ESSAYS

WORLD WAR I

Beginnings of War

National Pride and National Positioning Made World War I Inevitable

Nationalism and World War I in Europe

Reasons Germans Joined the Military during World War I

The Use of Poison Gas in World War I and the Effects on Society World War I

Policy and Strategy: Ends and Means

WORLD WAR II

Breakout From the Hedgerows:

A Lesson in Ingenuity

FDR and the Road to Pearl Harbor ​

Deniers of Japanese Genocide

Hitler's Experience in Vienna

Initial Success of the German Invasion of Russia

Rulers of the World: Hitler Youth

Special Motivation: The Motivation and Actions of the Einsatzgruppen

The German Army after the Battle of Kursk

The Rape of Nanking: Reasons and Recrimination

The Soviet Formula for Success in World War II ​

THE HOLOCAUST

Adolf Hitler's Rise to Power and the Effect of Mein Kampf

From Racial Laws to the Final Solution

The Concentration Camps and the Death Camps

The Evolution of the Holocaust

The Final Solution

The Holocaust Under the Cover of War

The Holocaust: Can it Happen Again and What Was Learned

The Lack of Jewish Resistance

The Mischlinge

The Nuremburg Laws and the Wannsee Conference

The Problems the Mischlinge Presented the Nazis

The Pursuit of the SS in the

Extermination of the Jews

The Seeds of Genocide

The SS, SD and Gestapo

The Treaty of Versailles and the

Impact on Germany

What Ordinary Germans Knew and the Role of the Wehrmacht

Who Was a Jew in Nazi Germany?

Why the Holocaust was Possible

MILITARY LEADERSHIP, PHILOSOPHY & STRATEGY

Advantages and Disadvantages of Italy's Colonization of Libya

America's Paradoxical Trinity:

WWII and Vietnam

Hitler's Leadership Style: The Undoing of Germany

Manifest Destiny Effects Prior to the U.S. Civil War

Strategic Events & Technological Developments of Air Power That Changed the Accuracy of War

Sun Tzu Compared to Clausewitz

Sun Tzu and Clausewitz Applied to War at Sea

The Evolution of German Military Strategy and Tactics: 1918-1945

The Work of Bismark in Unifying Germany

The Success of the Deutsches Afrikakorps was Based on Rommel's Leadership

The Western World was Saved at the Battle of Chalons, 451 AD

The "CNN" Effect

The Impact of Wars on the U.S. Economy

The Opium Wars and European Powers in East Asia

REVOLUTION

President Portfirio Diaz: A Major Cause of the Mexican Revolution of 1910

Social Causes of the Chinese Revolution

The Ecological Damage Inflicted on Central Asia by Russian Rule

The Financial Crisis that Contributed to the French Revolution

The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Warfare

The Image of the Indian on the Eve of American Independence

The Influence of the Young Turks Revolution on the Politics of the Balkans and the Middle East

The Rise of Radical Islam in Uzbekistan

The Rise of Somali Piracy

When Slogans Aren't Enough: The Bolsheviks Came Up with Ways to Keep the Revolution Going

RELIGION & CULTURE

African Migrations Up to the 19th Century

Formation of Cultural Morality in Modern Chinese Society

Individuals in Relation to the Digital Social World

Religion Causes Military Action

Ritual,

Myth and Moral Code in Confucianism and Roman Catholicism

Religious Ceremonies in the Medieval Church

The Political and Social Consequences of the Black Death, 1348-1351

ANCIENT HISTORY

Macedonians Impact on Eurasia

The Evolution of Historiography in the Greek Civilization

The Iliad and the Odyssey: Shapers of the Future

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

The Bloody Bucket at Colmar, World War II History - Spring 2025

Against All Odds, World War II Quarterly - Winter 2020

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The Road to Nanking, World War II Quarterly - Fall 2011

Italy’s North African Misadventure, World War II History - January 2010

Triangle of Courage, Pennsylvania Guardians - Spring 2009

Calm Under Fire, Pennsylvania Guardians - Spring 2009

Above and Beyond the Skies of Iraq, Pennsylvania Guardians - Winter 2008

Weird and Wonderful Tales of Deployment, Pennsylvania Guardians - Fall 2008

Doughboys, Dog Faces and Darned Good, Pennsylvania Guardians - Summer 2008

Shadow Warriors, Army Aviation - November 2007

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WORLD BOOK ARTICLES

B-17 Flying Fortress

Bataan Death March

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of Dunkerque

Battle of Midway

Battle of Normandy

D-Day

Gestapo

Guy Gabaldon

Hitler Youth

Malmédy Massacre

Operation Market Garden

Purple Heart Battalion

Red Ball Express

Schutzstaffel

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION ​​​

We Fought for the Right Reasons and God Was on Our Side: Combat, Faith, and Perseverance during the 28th Infantry Division's Engagement at the Battle of the Bulge

MASTER OF ARTS IN GLOBAL HISTORY THESIS ​

The Etiology and Similarities of Japanese Imperial Army and German Einsatzgruppen Atrocities during World War II