The Military History Center at the University of North Texas will host the Air Power Symposium Luncheon on 13 May 2013 between 11:30 and 1:30 at the Denton Holiday Inn (1434 Centre Place Drive). Our speaker will be Dr. Michael S. Neiberg of the US Army War College, who will give a presentation titled: Potsdam: Diplomacy in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons. Dr. Neiberg is a Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, where he holds the Stimson Chair of History and Security Studies. Dr. Neiberg was born and raised in Pittsburgh. Educated at the University of Michigan (BA) and Carnegie Mellon University (MA and PhD), he has taught at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he was awarded the 1999 Outstanding Academy Educator Award, and the University of Southern Mississippi. He has been a Guggenheim fellow, a founding member of the Société Internationale d’Étude de la Grande Guerre, and a trustee of the Society for Military History. With backgrounds in social history, military history, French history, and American history, Neiberg has published widely on the theme of war in the world, especially in the era of the two world wars. His books include Making Citizen-Soldiers: ROTC and the Ideology of American Military Service (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000); The Western Front (London: Amber Books, 2007); The Second Battle of the Marne (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008); Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011); The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 (2012);The Military Atlas of World War I (London: Amber Books, 2014); and Potsdam: The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe (New York: Basic Books, 2015). Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of War in 1914 was named one of the five best books ever written on World War I by the Wall Street Journal and is available in Turkish and Portuguese translations. The Second Battle of the Marne received the Tomlinson Prize for best English-language book on World War I. The Western Front is available in Swedish, German, and Polish translations. Making Citizen-Soldiers: ROTC and the Ideology of American Military Service was the finalist for the Thomas J. Wilson Prize and named as an Association of American University Presses “Book for Understanding our Times.” The Air Power Symposium is open to the public and will be held between 11:30 and 1:30 at the Denton Holiday Inn (1434 Centre Place Drive). Driving directions can be found here:
http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotel

The cost of the luncheon is $50 per attendee. Faculty, staff, and students of UNT will receive a discounted price. To pay by check, please print the attached form, complete, and mail with check to the address at the bottom of the form. If you chose to pay by credit card, please go to the following cite hosted by the Texas State Historical Association: https://tshasecurepay.com/airpower/