American Military University

Contact Information:

Institution Web Site: http://www.amu.apus.edu

Department Address: 111 West Congress Street
Charles Town, WV 25414

Department Web Site: http://www.amu.apus.edu/history

Degrees Offered: Master of Arts

Department Point of Contact: Dr. Jon R. Carleton

Point of Contact Address: 111 West Congress Street
Charles Town, WV 25414

Point of Contact Phone: 304.724.2819

Point of Contact Email: jcarleton@apus.edu

American Military University does not offer graduate assistantships.

Military History Faculty:

Faculty Member #1

Faculty Name: Dr. Charles E. White

Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D.

School Conferring Highest Degree: Duke University

Areas of Specialization: Charles E. White received his Ph.D. in German and Military Studies from Duke University. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany and the 4th Cavalry in the United States. While at Duke University, Dr. White was a Fulbright Fellow at the Free University of Berlin from 1982-84, where he conducted research for his dissertation and first book, The Enlightened Soldier: Scharnhorst and the Militaerische Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1801-1805. He has presented papers on Prussian military history and Scharnhorst for the Society for Military History (formerly the American Military Institute), The Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, and at the Fuehrungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany. From 1986-1998, Dr. White was the Chief of Military History at the United States Army Infantry School, where he taught military history and led staff rides to battlefields in the United States and abroad. In December 1998, he assumed the duties as Dean of Academics at American Military University, but left in August 1999 to pursue other historical activities. Dr. White was then the Lewis and Clark historian for the United States Army, and is currently the Command Historian for the United States Army Forces Command, the largest major command in the United States Army. Dr. White is working on a study of the Jena/Auerstaedt Campaign of 1806 from the Prussian perspective, as well as a biography of Scharnhorst, and other projects relating to military education.

Faculty Member #2

Faculty Name: Dr. Edward J. Hagerty

Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D.

School Conferring Highest Degree: Temple University

Areas of Specialization: Edward J. Hagerty holds the Ph.D. from Temple University, where he worked closely with the eminent military historian Russell F. Weigley. Professor Hagerty's primary interest in the field of military history is the American Civil War, with a secondary interest in Irish History. His book, Collis' Zouaves: The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers was published by Louisiana State University Press in 1997. Professor Hagerty is working on a biographical study of Lt. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, forthcoming from LSU Press. Professor Hagerty is also an Air Force Reserve officer and special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). He is presently assigned as the commander, AFOSI Field Investigations Region 2, Langley AFB, VA. He has written a history of AFOSI that is forthcoming from GPO.

Faculty Member #3

Faculty Name: Dr. Brett F. Woods

Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D.

School Conferring Highest Degree: University of Essex

Areas of Specialization:
Brett F. Woods is professor in the Department of History and Military Studies where his primary academic pursuits are directed to historiography and historical method. Dr. Woods received a bachelors degree in law enforcement and political science from Sam Houston State University and a master,s in public administration from Pepperdine University. He was awarded his Ph.D. in literature from the University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, England, where his principal research surveyed the historical influences of war, espionage, and international affairs on the evolution of twentieth century British political fiction. A Senior Executive Fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, he is also a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces.

Dr. Woods is the author of numerous books, essays, and commentaries relating to political, military, and cultural history, and he has written for several academic and mainstream periodicals including the "Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire," the "Asian Studies Review," the "California Literary Review," the "Richmond Review," and the "Asian Review of Books. He has also served as an editor for the Journal of Interdisciplinary Twentieth Century Studies and The Best Century: A Journal of the Nineteenth Century. His latest book, Letters from France: The Private Diplomatic Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, 1776-1785, will be released by Algora Publishing (New York) in 2007.

Faculty Member #4

Faculty Name: Dr. Stanley D.M. Carpenter

Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D.

School Conferring Highest Degree: Florida State University

Areas of Specialization:
Stanley D.M. Carpenter teaches courses in Air and Land Warfare, Military History and European History from the Ancient World to the Modern period. He is a Professor of Strategy and Policy and Deputy Strategy and Policy Division Head, College of Distance Education, at the U. S. Naval War College, Newport, RI. Additionally, he has taught as an Adjunct Professor of History for Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, Norwich University, Northfields, VT; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, and Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL.

Professor Carpenter holds the following degrees:
Ph.D. in British Military History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1998
M.Litt. in Scottish History, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, 1978
AB with Honors in History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1975.

Additionally, he has completed graduate coursework in War Studies at King's College, University of London (1977) and holds a diploma in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College (2000).

Professor Carpenter has also served as a US Naval officer in both Active and Reserve Components since 1979 and is currently the Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (NEPLO) to FEMA Region II, New York City as a specialist in Homeland Security, Consequence Management, and Defense Support to Civil Authorities.

Faculty Member #5

Faculty Name: Dr. Geoffrey D. T. Shaw

Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D.

School Conferring Highest Degree: University of Manitoba

Areas of Specialization: Geoffrey D.T. Shaw earned his PhD in History at the University of Manitoba, a Master of Arts in Military History at the University of Victoria (joint program with Royal Roades Military College) and his Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Studies at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Shaw is currently a professor for American Public University System. He has been a Senior Defense Analyst for Advanced Strategic Initiatives. He has numerous publications, memberships in the Agassiz Institute & The Vietnam Center.

Faculty Member #6

Faculty Name: Dr. Gary A. Trogdon

Highest Degree & Date Earned: Ph.D.

School Conferring Highest Degree: University of Nebraska

Areas of Specialization: Gary Trogdon is currently working as a military historian for the Department of the Army. Trained as an American Military Historian, Dr. Trogdon minored in World History and continues to research in a variety of subjects. Courses taught at four separate institutions include World History, American History survey courses, American Military History, Western Civilization from 1715 to the Present, Pre-Modern and Modern East Asian History (China and Japan), and America from 1960 to the Present. A lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, he served as a B-52 navigator, personnel officer, and maintenance officer before returning to academia. Professor Trogdon earned a B.S. from Colorado State University, an M.A. from Central Michigan University, an M.A. from the Naval War College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. Currently working on a book detailing the history of the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC), he also is working with a team of historians on the Nisei (first generation Japanese Americans) who attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the American internment period of World War II.

Special Library Strengths:

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Institution Web Site:	http://www.amu.apus.edu
Institution Web Site:	http://www.amu.apus.edu
Department Address:	111 West Congress Street Charles Town, WV 25414
Department Web Site:	http://www.amu.apus.edu/history
Degrees Offered:	Master of Arts
Department Point of Contact:	Dr. Jon R. Carleton
Point of Contact Address:	111 West Congress Street Charles Town, WV 25414
Point of Contact Phone:	304.724.2819
Point of Contact Email:	jcarleton@apus.edu

Faculty Name:	Dr. Charles E. White
Highest Degree & Date Earned:	Ph.D.
School Conferring Highest Degree:	Duke University
Areas of Specialization:	Charles E. White received his Ph.D. in German and Military Studies from Duke University. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany and the 4th Cavalry in the United States. While at Duke University, Dr. White was a Fulbright Fellow at the Free University of Berlin from 1982-84, where he conducted research for his dissertation and first book, The Enlightened Soldier: Scharnhorst and the Militaerische Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1801-1805. He has presented papers on Prussian military history and Scharnhorst for the Society for Military History (formerly the American Military Institute), The Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, and at the Fuehrungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany. From 1986-1998, Dr. White was the Chief of Military History at the United States Army Infantry School, where he taught military history and led staff rides to battlefields in the United States and abroad. In December 1998, he assumed the duties as Dean of Academics at American Military University, but left in August 1999 to pursue other historical activities. Dr. White was then the Lewis and Clark historian for the United States Army, and is currently the Command Historian for the United States Army Forces Command, the largest major command in the United States Army. Dr. White is working on a study of the Jena/Auerstaedt Campaign of 1806 from the Prussian perspective, as well as a biography of Scharnhorst, and other projects relating to military education.

Faculty Name:	Dr. Edward J. Hagerty
Highest Degree & Date Earned:	Ph.D.
School Conferring Highest Degree:	Temple University
Areas of Specialization:	Edward J. Hagerty holds the Ph.D. from Temple University, where he worked closely with the eminent military historian Russell F. Weigley. Professor Hagerty's primary interest in the field of military history is the American Civil War, with a secondary interest in Irish History. His book, Collis' Zouaves: The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers was published by Louisiana State University Press in 1997. Professor Hagerty is working on a biographical study of Lt. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, forthcoming from LSU Press. Professor Hagerty is also an Air Force Reserve officer and special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). He is presently assigned as the commander, AFOSI Field Investigations Region 2, Langley AFB, VA. He has written a history of AFOSI that is forthcoming from GPO.

Faculty Name:	Dr. Brett F. Woods
Highest Degree & Date Earned:	Ph.D.
School Conferring Highest Degree:	University of Essex
Areas of Specialization:	Brett F. Woods is professor in the Department of History and Military Studies where his primary academic pursuits are directed to historiography and historical method. Dr. Woods received a bachelors degree in law enforcement and political science from Sam Houston State University and a master,s in public administration from Pepperdine University. He was awarded his Ph.D. in literature from the University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, England, where his principal research surveyed the historical influences of war, espionage, and international affairs on the evolution of twentieth century British political fiction. A Senior Executive Fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, he is also a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Dr. Woods is the author of numerous books, essays, and commentaries relating to political, military, and cultural history, and he has written for several academic and mainstream periodicals including the "Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire," the "Asian Studies Review," the "California Literary Review," the "Richmond Review," and the "Asian Review of Books. He has also served as an editor for the Journal of Interdisciplinary Twentieth Century Studies and The Best Century: A Journal of the Nineteenth Century. His latest book, Letters from France: The Private Diplomatic Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, 1776-1785, will be released by Algora Publishing (New York) in 2007.

Faculty Name:	Dr. Stanley D.M. Carpenter
Highest Degree & Date Earned:	Ph.D.
School Conferring Highest Degree:	Florida State University
Areas of Specialization:	Stanley D.M. Carpenter teaches courses in Air and Land Warfare, Military History and European History from the Ancient World to the Modern period. He is a Professor of Strategy and Policy and Deputy Strategy and Policy Division Head, College of Distance Education, at the U. S. Naval War College, Newport, RI. Additionally, he has taught as an Adjunct Professor of History for Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, Norwich University, Northfields, VT; Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, and Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL. Professor Carpenter holds the following degrees: Ph.D. in British Military History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1998 M.Litt. in Scottish History, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, 1978 AB with Honors in History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1975. Additionally, he has completed graduate coursework in War Studies at King's College, University of London (1977) and holds a diploma in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College (2000). Professor Carpenter has also served as a US Naval officer in both Active and Reserve Components since 1979 and is currently the Navy Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (NEPLO) to FEMA Region II, New York City as a specialist in Homeland Security, Consequence Management, and Defense Support to Civil Authorities.

Faculty Name:	Dr. Geoffrey D. T. Shaw
Highest Degree & Date Earned:	Ph.D.
School Conferring Highest Degree:	University of Manitoba
Areas of Specialization:	Geoffrey D.T. Shaw earned his PhD in History at the University of Manitoba, a Master of Arts in Military History at the University of Victoria (joint program with Royal Roades Military College) and his Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Studies at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Shaw is currently a professor for American Public University System. He has been a Senior Defense Analyst for Advanced Strategic Initiatives. He has numerous publications, memberships in the Agassiz Institute & The Vietnam Center.

Faculty Name:	Dr. Gary A. Trogdon
Highest Degree & Date Earned:	Ph.D.
School Conferring Highest Degree:	University of Nebraska
Areas of Specialization:	Gary Trogdon is currently working as a military historian for the Department of the Army. Trained as an American Military Historian, Dr. Trogdon minored in World History and continues to research in a variety of subjects. Courses taught at four separate institutions include World History, American History survey courses, American Military History, Western Civilization from 1715 to the Present, Pre-Modern and Modern East Asian History (China and Japan), and America from 1960 to the Present. A lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force, he served as a B-52 navigator, personnel officer, and maintenance officer before returning to academia. Professor Trogdon earned a B.S. from Colorado State University, an M.A. from Central Michigan University, an M.A. from the Naval War College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. Currently working on a book detailing the history of the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC), he also is working with a team of historians on the Nisei (first generation Japanese Americans) who attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the American internment period of World War II.