Peter N. Stearns is Provost of George Mason University, author of Globalization in World History and editor of the new UIP book Demilitarization in the Contemporary World. He answered our questions about the book. […]
Category: military history
Illinois Press director Regier on ‘On War’ in Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Illinois Press director Willis G. Regier writes about German-Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, and the influential tome On War, in the Chronicle of Higher Education. With protracted wars in […]
The brutal realities of Gettysburg
July 1st – 3rd marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The conflict, considered a turning point in the Civil War, involved the largest number of casualties during […]
Gillum Ferguson on the road
Gillum Ferguson is visiting bookstores, libraries, historical societies, and museums throughout the State of Illinois to discuss and sign copies of his new book Illinois in the War of 1812. […]