# 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)

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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

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Imagining Nuclear War in the British Army, 1945-1989

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The U.S. Army and Counterinsurgency in the Philippine War, 1899-1902

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Netherlands Institute of Military History

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Pretty Scaly Times: The Ohio National  Guard and the Railroad Strike of 1877

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Evolving Grand Narratives: A Forty-Year Perspective

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'Technical violence' in the Dutch-Indonesian War Heavy weapons in the period of decolonization

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BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, KNHG

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Guerrilla Fighter: Frederick Funston in the Philippines, 1900-1901

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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

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Before the Quagmire: The US Army and Southeast Asia

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

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

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Challenge and change: West Point and the Cold War

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

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The US Army and Small Wars: An Uncomfortable Reality

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The impact of the Philippine wars (1898-1913) on the U.S. Army

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Guardians of Empire The U.S. Army and the Pacific, 1902-1940

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The US Army, Technology, and Atomic Warfare in the 1950s

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HIGHLAND SOLDIER - A SOCIAL STUDY OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS, 1820-1920 - HENDERSON,DM

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The White Man's Burden:  The US Military in the Philippines, 1898-1902

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Provincial Pacification in the Philippines, 1900-1901: The First District Department of Northern Luzon

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CROSSING THE DEADLY GROUND - UNITED-STATES-ARMY TACTICS, 1865-1899 - JAMIESON,PD

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Ambiguous Legacy, Dubious Future: Expeditionary Warfare and the US Military

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The 'American Way of War' revisited (Russell F. Weigley)

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Forty Years On: Master Narratives and US Military History

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Foreshadowing the war in Iraq: The U.S. war in the Philippines, 1899-1902

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

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Hoover Institution - (Stanford, California, United States)

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National Endowment for the Humanities - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Fulbright Distinguished Professorship, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Fulbright Fellowship, Department of History, National University of Singapore

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Yale University - (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)

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Woodrow Wilson International Center Fellowship

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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Smith Richardson Foundation - (Westport, Connecticut, United States)

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

# schools[]
Bush School of Government and Public Service

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

# etdChairOf[].label
Weber, Nathaniel R (2016-04). United States Military Advisory Assistance Groups During the Cold War, 1945-1965. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Dimmitt, Neil W. (2020-11). Lunar Bases to Linebacker: Air Force Thought During the Vietnam War, 1960-1973. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Powell, James Scott (2006-10). Learning under fire:  a combat unit in the Southwest Pacific. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sacquety, Troy James (2009-05). The organizational evolution of OSS detachment 101 in Burma; 1942-1945. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Springer, Paul Joseph (2006-08). American prisoner of war policy and practice from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Morris, Michael F. (2020-11). Waging War in I Corps:  III Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters in Vietnam, 1965-1971. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Weber, Nathaniel R. (2012-02). The United States Military Assistance Advisory Group in French Indochina, 1950-1956. Master's Thesis.

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Hemler, Christopher Kyle (2018-02). Coordinating Destruction: Joint Assault Signal Companies in the Pacific War. Master's Thesis.

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Johnson, Daniel I. (2011-08). Death and Doctrine: U.S. Army Officers' Perceptions of American Casualty Aversion, 1970-1999. Master's Thesis.

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

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Phillips, Ross Eldridge (2019-04). Operation Dewey Canyon: Search and Destroy in the Age of Abrams. Master's Thesis.

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

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Pruitt, James Herman (2012-07). Leonard Wood and the American Empire. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Grotelueschen, Mark Ethan (2004-09). The AEF way of war:  the American army and combat in the First World War. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Mihara, Robert Yoshio (2009-05). Lesser victories: a study of the Philippine Constabulary and Haitian Gendarmerie. Master's Thesis.