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 established historians and experts for these essays. Each essay will need to both introduce the topic and address the major historiographical trends regarding that topic. These essays will start the chapters and will be followed by topical essays within that historical period. 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 essays: The American Revolution (1175-1783) Manifest Destiny: Monroe Doctrine and Westward Expansion, 1816-1861 The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) The Civil War (1861-1865)

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.

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