Matthew Muehlbauer
School of Advanced military Studies
Matthew Muehlbauer is the co-author of the military history text "Ways of War: American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century," and co-editor of the "Routledge Global History of War & Society" anthology. He has served as Chief Military Historian at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library and previously held positions at the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Muehbauer is a graduate of Temple University, the University of Denver, and the University of Rochester.
Undergraduate Syllabi
Culture & Conflict in Europe, 1500-1914
This course will explore the origins of ideas about conflict within European society to the eve of World War I. Students will investigate cultural sources for such perspectives, including the impact of intellectual movements, rising levels of literacy and mass communications, and political and economic factors. The class will also examine the larger cultural and social impact of war.
Students will develop comparative analytical skills in the identification and comprehension of historical arguments. They will also enhance communication skills through written work and an oral presentation.
Military Strategy and Policy
This course will examine the various factors that have influenced the formation of military strategy and policy. Most of the class will focus on Western land warfare over past five hundred years, although it will also give some attention to classical warfare, naval war, and non-western experiences. Course topics will include both particular historical events, as well as larger themes pertinent to the student of military forces and institutions. The class will give special emphasis to how political and social factors influence military organizations and operations.
Students will develop comparative analytical skills in the identification and comprehension of historical arguments. They will also enhance communication skills through written work and an oral presentation.
graduate Syllabi and Reading Lists
The Military Revolution and the State
This course is a reading and discussion seminar that will begin by examining the concept and debate over the military revolution. Students will then scrutinize particular ideas that are integral to the notion of the military revolution, such as the role of technology, the interaction between war and society, and the emergence of the modern state, as well as those relevant for understanding the development of armed forces in early modern Europe.
Military historiography
This course will provide an overview of important ideas and concepts that have shaped the writing of military history.