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Lecture: "Robert Rogers: War & Society on the Early American Frontier" by Lt. Col. John Grenier, Ph.D.
| Location: | Mississippi, United States |
| Lecture Date: | 2007-09-18 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2007-08-24 |
| Announcement ID: |
157925 |
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Dr. Grenier will speak on Major Robert Rogers and his military service in the eighteenth century British Atlantic world. Grenier will use Rogers' life story as a lens to look at the complexities surrounding the changing nature of the empire in the era of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He will also compare Major Rogers to another famous military man of the era, George Washington. Dr. Grenier is the author of _The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier, 1607-1814_ (Cambridge, 2006), named the winner of the Society of Military History’s Distinguished Book Award for American Military History in 2006.
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The Center for the Study of War & Society
University of Southern Mississippi
Kyle F. Zelner, PhD
Department of History
118 College Drive #5047
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: (601) 266-6196
Fax: (601) 266-4334
Email: kyle.zelner@usm.edu
Visit the website at http://www.usm.edu/history/index.php
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