIAL STUDY OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS, 1820-1920 - HENDERSON,DM

# publications[].label
The White Man's Burden:  The US Military in the Philippines, 1898-1902

# publications[].label
Provincial Pacification in the Philippines, 1900-1901: The First District Department of Northern Luzon

# publications[].label
CROSSING THE DEADLY GROUND - UNITED-STATES-ARMY TACTICS, 1865-1899 - JAMIESON,PD

# publications[].label
Ambiguous Legacy, Dubious Future: Expeditionary Warfare and the US Military

# publications[].label
Forty Years On: Master Narratives and US Military History

# publications[].label
The 'American Way of War' revisited (Russell F. Weigley)

# publications[].label
Foreshadowing the war in Iraq: The U.S. war in the Philippines, 1899-1902

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
American Academy in Berlin - (Berlin, Germany)

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Hoover Institution - (Stanford, California, United States)

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Endowment for the Humanities - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Fulbright Distinguished Professorship, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Yale University - (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Fulbright Fellowship, Department of History, National University of Singapore

# researcherOn[].label
Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Smith Richardson Foundation - (Westport, Connecticut, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; History; 4236 TAMU

# organizations[]
Bush School of Government and Public Service

# schools[]
Bush School of Government and Public Service

# inTheNews[].label
Military bases named for Confederates: Renaming suggestions from military historians

# etdChairOf[].label
Leach, Ryan Thomas (2017-05). A Matter of Perspective: A Comparative Analysis of Field Grade and General Officer Lesson Learning. Master's Thesis.

# etdChairOf[].label
Hemler, Christopher Kyle (2021-12). Learning Triphibious War: American Fire Control and Coordination in the Pacific War. Doctoral Dissertation.