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His scholarship focuses on the american and french experiences in the two world wars, and seeks to make the history of warfare and International Relations relevant to policymakers and practitioners. He is the author of numerous scholarly monographs including dance of the furies, europe and the outbreak of world war i, a work named by the wall street journal as one of the top five best books ever written about world war i. Pretty impressive. His most recent work the path to war, how the First World War created modern america, was just published by Oxford University press in 2016. With a background in social history, military history, french history and American History, dr. Neiberg published widely on the theme of war, and, tonight, dr. Neiberg will be broadening our topics well beyond 1865, as he discusses toward the age of peoples war, the civil war, to world war i. Dr. Neiberg. [ applause ] well, thanks, pete, for that fantastic introduction. I want to thank pete for the invitation t
His scholarship focuses on the american and french experiences in the two world wars, and seeks to make the history of warfare and International Relations relevant to policymakers and practitioners. He is the author of numerous scholarly monographs including dance of the furies, europe and the outbreak of world war i, a work named by the wall street journal as one of the top five best books ever written about world war i. Pretty impressive. His most recent work the path to war, how the First World War created modern america, was just published by Oxford University press in 2016. With a background in social history, military history, french history and American History, dr. Neiberg published widely on the theme of war, and, tonight, dr. Neiberg will be broadening our topics well beyond 1865, as he discusses toward the age of peoples war, the civil war, to world war i. Dr. Neiberg. [ applause ] well, thanks, pete, for that fantastic introduction. I want to thank pete for the invitation t
His scholarship focuses on the american and french experiences in the two world wars, and seeks to make the history of warfare and International Relations relevant to policymakers and practitioners. He is the author of numerous scholarly monographs including dance of the furies, europe and the outbreak of world war i, a work named by the wall street journal as one of the top five best books ever written about world war i. Pretty impressive. His most recent work the path to war, how the First World War created modern america, was just published by Oxford University press in 2016. With a background in social history, military history, french history and American History, dr. Neiberg published widely on the theme of war, and, tonight, dr. Neiberg will be broadening our topics well beyond 1865, as he discusses toward the age of peoples war, the civil war, to world war i. Dr. Neiberg. [ applause ] well, thanks, pete, for that fantastic introduction. I want to thank pete for the invitation t
His scholarship focuses on the american and french experiences in the two world wars, and seeks to make the history of warfare and International Relations relevant to policymakers and practitioners. He is the author of numerous scholarly monographs including dance of the furies, europe and the outbreak of world war i, a work named by the wall street journal as one of the top five best books ever written about world war i. Pretty impressive. His most recent work the path to war, how the First World War created modern america, was just published by Oxford University press in 2016. With a background in social history, military history, french history and American History, dr. Neiberg published widely on the theme of war, and, tonight, dr. Neiberg will be broadening our topics well beyond 1865, as he discusses toward the age of peoples war, the civil war, to world war i. Dr. Neiberg. [ applause ] well, thanks, pete, for that fantastic introduction. I want to thank pete for the invitation t