Dear Historians, Political Scientists, and experts,

We are working on a contracted book titled The Routledge Handbook of U.S. Diplomatic and Military History the Colonial Period to 1877. We have already gathered a number of great contributors for this volume and are seeking additional contributors for the remaining sections.

We see this book being used as an excellent reference, and in upper level or graduate classes on military or diplomatic history, with the potential for individual essays or chapters being used in a wide range of courses.

We are seeking Ph.D. holders or the equivalent for all essays. If you are interested please send an email to both Dr. Christos Frentzos and Dr. Antonio Thompson with your preferred chapter and your C.V. If you have questions, please feel free to ask.

Essays will be roughly 4,000 to 5,000 words and we would like a full rough draft by March 1, 2013. This book is already under contract, along with a second volume, with Routledge. There is also a small honorarium being offered. This is a great opportunity for established and up-and-coming scholars.

The available topics: Siege and Massacre at Fort William Henry The Military Campaigns of Fort Duquesne The Founding of West Point and the Creation of a Professional Standing Army Atrocity and Reciprocity: The Burnings of D.C. and Toronto

Sincerely, Christos Frentzos, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Austin Peay State University frentzosc@apsu.edu

and Antonio Thompson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Austin Peay State University thompsonas@apsu.edu