Beth Bailey, coeditor of Beyond Pearl Harbor: A Pacific History, will deliver the keynote address at the conference Ways of War, Ways of Peace: American and British Military Leadership since 1912. The conference, hosted by The University of Alabama’s Department of History and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst’s (UK) Centre for Army Leadership, will take place Monday, October 23 and Tuesday, October 24.
Other University Press of Kansas authors participating in the conference include:
- Eugenia C. Kiesling, author of Arming against Hitler: France and the Limits of Military Planning
- Ethan S. Rafuse, author of From the Mountains to the Bay: The War in Virginia, January–May 1862
- Brooks D. Simpson, author of The Reconstruction Presidents
- Steven Trout, author of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Angel Fire: War, Remembrance, and an American Tragedy
To register for the event, see the conference website. The general registration fee ($20 before October 16, $25 thereafter) will include admittance to all panels and keynotes, free parking, Monday lunch, and a reception. Admission is free to all University of Alabama staff, faculty, and students, as well as British and American active-duty military personnel and veterans.
