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Peter R. Mansoor, Ph.D General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History the Ohio State University [email protected] ______
Peter R. Mansoor, Ph.D General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History The Ohio State University [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Military History; Minor Fields in National Security and Policy Studies and Early Modern European History, March 1995 Dissertation: “Building Blocks of Victory: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions in the War against Germany and Italy, 1941-1945” Adviser: Dr. Allan R. Millett M.S.S. U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA Strategic Studies, June 2003 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, June 1995 M.A. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Military History, June 1992 B.S. United States Military Academy, West Point, NY Modern History (area of concentration); Graduated 1st in class, May 1982 TEACHING Professor, Department of History EXPERIENCE The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio The Wars of 9/11 This course examines the terrorist attacks on the U.S. homeland on September 11, 2001, the subsequent U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Arab Spring and Syrian Civil War, the Refugee Crisis in Europe, and the rise of ISIS. History of War This course examines the evolution of warfare and its impact on human civilization from antiquity to the present. Introduction to the Historical Discipline This course introduces history as an academic discipline by investigating the methods and analytical approaches historians use to understand the past. 1 World War II This graduate readings seminar focuses on topics such as military innovation in the interwar period, the combat effectiveness of the various nations, the Battle of the Atlantic, the air war, the Russo- German war, the Holocaust, alliance politics, war economies, intelligence and deception, racism and ideology, and the atomic bomb. -
Page 1 of 3 the Mershon Center: Williamson Murray 12/26/2007 File
The Mershon Center: Williamson Murray Page 1 of 3 Williamson "Wick" Murray Williamson "Wick" Murray Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University "The Iraqi Side of the Hill " Thursday, May 4, 2006 3:30 p.m. Mershon Center Room 120 This lecture is open to the public. Kindly RSVP to Beth Russell, no later than Tuesday, May 2, 2006. Williamson Murray graduated from Yale University in 1963 with honors in history. He then served five years as an officer in the United States Air Force, including a tour in Southeast Asia with the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing (C-130s). He returned to Yale University where he received his Ph.D. in military-diplomatic history, working under Hans Gatzke and Donald Kagan. He taught two years in the Yale history department before moving on to Ohio State University in fall 1977 as a military and diplomatic historian. Together with Allan R. Millett, he co-founded the OSU Military History Program. He received the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award in 1987. He took early retirement from Ohio State in 1995 as Professor Emeritus of History. Murray has taught at a number of other institutions, including the Air War College, the United States Military Academy, and the Naval War College. He has also served as a Secretary of the Navy Fellow at the Navy War College, the Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, the Matthew C. Horner Professor of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University, the Charles Lindbergh Chair at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum, and the Harold K. -
The War in the Air 1914–1994
The War in the Air 1914–1994 American Edition Edited by Alan Stephens RAAF Aerospace Centre In cooperation with the RAAF Aerospace Centre Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama January 2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The war in the air, 1914-1994 / edited by Alan Stephens ; in cooperation with the RAAF Air Power Studies Centre––American ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58566-087-6 1. Air power––History––Congresses. 2. Air warfare––History––Congresses. 3. Military history, Modern––20th century––Congresses. I. Stephens, Alan, 1944-II. RAAF Air Power Studies Centre. UG625.W367 2001 358.4′00904––dc21 00-068257 Disclaimer Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. Cleared for public release: distribution unlimited. Copyright © 1994 by the RAAF Air Power Studies Centre. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Inquiries should be made to the copyright holder. ii Contents Page DISCLAIMER . ii FOREWORD . v ABOUT THE AUTHORS . vii PREFACE . xv ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS . xvii Essays Airpower in World War I, 1914–1918 . 1 Robin Higham The True Believers: Airpower between the Wars . 29 Alan Stephens Did the Bomber Always Get Through?: The Control of Strategic Airspace, 1939–1945 . 69 John McCarthy World War II: Air Support for Surface Forces . -
Strategy and War Syllabus
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 COURSE OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT 4 STUDENT OUTCOMES 7 COURSE THEMES 8 MATCHING STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS—THE PROCESS 9 1. The Interrelationship of Policy, Strategy, and Operations 9 2. Intelligence, Assessment, and Plans 9 3. The Instruments of War 10 4. The Design, Execution, and Effects of Operations 11 5. Interaction, Adaptation, and Reassessment 11 6. War Termination 12 MATCHING STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS—THE ENVIRONMENT 12 7. The Multinational Arena 12 8. The Institutional Context 13 9. Cultures and Societies 13 COURSE PROCESS AND STANDARDS 14 1. Methodology 14 2. Seminar Assignments 14 3. Presentations 14 4. Readings 14 5. Course Requirements 14 6. Seminar Essays 15 7. Final Examination 15 8. Grading Standards for Written Work 15 9. Pretutorials and Tutorials 17 10. Seminar Preparation and Contribution 17 11. Grade Appeals 19 12. Academic Honor Code 19 13. Student Survey 20 14. Online Resources 20 STRATEGY AND POLICY DEPARTMENT FACULTY 22 2 CASE STUDIES I. Masters of War—Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, and Mao 40 II Democracy, Leadership, and Strategy in a Protracted War—The Peloponnesian War 46 III. Sea Power, Joint and Combined Operations, and Irregular Warfare— The War for American Independence 55 IV. Maritime Strategy, Joint Operations, and War Termination in a Limited Regional Conflict—The Russo-Japanese War 62 V. Prewar Planning, Wartime Realities, Reassessment, and Adaptation— The First World War 69 VI. Waging Total War: Interdependence of Sea, Air, and Ground Operations—The Second World War in Europe 78 VII. Victory at Sea: Military Transformation, Theater Command, and Joint Operations in a Major Maritime War—The Second World War in the Pacific 87 VIII.