CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Holger H. Herwig
Address:
Centre for Military and Strategic Studies
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4
CANADA
Telephone:
(403) 220-4038
Fax:
(403) 282-0594
E-mail:
[email protected]
EDUCATION
B.A.
University of British Columbia, Canada. 1965.
First Class Honours: History.
M.A.
State University of New York at Stony Brook. 1967.
Ph.D.
State University of New York at Stony Brook. 1970.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1971-72
Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University.
1972-89
Vanderbilt University. Assistant Professor 1972, Associate
Professor 1977, Professor 1983.
1989ff.
Professor, University of Calgary.
1991-1996
Head, Department of History, University of Calgary.
2001 ff.
Canada Research Chair in Military and Strategic Studies, University.
EXTERNAL TEACHING
1985-86
Visiting Professor of Strategy, Naval War College, Newport,
Rhode Island.
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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Judaic Studies, The College of William &
Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
The German Naval Officer Corps: A Social and Political History 1890-1918. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1973.
Politics of Frustration: The United States in German Strategic Planning, 1888-1941.
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Co., 1976.
Das Elitekorps des Kaisers. Die Marineoffiziere im Wilhelminischen Deutschland.
Hamburg: Hans Christians, 1977.
Alemania y el bloqueo internacional de Venezuela 1902/03. Caracas: Ministerio de
Relaciones Exteriores, 1977. Also in English translation, Caracas.
"Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918. London, Boston, Sydney: George
Allen & Unwin, 1980.
Biographical Dictionary of World War I . Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 1982.
With Neil M. Heyman.
Germany's Vision of Empire in Venezuela 1871-1914. Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1986.
"Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918. London and Atlantic Highlands,
N. J.: Ashfield Press, 1987.
Wolfgang Wegener, The Naval Strategy of the World War [Classics of Sea Power].
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989. Editor and translator.
The Outbreak of World War I: Causes and Responsibilities, fifth edition. Lexington,
Mass., and Toronto: D. C. Heath, 1991.
Sueños alemanes de un imperio en venezuela. Caracas: Monte Avila Editores, 1991.
Hammer or Anvil? Modern Germany 1648--Present. Lexington, Mass., and Toronto: D.
C. Heath, 1994.
The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918. London, New York,
Sydney, Auckland: Edward Arnold, 1997.
Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr., Book Prize, Western Front Society 1999
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The Outbreak of World War I: Causes and Responsibilities, sixth edition. Boston, Mass.:
Houghton-Mifflin, 1997.
Deadly Seas: The Story of the St Croix, the U305 and the Battle of the Atlantic. Toronto:
Random House, 1997, 1998. With David J. Bercuson.
Atlantycka Ruletka. Opowieść o St Croix, U305 I Bitwie o Atlantyk. Gdańsk:
Wydawnictwo L&L wchodzi w skład TGW, 1999. Polish edition of Deadly Seas.
The Grand Illusion: The Prussianization of the Chilean Army. Lincoln and London:
University of Nebraska Press, 1999. With William F. Sater.
Vradžedné Moře. Souboj mezi kanadskŷm torpédoborcem St. Croix a nìmeckou
ponorkou U305 v bitvì o Atlantik bìhem druhé svìtové války. Prague: Ivo Železný, 2000.
Czech edition of Deadly Seas.
The Destruction of the Bismarck. New York: Overlook Press, 2001; Toronto: Stoddart
2001. Paper edition, New York: Overlook Press, 2003. With David J. Bercuson.
Bismarck: The Story Behind the Destruction of the Pride of Hitler’s Navy. London:
Hutchinson, 2002. Paper edition, London: Pimlico, 2003. With David J. Bercuson.
World History of Warfare. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2002.
With C.I. Archer, J.R. Ferris, T.H.E. Travers. Paperback edition 2003; reprinted 2008.
The Origins of World War I. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press,
2003. With Richard F. Hamilton. Paper edition 2009.
Decisions for War, 1914-1917. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press,
2005. With Richard F. Hamilton.
One Christmas in Washington: Churchill and Roosevelt Forge the Grand Alliance. New
York: Overlook Press; London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Toronto: McArthur & Co.;
2005. With David J. Bercuson. Paperback editions: Overlook Press, McArthur, Phoenix
(Weidenfeld & Nicolson), 2006.
Um Natal em Washington: o encontro secreto entre Roosevelt e Churchill que mudou o
mundo. Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro, 2007. Portuguese edition of One Christmas in
Washington.
Vánoce ve Washingtonu: tajná schůzka mezi Rooseveltem a Churchillem, která zmĕnila
svĕt. Prague: Přeložil Radim Klekner, 2007. Czech edition of One Christmas in
Washington.
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Operacja Arkadia: Tajne spotkanie Roosevelta z Churchillem, które zmieniŁo losy
świata. Warsaw: Bellona, 2008. Polish edition of One Christmas in Washington.
War Memory and Popular Culture: Essays on Modes of Remembrance and
Commemoration. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2009. With Michael Keren.
The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World.
New York: Random House, 2009. Paper edition 2011.
War Planning 1914. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. With
Richard F. Hamilton.
Chapters in Books:
"Zur Soziologie des kaiserlichen Seeofffizierkorps," Herbert Schottelius and Wilhelm
Deist, eds., Marine und Marinepolitik 1871-1914. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1972, pp. 73-88.
"Verfehlte Weltpolitik. Drei Studien zu den Deutsch-Amerikanischen Beziehungen,
1888-1941," Joachim Hütter, Reinhard Meyer, and Dietrich Papenfuß, eds., Tradition und
Neubeginn. Internationale Forschungen zur Deutschen Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert.
Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Munich: Carl Heymanns, 1975, pp. 49-65.
"German Imperialism and South America before the First World War: The Venezuelan
Crisis 1902/03," Alexander Fischer, Günter Moltmann, and Klaus Schwabe, eds.,
Rußland-Deutschland-Amerika: Festschrift für Fritz T. Epstein zum 80. Geburtstag.
Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1978, pp. 117-30.
"Naval Operations Plans between Germany and the USA, 1898-1913. A Study of
Strategic Planning in the Age of Imperialism," Paul M. Kennedy, ed., The War Plans of
the Great Powers 1880-1914. London, Boston, Sydney: George Allen & Unwin, 1979, pp.
39-74. With David F. Trask.
"Das Offizierkorps der Kaiserlichen Marine vor 1918," Hans Hubert Hofmann, ed., Das
deutsche Offizierkorps 1860-1960. Boppard: Harald Boldt, 1980, pp. 139-61.
"Zur Soziologie des kaiserlichen Seeoffizierkorps," Herbert Schottelius and Wilhelm
Deist, eds., Marine und Marinepolitik 1871-1914. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1981, pp. 73-88.
"Imperial Germany," Ernest R. May, ed., Knowing One's Enemies: Intelligence
Assessment before the Two World Wars. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984, pp.
62-97.
"Naval Operations Plans between Germany and the USA, 1898-1913. A Study of
Strategic Planning in the Age of Imperialism," Paul M. Kennedy, ed., The War Plans of
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the Great Powers 1880-1914. London, Boston, Sydney: George Allen & Unwin, 1985, pp.
39-74. With David F. Trask.
"The Dynamics of Necessity: German Military Policy during the First World War," Allan
R. Millett and Williamson Murray, eds., Military Effectiveness, Vol. I: The First World
War. London, Boston, Sydney, Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1988, pp. 80-115.
"Clio Deceived: Patriotic Self-Censorship in Germany After the Great War," Steven E.
Miller, et. al., eds., Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War. Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1991, pp. 262-301.
"The Influence of A.T. Mahan Upon German Sea Power," John B. Hattendorf, ed., The
Influence of History on Mahan: The Proceedings of a Conference Marking the Centenary
of Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783.
Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 1991, pp. 67-80.
"Industry, Empire and the First World War," Gordon Martel, ed., Modern Germany
Reconsidered. London and New York: Routledge, 1992, pp. 54-73.
"Strategic uncertainties of a nation-state: Prussia-Germany, 1871-1918," W. Murray, M.
Knox, and A. Bernstein, eds., The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War.
Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 242-277. Paperback
editions 1995, 1998. 13th printing 2005.
"The Influence of A. T. Mahan Upon German Sea Power," John B. Hattendorf, ed., The
Influence of History on Mahan. Taipei: ROC Navy Headquarters, 1994, pp. 68-82.
Chinese edition of “The Influence of A.T. Mahan Upon German Sea Power.”
"Whither Europe? Or is There Life After the Bipolar World?" Stephen J. Randall and
Roger Gibbins, eds., Federalism and the New World Order. Calgary: University of
Calgary Press, 1994, pp. 275-279.
"Innovation ignored: The submarine problem--Germany, Britain, and the United States,
1919-1939," Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett, eds., Military Innovation in the
Interwar Period. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996, pp. 227264.
"Clio Deceived: Patriotic Self-Censorship in Germany After the Great War," Keith
Wilson, ed., Forging the Collective Memory: Government and International Historians
through Two World Wars. Providence and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1996, pp. 87-127.
"The German Victories, 1917-1918," Hew Strachan, ed., The Oxford Illustrated History
of the First World War. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 253264. Reprinted 2000.
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“’You Are Here to Learn How to Die’: German Subaltern Officer Education on the Eve
of the Great War,” Elliott V. Converse III, ed., Forging the Sword: Selecting, Educating,
and Training Cadets and Junior Officers in the Modern World. Chicago: Imprint
Publications, 1998, pp. 32-46.
“Feudalization of the Bourgeoisie: The Role of the Nobility in the German Naval Officer
Corps 1890-1918,” Peter Karsten, ed., The Training and Socializing of Military
Personnel. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1998, pp. 44-56.
"Gunboat Diplomacy on Trial: Germans and the International Blockade of 1902," José
Angel Rodríguez, ed., Alemanes en las Regiones equinocciales: Libro Homenaje al
Bicentenario de la Illegada de Alexander von Humboldt a Venezuela 1799-1999.
Caracas: Alfadil Ediciones, 1999, pp. 264-278.
“Strategische Unbestimmtheitsrelation? Die US-Navy im Ersten Weltkrieg,” Jörg
Duppler, ed., Seemacht und Seestrategie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Hamburg, Berlin,
Bonn: E.S. Mittler & Sohn 1999, pp. 173-183.
“Geopolitik: Haushofer, Hitler and Lebensraum,” Colin S. Gray and Geoffrey Sloan, eds.,
Geopolitics, Geography and Strategy. London: Frank Cass, 1999, pp. 218-241.
“Total Rhetoric, Limited War: Germany’s U-Boat Campaign, 1917-1918,” Roger
Chickering and Stig Förster, eds., Great War, Total War: Combat and Mobilization on the
Western Front, 1914-1918. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press,
2000, pp. 189-206.
“Of Men and Myths: The Use and Abuse of History and the Great War,” Jay Winter,
Geoffrey Parker, and Mary R. Habeck, eds., The Great War and the Twentieth Century.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000, pp. 299-330.
“The battlefleet revolution, 1885-1914,” MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray, eds.,
The dynamics of military revolution 1300-2050. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2001, pp. 114-131.
“Estranged Bedfellows: Germany and Austria-Hungary, 1914-1918,” Dennis E.
Showalter, ed. Future Wars: Coalition Operations in Global Strategy. Chicago: Imprint
Publications, 2002, pp. 49-62.
“The Immorality of Expediency: The German Military from Ludendorff to Hitler,” Mark
Grimsley and Clifford J. Rogers, eds., Civilians in the Path of War. Lincoln and London:
University of Nebraska Press, 2002, pp. 163-190.
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“Von Menschen und Mythen—Gebrauch und Mißgebrauch der Geschichte und des
Ersten Weltkrieges.” Jay Winter, Geoffrey Parker, and Mary R. Haybeck, eds. Der Erste
Weltkrieg und das 20. Jahrhundert. Hamburg: Hamburger Edition, 2002, pp. 298-328.
“The Art of the Deal,” Donald J. Stoker and Jonathan A. Grant, eds. Girding for Battle:
The Arms Trade in a Global Perspective, 1815-1940. Westport and London: Praeger,
2003, pp.53-96.
“Der Einfluß von Alfred Th. Mahan auf die deutsche Seemacht,” Werner Rahn, ed.,
Deutsche Marinen im Wandel. Vom Symbol nationaler Einheit zum Instrument
internationaler Sicherheit. Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 2004, pp. 127-142.
“Germany and the Battle of the Atlantic,” Roger Chickering, Stig Förster, and Bernd
Greiner, eds. A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction,
1937-1945. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 71-88.
“Asymmetrical Alliance: Austria-Hungary and Germany 1891-1918,” Peter Dennis &
Jeffrey Grey, eds., Entangling Alliances: Coalition Warfare in the Twentieth Century.
Canberra: Australian History Military Publications, 2005, pp. 53-73.
“Hitler Wins in the East but Germany Still Loses World War II,” Philip E. Tetlock,
Richard Ned Lebow, and Geoffrey Parker, eds., Unmaking the West: “What-If?”
Scenarios that Rewrite World History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006,
pp. 323-360.
“Command Decision Making: Imperial Germany, 1871-1914,” Talbot C. Imlay and
Monica Toft, eds., The Fog of Peace and War Planning: Military and Strategic Planning
under Uncertainty. London and New York: Routledge, 2006, pp. 100-125.
“Germany,” John Merriman and Jay Winter, eds., Europe 1789 to 1914: Encyclopedia of
the Age of Industry and Empire. Farmington Hills MI: Thompson Gale, 2006, vol. 2, pp.
957-970.
“Of Men and Myths: The Use and Abuse of History and the Great War,” John Ferris, ed.,
Calgary Papers in Military and Strategic Studies 2 (2008), pp. 27-50.
“The Cult of Heroic Death in Nazi Architecture,” Michael Keren and Holger H. Herwig,
eds., War Memory and Popular Culture: Essays on Modes of Remembrance and
Commemoration. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2009, pp. 105-119.
“Imperial Germany: Continental Titan, Global Aspirant,” Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J.
Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in
Comparative Historical Perspectives. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009, pp.
171-200.
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“Conclusions,” Richard F. Hamilton and Holger H. Herwig, eds., War Planning: 1914
(Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp.226-256.
“War in the West, 1914-1916,” John Horne, ed., A Companion to World War I. Chicester
UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, pp. 49-65. Paper edition 2012.
“The Forgotten Campaign: Alsace-Lorraine August 1914,” Michael S. Neiberg, ed., Arms
and the Man: Military History Essays in Honor of Dennis Showalter. Leiden and Boston:
Brill, 2011, pp. 193-213.
“Verdun und Somme 1916—Die Materialschlachten des Ersten Weltkriegs und ihre
Auswirkungen auf Politik, Strategie und Taktik im 20. Jahrhundert,” Freundeskreis
Ausbildung ausländischer Offiziere an der Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, ed.,
Identität und Verantwortung. Ausgewählte historische und politische Betrachtungen
(Uetersen: Graphische Werkstatt, 2011), pp. 65-83.
Refereed Articles:
"The First German Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils and the Problem of
Military Reforms," Central European History 1 (1968), pp.150-65.
"Naval Operations Plans between Germany and the United States of America 1898-1913.
A Study of Strategic Planning in the Age of Imperialism," Militärgeschichtliche
Mitteilungen 8 (1970), pp. 5-32. With David F. Trask.
"The Failure of Imperial Germany's Undersea Offensive Against World Shipping,
February 1917--October 1918," The Historian 33 (1971), pp. 611-36. With David F.
Trask.
"Die Frage der sozialen Herkunft und wissenschaftlicher Vorbildung in der kaiserlichen
Marine vor 1914," Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen 10 (1971), pp. 81-111.
"Prelude to Weltblitzkrieg: Germany's Naval Policy Towards the United States of
America, 1939-1941," Journal of Modern History 40 (1971), pp. 649-68.
"An Introduction to Military Archives in West Germany." Military Affairs 36 (1972), pp.
21-24.
"Admirals versus Generals: The War Aims of the Imperial German Navy 1914-1918,"
Central European History 5 (1972), pp. 203-228.
"German Policy in the Eastern Baltic in 1918: Expansion or Anti-Bolshevik Crusade?,"
Slavic Review 32 (1973), pp. 339-57.
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"From Kaiser to Führer: The Political Road of a German Admiral 1923-1933," Journal of
Contemporary History 9 (1974), pp.107-120.
"Feudalization of the Bourgeoisie: The Role of the Nobility in the German Naval Officer
Corps 1890-1918," The Historian 37 (1976), pp. 268-80.
"'Allens nur noch Seelenadel!' The Prussian Nobility and the Imperial German Navy
1888-1918," Canadian Journal of History 15 (1980), pp.197-205.
"Tunes of Glory at the Twilight Stage: The Bad Homburg Crown Council and the
Evolution of German Statecraft, 1917/18," German Studies Review 6 (1983), pp. 475-94.
"Global Gambit: A German General Staff Assessment of Mexican Affairs, November
1913," Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos 1 (1985), pp. 303-327. With Christon I.
Archer.
"From Tirpitz Plan to Schlieffen Plan: Some Observations on German Military Planning,"
Journal of Strategic Studies 9 (1986), pp. 53-63.
"Miscalculated Risks: The German Declaration of War against the United States, 1917
and 1941," Naval War College Review, Autumn 1986, pp. 88-100.
"Clio Deceived: Patriotic Self-Censorship in Germany After the Great War," International
Security 12 (1987), pp. 5-44.
"The Failure of German Sea Power, 1914-1945: Mahan, Tirpitz, and Raeder
Reconsidered," International History Review 10 (1988), pp. 68-105.
"Disjointed Allies: Coalition Warfare in Berlin and Vienna, 1914," The Journal of
Military History 54 (1990), pp. 265-80.
"The German Reaction to the Dreadnought," International History Review 13 (1991), pp.
273-83.
"Fisher, Tirpitz, and the Dreadnought," MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
4 (Autumn 1991), pp. 96-104.
"The Prussian Model and Military Planning Today," Joint Force Quarterly 18 (Spring
1998), pp. 67-75.
“Geopolitik: Haushofer, Hitler and Lebensraum,” The Journal of Strategic Studies 22
(June/September 1999), pp. 218-241.
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“War War War: Conrad von Hötzendorf and the Austro-Hungarian Army 1914-1918,”
Relevance: The Quarterly Journal of The Great War Society 9 (Winter 2000), pp. 6-13.
“Tobruk: The Limits of Rommel’s Reach,” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military
History 12 (Spring 2000), pp. 86-95.
“Germany and the ‘Short-War’ Illusion: Toward a New Interpretation?,” The Journal of
Military History 66 (July 2002), pp. 681-693.
“Operation Michael: The Last Card,” Relevance: The Quarterly Journal of The Great War
Society 12 (Spring 2003), pp. 3-7.
“’Eyeball to Eyeball With the Enemy’: A Bavarian general records the unraveling of the
grand German war plan in 1914 into a grueling conflict fought largely from the trenches,”
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History 21 (Winter 2009), pp. 88-93.
“Slaughter in Paradise,” Naval History 24 (February 2010), pp. 56-63.
“1914: Marne in the Balance,” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History 22
(Spring 2010), pp. 26-33.
“Military Strategy in War and Peace: Some Conclusions,” Journal of Military and
Strategic Studies 13 (Fall 2010), pp. 126-131.
“’Military Doomsday Machine’? The Decisions for War 1914,” Journal of Military and
Strategic Studies 13 (Summer 2011), pp. 1-15.
Refereed Encyclopedia Entries:
“Attrition,” Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen,” “Blockade,” Karl Dönitz,” “Erich von
Falkenhayn,” “Battle of Jutland,” “Operation Aida,” “Manfred von Richthofen,” and
“Alfred von Tirpitz,” Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker, eds., The Reader’s Guide to
Military History (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin,1996). Paper edition 2001.
“Hindenburg Line (1917-18)” and “Ludendorff Offensive (1918),” Richard Holmes, ed.,
The Oxford Companion to Military History (Oxford and New York: Oxford University
Press, 2001).
“”David Beatty,” “William S. Benson,” “Dreadnought,” “John A. Fisher,” “Iwan. K.
Grigorowitsch,” “Anton von Haus,” “Franz von Hipper,” Henning von Holtzendorff,”
“Horace Hood,” “Henry B. Jackson,” “John R. Jellicoe,” “Felix von Luckner,”
“Marinekabinett,” “Georg Alexander von Müller,” “Reinhard Scheer,” “Maximilian von
Spee,” “Alfred von Tirpitz,” Gerhard Hirschfeld, Gerd Krumeich, and Irina Renz, eds.,
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Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg (Paderborn, Munich, Vienna, Zürich: Ferdinand
Schöningh, 2003).
Book Reviews in:
American Historical Review, Canadian Journal of History, Central European History,
English Historical Review, German Studies Review, Hispanic American Historical
Review, Historische Zeitschrift, Intelligence and National Security, International History
Review, Journal of Military Annals of the American Academy, Journal of Modern
History, Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen, Military Affairs, Naval War College Review,
Northern Mariner, Pacific Historical Review, Slavic Review, Victorian Studies
Manuscript Reader For:
Boston Books, Cambridge University Press, Frank Cass Publishers, Greenwood Press,
Harvard University Press, D. C. Heath and Co., Houghton Mifflin & Co., McGraw-Hill,
Naval Institute Press, University of Nebraska Press, Oxford University Press, Potomac
Books, Routledge, University Press of Kansas, Viking Penguin
TELEVISION:
“Deadly Seas.” Two-hour documentary, History Television, 8 November 1998.
“Murder in Normandy.” Two-hour documentary, History Television, 7 November 1999.
“Forced March to Freedom.” Ninety-minute documentary, History Television, 11
November 2001.
“James Cameron’s Expedition: Bismarck.” The Discovery Channel, 8 December 2002.
“Victory 1945.” Two-part, two-hour documentary, History Television, May 2005.
DISTINGUISHED LECTURES:
"Hitler, Raeder and the United States: The German Declaration of War 1941." The Kohn
Lecture in Military History 1986. Charles Warren Center, Harvard University. April
1986.
"The Influence of Alfred Thayer Mahan upon German Navalism," International
Invitational Conference on the 100th Anniversary of Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power
upon History 1660-1783, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, May 1990.
"War at Any Price: Berlin and Vienna 1914," The Thompson Lecture, Royal Military
College, Kingston, Canada, October 1991.
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“Verdun und Somme 1916—Die Materialschlachten des Ersten Weltkrieges und ihre
Auswirkungen auf Politik, Strategie und Taktik im 20. Jahrundert,“ Führungsakademie
der Bundeswehr, Hamburg, Germany, March 2006.
“Germany 1900, China 2000: Seapower Comparisons,” McMullen Seapower Keynote
Address, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA, September 2007.
“The Marne 1914,” Pritzker Military Library, Chicago, 2010.
“The Daemon of Geopolitics: Karl Haushofer, Rudolf Hess, and Adolf Hitler,” 53rd
Harmon Memorial Lecture, November 2010. Published on
www.usafa.edu/df/dfh/harmonmemorial.cfm
DISTINGUISHED SOCIETIES:
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany
Atlantik-Bruecke, Canadian Representative
College of Reviewers, Canada Research Chairs Program
Killam National Committee of the Canada Council
MAJOR GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Research Fellowships 1971-72, 1976-77
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Independent Study and Research
1984-85
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant, 1991-94,
1996-99, 1999-2002, 2003-05, 2005-08, 2008-11
Resident Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation Study and
Italy.
Conference Center, Bellagio,
July-August 1995
NATO Research Fellowship, 1996-98
Edward S. Miller Research Fellowship in Naval History, Newport, RI, 1999
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Canada Research Chair in Military and Strategic Studies, 2000-2007, 2008-2015
CURRENT BOOK PROJECTS:
“The Daemon of Geopolitics: Karl Haushofer, Rudolf Hess and Adolf Hitler.” In research
and writing stage.