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Geoffrey Wawro

Title: Professor

Department: History

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Yale University, 1992
    Major: History
    Specialization: Modern European History
    Dissertation: "The Austro-Prussian War: Politics, Strategy and War in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1859-1866."
  • MPhil, Yale University, 1989
    Major: History
    Specialization: Modern European History
  • MA, Yale University, 1987
    Major: History
    Specialization: Modern European History
  • BA, Brown University, 1983
    Major: History
  • , Cheltenham College, England, 1979
    Major: English Literature and German
  • , Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, 1978
    Major: high school curriculum

Current Scheduled Teaching

HIST 6950.702Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
HIST 6065.001Seminar on the History of Modern WarfareSpring 2025
HIST 4065.001Warfare and Society in Europe from the French Revolution to World War IISpring 2025
HIST 6950.734Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
HIST 5900.707Special ProblemsFall 8W2 2024
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2024
HIST 4066.001World War IFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

HIST 6950.737Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2024
HIST 6950.702Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
HIST 4900.002Special ProblemsSpring 2024 SPOT
HIST 5065.001The Art of War: Theory and HistorySpring 2024 SPOT
HIST 6950.734Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
HIST 6065.001Seminar on the History of Modern WarfareFall 2023 SPOT
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2023 SPOT
HIST 4065.001Warfare and Society in Europe from the French Revolution to World War IIFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.702Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2023 SPOT
HIST 4066.001World War ISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.734Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2022 SPOT
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2022 SPOT
HIST 4065.001Warfare and Society in Europe from the French Revolution to World War IIFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.702Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2022 SPOT
HIST 6950.734Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
HIST 6950.737Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
HIST 6900.729Special ProblemsFall 2021
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2021 SPOT
HIST 4066.001World War IFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.737Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2021
HIST 6950.702Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2021
HIST 5240.004Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2021 SPOT
HIST 6950.734Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2020 SPOT
HIST 4262.003Topics in European HistoryFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.701Doctoral DissertationSummer 3W1 2020
HIST 6950.837Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W2 2020
HIST 6950.702Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
HIST 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
HIST 5950.715Master's ThesisSpring 2020
HIST 6950.734Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
HIST 6950.737Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
HIST 6950.901Doctoral DissertationFall 8W2 2019
HIST 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2019
HIST 5950.715Master's ThesisSpring 2019
HIST 5950.801Master's ThesisSpring 2019
HIST 5900.703Special ProblemsSpring 2019
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2019 SPOT
HIST 4260.002Topics in HistorySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.737Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
HIST 5950.707Master's ThesisFall 2018
HIST 5250.002Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2018 SPOT
HIST 4262.001Topics in European HistoryFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
HIST 5950.715Master's ThesisSpring 2018
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2018 SPOT
HIST 6950.737Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2017 SPOT
HIST 4262.001Topics in European HistoryFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2017
HIST 6940.754Individual ResearchSpring 2017
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2017 SPOT
HIST 4262.003Topics in European HistorySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.737Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
HIST 5950.707Master's ThesisFall 2016
HIST 5950.737Master's ThesisFall 2016
HIST 6900.729Special ProblemsFall 2016
HIST 4262.002Topics in European HistoryFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2016
HIST 6940.754Individual ResearchSpring 2016
HIST 5950.715Master's ThesisSpring 2016
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2016 SPOT
HIST 5950.737Master's ThesisFall 2015
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2015 SPOT
HIST 5900.719Special ProblemsFall 2015
HIST 4262.002Topics in European HistoryFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2015
HIST 5950.715Master's ThesisSpring 2015
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2015
HIST 6940.737Individual ResearchFall 2014
HIST 5950.737Master's ThesisFall 2014
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2014
HIST 5900.772Special ProblemsFall 2014
HIST 5900.773Special ProblemsFall 2014
HIST 4262.001Topics in European HistoryFall 2014 Syllabus
HIST 5900.702Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2014
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2014
HIST 6900.750Special ProblemsSpring 2014
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2014
HIST 6940.737Individual ResearchFall 2013
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2013
HIST 4262.001Topics in European HistoryFall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2013
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2013
HIST 4262.003Topics in European HistorySpring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2012
HIST 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2012
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2012
HIST 6940.737Individual ResearchFall 2011
HIST 5950.737Master's ThesisFall 2011
HIST 5230.001Seminar in United States Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2011
HIST 5900.772Special ProblemsFall 2011
HIST 4262.002Topics in European HistoryFall 2011 Syllabus
HIST 5950.737Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2011
HIST 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2011
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2011
HIST 6940.737Individual ResearchFall 2010
HIST 5950.737Master's ThesisFall 2010
HIST 5230.002Seminar in United States Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2010
HIST 4262.004Topics in European HistoryFall 2010 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2010
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2010
HIST 6940.704Individual ResearchFall 2009
HIST 5900.725Special ProblemsFall 2009
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2009
HIST 4262.005Topics in European HistoryFall 2009 Syllabus
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2009
HIST 6900.750Special ProblemsSpring 2009
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2009
HIST 5900.725Special ProblemsFall 2008
HIST 4262.002Topics in European HistoryFall 2008
HIST 5900.726Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2008
HIST 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2008
HIST 5900.703Special ProblemsSpring 2008
HIST 5900.750Special ProblemsSpring 2008
HIST 4262.006Topics in European HistorySpring 2008
HIST 6950.716Doctoral DissertationFall 2007
HIST 5950.731Master's ThesisFall 2007
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2007
HIST 6940.750Individual ResearchSpring 2007
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2007
HIST 6940.706Individual ResearchFall 2006
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2006
HIST 6940.701Individual ResearchSummer 5W1 2006
HIST 6940.701Individual ResearchSummer 5W2 2006
HIST 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2006
HIST 5900.701Special ProblemsSpring 2006
HIST 5900.752Special ProblemsSpring 2006
HIST 6900.750Special ProblemsSpring 2006
HIST 4262.002Topics in European HistorySpring 2006
HIST 4262.003Topics in European HistorySpring 2006
HIST 5240.002Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2005

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Wawro, G., Hutecka, J. (2017). The "Fog of Chlum": Myths and Realities of the Austro-Prussian War. Proceedings of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Koeniggraetz Symposium. 75-83. University of Hradec Kralove.
  • Wawro, G. (2017). A Mad Catastrophe: WW1 and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire. Favorita Papers of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. 74-78. Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.
  • Book

  • Wawro, G. (2024). Leaving the Fight: Surrender, POWs, and Detainees in Western Warfare - series editor. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2024). Balancing Strategy: Sea Power, Neutrality, and Prize Law in the Seven Years War - series editor. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2024). Tactical Air Power and the Vietnam War -- series editor. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2023). Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-75 - series editor. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2023). Holding Out: The German Army and Operational Command in 1917 - series editor. 348. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2022). On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War -- series editor. 555. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Univ Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2022). Storm and Sack: British Sieges, Violence, and Laws of War - series editor. 320. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Henriksen, T.H. (2022). America's Wars: Interventions, Regime Change, and Insurgencies after the Cold War -- series editor. 324. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/americas-wars/0EF1A3F2EDA536EAD994C59057E6E273
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hack, K. (2021). The Malayan Emergency: Revolution and Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire -- series editor. 506. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/malayan-emergency/B991D0A3E65053C10CB93E18DBA62A36
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Willems, B. (2021). Violence in Defeat: the Wehrmacht on German Soil, 1944-45 - series editor. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Echevarria II, A. (2021). War's Logic: Strategic Thought and the American Way of War- series editor. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G. (2021). Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States - series editor. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2020). Britain and Italy in the Era of the First World War: Defending and Forging Empires - series editor. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2020). Charles E. Callwell and the British Way in Warfare - series editor. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hayworth, J. (2019). Revolutionary France's War of Conquest in the Rhineland - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hughes, M. (2019). Britain's Pacification of Palestine - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., McCrae, M. (2019). Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G. (2018). Sons of Freedom: The Forgotten American Soldiers Who Defeated Germany in 1918. 596. New York, New York, Hachette/Basic Books.
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Fox, A. (2017). Learning to Fight: Military Innovation and Change in the British Army, 1914-18 -- series co-editor. New York, NY, Cambridge Univ Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Kiszely, J. (2017). Anatomy of a Campaign: The British Fiasco in Norway, 1940 - series co-editor. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Hall, B.N. (2017). Communications and British Operations - series co-editor. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/communications-and-british-operations-on-the-western-front-19141918/4B3C8B920B6823443A675DCCFBA10C10
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Wilcox, V. (2016). Morale and the Italian Army during the First World War-series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Brooks, J. (2016). The Battle of Jutland - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/battle-of-jutland/B4F88F40DC07EF0340632CBCC57E3AE3
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Morris, A.J. (2015). Reporting the First World War-series co-editor. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Leggiere, M.V. (2015). Napoleon and Struggle for Germany vol.2-series co-editor. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., O'Brien, P.P. (2015). How The War Was Won - series co-editor. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, G. (2014). Indian Army on the Western Front- series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2014). Napoleon and Struggle for Germany vol. 1- series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G., Strachan, H., Rutherford, J. (2014). Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front-series co-editor. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/cambridge-military-histories/93143C92929A33DD87B0EE21C66DB12F
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (2014). A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire. 1 480. New York, NY,
  • Wawro, G. (2013). Bombing the People - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wawro, G. (2013). Haig's Intelligence - series co-editor.
  • Advisory Editor. (2012). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of War, 5 vols. Advisory Editor. 1-5 2912. Oxford, www.wiley.com
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (2010). Quicksand: America's Pursuit of Power in the Middle East. 1 736. New York, NY, Penguin Press.
  • Jonathan Fennell. (2008). Eighth Army Morale and Combat Effectiveness-series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
  • Alexander Watson/ Cambridge Military Histories, co-editor with Hew Strachan. (2008). Enduring the Great War -series co-editor.
  • Wawro, G. (2008). Historical Atlas: A Comprehensive History of the World-chief consultant.
  • John Gooch/ co-editor with Hew Strachan. (2008). Mussolini and his Generals--series co-editor.
  • Mustafa Aksakal. (2008). The Ottoman Road to War in 1914 - series co-editor. Cambridge University Press.
  • G. C. Peden/ co-editor with Hew Strachan. (2007). Arms, Economics and British Strategy: From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs, Cambridge Military Histories.
  • Michael V. Leggiere / co-editor with Hew Strachan. (2007). The Fall of Napoleon, vol. 1: The Allied Invasion of France, 1813-14 Cambridge Military Histories.
  • Wawro, G. (2006). Historica: 1,000 Years Of Our Lives and Times.
  • Robert T. Foley/ co-editor with Hew Strachan. (2005). German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916, Cambridge Military Histories.
  • E. Bruce Reynolds/ co-editor with Hew Strachan. (2005). Thailand's Secret War: OSS, SOE and the Free Thai Underground during World War II , Cambridge Military Histories.
  • Elizabeth Greenhalgh/ co-editor with Hew Strachan. (2005). Victory Through Coalition: Britain and France during the First World War, Cambridge Military Histories.
  • Wawro, G. (2003). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-71.
  • Wawro, G. (2000). Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914.
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1996). The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866.
  • Book Chapter

  • Wawro, G. (2016). A New Europe with New Rivalries: The Franco-German Rivalry. Great Strategic Rivalries: From the Classical World to the Cold War. Oxford University Press.
  • Dixon, N. (2016). Foreword (5,000 words) to Norman Dixon, On The Psychology of Military Incompetence. On The Psychology of Military Incompetence. Basic Books.
  • Wawro, G. (2016). Prefiguration de 1914: Mythes, Realites et Presages de la Guerre franco-prussienne. D'une guerre a l'autre: que reste-t-il de 1870-71 en 1914?. Paris, Riveneuve.
  • Wawro, G. (2016). West Point History of Warfare, "The European Balance of Power and the Colonial Wars". The West Point History of Warfare. 20.
  • Wawro, G., Leggiere, M.V. (2016). Introduction. Napoleon and the Operational Art of War: Essays in Honor of Donald Horward. Brill.
  • Wawro, G. (2014). The European Balance of Power and Colonial Wars, 1870-1914. The West Point History of Warfare. New York, NY, Rowan.
  • Book Review

  • Wawro, G. (2023). Forgotten Wars: Central and Eastern Europe, 1912-1916. The Journal of Modern History. 95 (3 (Sept. 2023)) 752-53. Chicago, IL,
  • Wawro, G. (2017). Forged Through Fire: War, Peace and the Democratic Bargain. Feb. 2017
  • Wawro, G. (2016). John Birch: A Life. March 2016
  • Wawro, G. (2016). The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers and Guerrillas. A Journal of Practice and Theory. June 2016
  • Wawro, G. (2016). The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution. Feb. 2016
  • Harvard Sitkoff. (2008). King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop.
  • Rick Perlstein. (2008). Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America.
  • Peter Clarke. (2008). The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire: Churchill, Roosevelt and the Birth of the Pax Americana.
  • Noel Mostert. (2008). The Line Upon A Wind: the Great War at Sea, 1793-1815.
  • James Rosen. (2008). The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate.
  • Anthony Pagden. (2008). Worlds at War: The 2,500 Year Struggle Between East and West.
  • Andrew Roberts. (2007). A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900.
  • David A. Clary. (2007). Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution.
  • Ben Macintyre. (2007). Agent Zigzag: a True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love and Betrayal.
  • John C. McManus. (2007). Alamo in the Ardennes: the Untold Story of the American Soldiers who made the Defense of Bastogne Possible.
  • Agostino von Hassell and Sigrid MacRae. (2007). Alliance of Enemies: The Untold Story of the Secret American and German Collaboration to End World War II.
  • James L. Nelson. (2007). Benedict Arnold's Navy.
  • Cecil D. Eby. (2007). Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War.
  • Stephan Talty. (2007). Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign.
  • George Weller. (2007). First into Nagasaki.
  • Margaret Macmillan. (2007). Nixon and Mao: The Week that changed the world.
  • Michael Beschloss. (2007). Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and how they Changed America, 1789-1989.
  • Nicholas Wapshott. (2007). Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage.
  • John Patrick Diggins. (2007). Ronald Reagan: Fate, Freedom, and the Making of History.
  • John Prados. (2007). Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA.
  • Kieran Doherty. (2007). Sea Venture: The Ship that Rescued Jamestown and Established the English Presence in the New World.
  • Martin Van Creveld. (2007). The Changing Face of War: Lessons of Combat from the Marne to Iraq.
  • Rick Atkinson. (2007). The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-44.
  • F.R. Bridge and Roger Bullen. (2007). The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914, 2nd edition.
  • Matthew Carr. (2007). The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism from the Assassination of Tsar Alexander II to Al-Qaeda.
  • Vaclav Havel. (2007). To the Castle and Back.
  • Anthony James Joes. (2007). Urban Guerrilla Warfare.
  • William R. Polk. (2007). Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War from the American Revolution to Iraq.
  • Sarah Helm. (2006). A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of World War II.
  • Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein. (2006). Broken Branch: How Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track.
  • Gerard J. Degroot. (2006). Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of America's Lunar Quest.
  • Norman Polmar and John D. Gresham. (2006). DEFCON-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • James Carroll. (2006). House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power.
  • Byron Hollinshead. (2006). I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events that Changed America Ed..
  • Joachim Fest. (2006). Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich.
  • Lawrence Malkin. (2006). Krueger's Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19.
  • Stephen Kinzer. (2006). Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq.
  • Simon Schama. (2006). Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution.
  • Tom Wicker. (2006). Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy.
  • Malcolm Brown. (2006). T. E. Lawrence in War & Peace ed..
  • Frederick Leiner. (2006). The End of Barbary Terror: America's 1815 War against the Pirates of North Africa.
  • Richard M. Fried. (2006). The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.
  • Frank T. Kryza. (2006). The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold.
  • Max Boot. (2006). War Made New: Technology, Warfare and the Course of History 1500 to Today.
  • Godfrey Hodgson. (2006). Woodrow Wilson's Right Hand: The Life of Colonel Edward M. House.
  • Robert M. Citino. (2005). Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare.
  • Stansfield Turner. (2005). Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors and Secret Intelligence.
  • Jean Hatzfeld. (2005). Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak.
  • Peter Padfield. (2005). Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851.
  • Richard Zacks. (2005). Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805.
  • James T. Patterson. (2005). Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore.
  • Stephen Walker. (2005). Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima.
  • James W. Loewen. (2005). Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism.
  • George Packer. (2005). The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq.
  • William Pfaff. (2005). The Bullet's Song: Romantic Violence and Utopia.
  • Martin Windrow. (2005). The Last Valley: The Battle That Doomed the French Empire and Led American into Vietnam.
  • War by Andrew J. Bacevich. (2005). The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced.
  • Douglas Porch. (2005). The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II.
  • Diana and Michael Preston. (2004). A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The life of William Dampier.
  • George Friedman. (2004). America's Secret War: Inside the Worldwide Struggle between America and its Enemies.
  • Edgar Feuchtwanger. (2004). Bismarck.
  • Marcus Kreuzer. (2004). Institutions and Innovation: Voters, Parties and Interest Groups in the Consolidation of Democracy -- France and Germany 1870-1939.
  • Terence Zuber. (2004). Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914.
  • Jack F. Matlock, Jr.. (2004). Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended.
  • Dallas Murphy. (2004). Rounding the Horn: A Deck's Eye View of Cape Horn.
  • David Stafford. (2004). Ten Days to D-Day.
  • David Laskin. (2004). The Children's Blizzard.
  • Ned Handy and Kemp Battle. (2004). The Flame Keepers: The True Story of an American Soldier's Survival inside Stalag 17.
  • Dennis Showalter. (2004). The Wars of German Unification.
  • David Maraniss. (2004). They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace in Vietnam and America, October 1967.
  • Arthur Herman. (2004). To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World.
  • Azar Gat. (2003). A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War.
  • Richard Helms. (2003). A Look over my Shoulder: A Life in the CIA.
  • Larry Smith. (2003). Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in their Own Words.
  • Robert K. Massie. (2003). Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.
  • John Keegan. (2003). Intelligence in War.
  • Evan Thomas. (2003). John Paul Jones.
  • Edgar Vincent. (2003). Nelson: Love and Fame.
  • Jerrold and Leona Schechter. (2003). Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History.
  • Richard Hallion. (2003). Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age from Antiquity through the First World War.
  • Jessica Stern. (2003). Terror in the name of God: why religious militants kill.
  • John Ikenberry. (2002). After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars.
  • Tony Horwitz. (2002). Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before.
  • Diana Preston. (2002). Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy.
  • Arden Bucholz. (2002). Moltke and the German Wars 1864-71.
  • Peter Schweizer. (2002). Reagan's War.
  • Hew Strachan. (2002). The First World War: To Arms.
  • Richard Zacks. (2002). The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd.
  • Chester G. Hearn. (2002). Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the Oceans.
  • Antulio J. Echevarria. (2001). After Clausewitz: German Military Thinkers before the Great War.
  • Eckard Michels. (2000). Deutsche in der Fremdenlegion, 1870-1965.
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1999). Österreich, die Westmächte und das europäische Staatensystem nach dem Krimkrieg, 1856-59 by Katharina Weigand (Husum, 1997).
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1998). The Prussian Army, 1640-1871, by Jonathan R. White (Lanham, 1996).
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1997). Austria 1938-88:  Anschluss and Fifty Years, ed. by William Wright (Riverside, 1995).
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1997). Decisions for War, 1914, ed. by Keith Wilson (New York, 1995).
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1997). The Naval Policy of Austria-Hungary, 1867-1918 by Lawrence Sondhaus (W. Lafayette, 1994).
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1996). Emergencies and Disorder in the European Empires after 1945, ed. by Robert Holland (London, 1994).
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1996). The Rebirth of the Habsburg Army:  Friedrich Beck and the Rise of the General Staff by Scott Lackey (Westport, 1995).
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1995). Sandor Wekerle, 1848-1921:  Die politische Biographie eines ungarischen Staatsmannes der Donaumonarchie by Geza Andreas von Geyr (Oldenbourg, 1993).
  • Journal Article

  • Wawro, G. (2015). La Senda de la Guerra: Bismarck, Napoleon III y los Origines de la Guerra franco-prusiana. Jan. 2015 (13) 6. Madrid,
  • Wawro, G. (2008). "Finding Our Place in the World," Introductory essay to Historical Atlas: A Comprehensive History of the World.
  • Jeremy Black. (2008). Nineteenth Century Warfare.
  • Wawro, G. (2007). "Forged by Fire: America's Bloody World War I Struggle for the Meuse-Argonne saw Warfare enter a New Era,".
  • Wawro, G. (2007). "The Leverage of Sea Power," Introductory essay to Lisle A. Rose, Power at Sea, 3 volumes.
  • Wawro, G. (2006). "Billy Bishop," "Kamikaze," and "Luftwaffe,".
  • Wawro, G. (2006). "History: Our Heritage," Introductory essay to Historica: 1,000 Years of Our Lives and Times.
  • Wawro, G. (2006). "The Great White Fleet: Teddy Roosevelt's Lunge for World Power,".
  • Richard Hall. (2006). The Long War: A Short History of 20th Century Conflict.
  • David Tucker and Christopher Lamb. (2006). United States Special Operations Forces.
  • Wawro, G. (2005). "Civil War Snipers,".
  • Wawro, G. (2005). "Inside the Whale: The Tangled Finances of the Austrian Army, 1848-1866,".
  • Peter Wilson, ed. (2005). "Inside the Whale: The Tangled Finances of the Austrian Army, 1848-66,".
  • John Merriman and Jay Winter, eds. (2005). "Military Tactics, 1789-1914,".
  • Wawro, G. (2005). "Modern War," scholarly essay for the WGBH/PBS/NEH series The World War I Years: America Becomes a World Power.
  • Wawro, G. (2005). "Over There," scholarly essay for the WGBH/PBS/NEH series The World War I Years: America Becomes a World Power.
  • George Peden. (2005). From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs: Arms, Economics and British Strategy 1904-69.
  • Jonathan A.. (2005). Grant, Rulers, Guns and Money: The Global Arms Trade in the Age of Imperialism 1860-1914.
  • Paul Davis, ed.. (2005). Great Battles.
  • Marcel Stein. (2005). Manstein: A Biography.
  • Mark Grotelueschen. (2005). The AEF Way of War: The American Army and Combat in the First World War.
  • William C. Martel. (2005). Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Strategy.
  • David Jordan et al. (2005). War in the Modern World.
  • Wawro, G. (2004). "Slaughter at Sedan,".
  • James C. Bradford, ed. (2004). "The Austro-Prussian War,".
  • Wawro, G. (2004). "The Day of Days,".
  • Wawro, G. (2004). "The Masque of Command: Bad generals and their impact,".
  • Arden Bucholz. (2004). Helmuth von Moltke, 1800-1891: A Modern Biography.
  • Peter H. Wilson. (2004). Making Modern War: War and the Emergence of the Modern World, 1853-1884.
  • Kevin Cramer. (2004). The Blood State: the Thirty Years War and German Memory in the 19th Century.
  • Robert W. Love, Jr. et al, eds.. (2001). "Luxury Fleet: The Austrian Navy and the Battle of Lissa, 1866,".
  • The Oxford Companion to Military History. (2001). "The Austro-Prussian War" -- "The Battle of Custoza" -- and "The Battle of Königgrätz.".
  • Newspaper

  • Wawro, G. (2018). The Reinvention of Warfare (in The Wall Street Journal). The Wall Street Journal. (Nov. 10-11, 2018) New York, New York, Dow Jones.
  • Wawro, G. (2018). Everything You Know About How World War I Ended Is Wrong (in TIME Magazine). TIME Magazine. (Sept 26, 2018) New York, New York, Time Magazine. http://time.com/5406235/everything-you-know-about-how-world-war-i-ended-is-wrong/
  • Wawro, G. (2018). A Century Later, America Must Remember The Lessons of One of its Biggest Blunders (in Washington Post). Washington, D.C., The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/09/24/century-later-america-must-remember-lessons-one-its-biggest-blunders/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c2273333f973
  • Wawro, G. (2018). How Hyphenated Americans Won World War I (in New York Times). (Sept. 12, 2018) New York, New York, The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/opinion/how-hyphenated-americans-won-world-war-i.html
  • Popular Press Article

  • Julio Cirino and Silvana Elizondo, in Paul D. Taylor, ed.. (2004). "Latin America's Lawless Areas and Failed States,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "D-Day in Iraq,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "Dying Iranian Regime Clutches at Nukes,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "Forza Italia: Rome cozies up to the Coalition,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "Iran's Nuclear Gamble,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "Letter from France,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "Saddam's Sedan: Lessons from the Franco-Prussian War,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "The Order of Battle for Saddam,".
  • Wawro, G. (2003). "Weak Muscles: The Unbearable Lightness of Brussels,".
  • Robert T. Foley. (2003). Germany and the First World War: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Strategy of Attrition, 1914-16.
  • Wawro, G. (2002). "How to fight Iran and beat mullahs,".
  • Wawro, G. (2002). "In Iran,".
  • Wawro, G. (2002). "Letter from Iran,".
  • Wawro, G. (2002). "Letter from South America,".
  • Wawro, G. (2001). "Europe not ready for prime-time war,".
  • Wawro, G. (2001). "Peace in the Mideast? Not a chance,".
  • Wawro, G. (2001). "The strange death of the Euro Army,".
  • Wawro, G. (2001). "Why the Taliban crumbled so fast,".
  • Richard F. Hamilton and Holger H. Herwig, eds.. (2001). World War I: The Origins.
  • Wawro, G. (2000). "U.S. strategists should welcome the Euro Army,".
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1998). "Identity Formation in the Balkans: The Role of the Ottoman Empire.".
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1993). "The Origins of a Catastrophe: Command and Staff Problems in the Austrian Army 1848-66.".
  • Scholarly Note

  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1996). "Austria versus the Risorgimento: A New Look at Austria's Italian Strategy in the 1860s,".
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1996). "Inside the Whale: The Tangled Finances of the Austrian Army, 1848-1866,".
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1996). "Morale in the Austro-Hungarian Army,".
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1995). "An 'Army of Pigs':  The Technical, Social and Political Bases of Austrian Shock Tactics, 1859-1866,".
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1995). "The Habsburg Flucht nach vorne in 1866:  Domestic-Political Origins of the Austro-Prussian War.".
  • Wawro, Geoffrey. (1994). "Serbia, Croatia and the Bosnian War:  A Historical Perspective.".

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Wawro, G., "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award 2019," sponsored by UNT, State, $4200 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Wawro, G. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award 2016," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $4600 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Wawro, G. (Principal), "General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway Research Grant," sponsored by U.S. Army, Federal, $1000 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
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