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| Ira D. Gruber | | Professor | | Harris Masterson, Jr. Professor of History | | | | e-mail:gruber@rice.edu | | | | A.B. (1955) Duke UniversityM.A. (1959) Duke UniversityPh.D. (1961) Duke University | | | | Primary Department | | Department of History | |  |
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| Research Areas |
| | Warfare in the Age of the American Revolution |
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| Teaching Areas |
| | Early American History and Warfare |
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| Selected Publications |
| | Articles |
| | Ira D. Gruber "War and Images of War: Europe, 1494-1815." European Prints on War from the Sarah Blaffer Foundation CollectionSubmitted |
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| | Howe Peace Commission (1776) in Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War |
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| | Siege Warfare (1775-1781) in Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Peace Commission, Howe (1776)." Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary WarSubmitted |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Siege Warfare." Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary WarSubmitted |
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| | Ira D. Gruber ""Clinton, Sir Henry (1730-1795)"." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 12 (2004) : 140-143. |
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| | Ira D. Gruber ""Howe, William, fifth Viscount Howe (1729-1814)"." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 28 (2004) : 490-493. |
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| | Ira D. Gruber ""Peace Commission, Howe (1776)"." Gregory Fremont Barnes and Richard Alan Ryerson, eds., Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War.Submitted |
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| | Ira D. Gruber ""Siege Warfare"." Gregory Fremont Barnes and Richard Alan Ryerson, eds., Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary WarSubmitted |
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| | Gruber, I. ""Of Arms and Men: Arming America and Military History"." William and Mary Quarterly, LIX (Jan 2002) : 217-222. |
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| | Books |
| | Ira D Gruber "Books on War: Books that Mattered to British Army Officers in the Age of the American Revolution
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Books on War: British Officers' Preferences, Military Professionalism, and the Art of War in the Age of the American Revolution." : 538 pages.In Revision |
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| | Ira D. Gruber, ed. "John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782." : xv, 584. |
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| | Book chapters |
| | Ira D Gruber "Atlantic Warfare, 1440-1763." The Atlantic World, 1450-1820 (2008) In Revision |
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| | Ira D. Gruber Wars and Warfare, Europe, 1494-1815 in James Clifton and Leslie M Scatone The Plains of Mars European War Prints, 1500-1825 from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation (New Haven Yale University Press, in association with the Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2009) 9-15 |
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| | Book reviews |
| | Ira D. Gruber review of Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton, The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 |
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| | Ira D. Gruber review of Phillip Papas, That Ever Loyal Island: Staten Island and the American Revolution |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "The Papers of General Nathanael Greene Volumes X-XIII." The Journal of Southern History (May 2007) |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "The Papers of General Nathanael Greene volumes X-XIII." Journal of Southern HistorySubmitted |
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| | Gruber, I. "Stephen R. Lowe, Sir Walter and Mr. Jones: Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, and the Rise of American Golf." , 68 (Aug 2002) : 737-738. |
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| | Other |
| | "Chair, Editorial Board, Journal of Military History." |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Of Arms and Men: Michael Bellesiles and Military History." William and Mary Quarterly, LIX (January 2002) |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Review of Sir Walter and Mr. Jones: Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, and the Rise of American Golf. By Stephen R. Lowe.." Journal of Southern History |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Review of Where a Man Can Go: Major General William Phillips, British Royal Artillery, 1731-1781. By Robert P. Davis." Journal of Military History, 65 (April 2001) : 495. |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Understanding the South in the Revolutionary Era." (Oxford, 2002) : 69-82. |
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| | Ira D. Gruber ""Understanding the South in the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1789"." (accepted) |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "John Campbell, Earl Of Loudoun." , XIII (1999) : 941-942. |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Review of the Papers of General Nathanael Greene, vols., V-IX." The Journal of Southern History, 65 (1999) : 390-392. |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Sir Henry Clinton." (accepted) |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "Sir William Howe." (accepted) |
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| | Ira D. Gruber "William Howe." , XI (1999) : 344-345. |
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| Presentations |
| | Invited Talks |
| | "Naval Strategy in the War for American Independence." Naval War College, Monterey, CA. (12 November 2003) |
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| | "The Art of War and the Siege of Charleston, 1780." The Museum of Charleston, Charleston, SC. (13 October 2003) |
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| | "The French Connection: Books on War and British Strategy in the War for American Independence." U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY. (6 June 2003) |
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| | Lectures |
| | "African Americans in the American Revolution." Sons of the American Revolution, Angleton, TX. (December 2006) |
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| | "Benjamin Franklin." Continuing Studies, Rice University. (September 2006) |
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| | "Changing Understandings of the American Revolution." Advanced Placement Teachers U. S. History, Rice University. (June 2006) |
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| | "Strategy in the War for American Independence." U. S. Naval War College Postgraduate Seminar, New Orleans, LA. (October 2006) |
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| | "U. S. Military History." Advanced Placement Teachers of U. S. History, Rice University. (June 2006) |
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| | "Uncertain Memories of World War Two." Reunion of Veterans of Battleship Texas, Battleship Texas. (September 2006) |
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| | ""Winning the War for American Independence"." School of Continuing Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas. (8 September 2005) |
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| | ""Books on War and British Strategy in the War for American Independence"." Continuing Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas. (23 February 2004) |
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| | ""The American Civil War and the History of Warfare."." The Civil War Roundtable, Houston, Texas. (16 September 2004) |
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| | "Historical Research in the Age of the Internet." Houston Independent School District, Keynote Address, Workshop on U.S. History, Rice University. (25 October 2003) |
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| | "The Peopling of the American West." Houston Independent School District, Keynote Address, Workshop on U.S. History, Rice University. (8 March 2003) |
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| | "Total War in the Twentieth Century." Continuing Studies, Rice University. (6 October 2003) |
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| | "Books on War." G. R. Clark Lecture, Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, D.C.. (October 25) |
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| | "Grand Strategy War for American Independence." U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. (Nov 13) |
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| | Other |
| | "Eighteenth-Century Military Studies." Society for Military History, Knoxville, TN. (3 May 2003) |
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| | "Comment in a session on the Eighteenth-Century British Army Officer." Society for Military History, Calgary, Alberta. (May 27, 2001) |
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| | "Graduate Education in Military History." Center for Strategic Education, Teachers' Workshop, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Vergennes, Vermont. (June 11, 2001) |
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| | "Social History of the British Armed Forces (comment)." Annual meeting Society for Military History, Pennsylvania State University. (18 April 1999) |
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| | "Maintaining Combat Effectiveness in a Difficult War." U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.. (November 19, 1998) |
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| | Panelist |
| | "American Strategies in Its Wars with Great Britain, 1775-1814." Society for Military History, Ogden, Utah. (April 2008) |
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| | "Economics and War in the Eighteenth Century." Annual Meeting Society for Military History, Frederick, MD. (20 April 2007) |
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| | ""Colonel Robert Doughty: A History Head for All Seasons"." History Department, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. (11 May 2005) |
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| | Comment. "Warfare in Colonial America." Society for Military History (annual meeting), Madison, WI. (Apr 4) |
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| Editorial Positions |
| | Member of the Editorial Board, The Journal of Military History. (1999 - 2009)
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| | Member of the Editorial Board, The Journal of Military History. (1999)
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| | Other, Journal of Military History. (1999 - 2007)
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| | Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Military History. Society for Military History. (1999-)
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| | Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Military History. (2003)
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| | Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Military History (Chair, Ed Bd). (1999)
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| | Chair, Editorial Board, Journal of Military History. Society for Military History. (1999 - 2002)
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| | Chair, Editorial Board, The Journal of Military History. Society for Miliatry History. (1999 - 2001)
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| Supervised Theses & Dissertations |
| | Meshack Owino, PhD For Your Tomorrow We Gave Our Today. (2003) (Committee Member)
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| | Kate Kirkland, PhD Envisioning a Progressive City. (2003) (Committee Member)
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| | Mark Olsen, MA Books and Warfare in Early America. (2004) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
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| | Mark A. Olsen, MA History "Line in the Wilderness: The Adaptation of European Military Theory to British North America, 1690-1759. (2005) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
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| | Ph.D. A Question of Honor: State Character and the Lower South's Defense of the African Slave Trade in Congress, 1789-1807. (2007) (Committee Member)
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| | Matthew T. Penney, Ph.D. Instruments of National Purpose: World War II and Southern Higher Education Four Texas Universities a Case Study. (2007) (Committee Member)
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| | Francelle Blum, When Marriages Fail: Divorce in Nineteenth Century Texas. (2008) (Committee Member)
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| | Sally Anne Schmidt, Saving Galveston: A History of the Galveston Historical Foundation. (2008) (Committee Member)
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| | Abbie Salyers, PhD Commemorating War. (2008) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
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| | Mark A. Olsen, PhD Importing Warfare. (2008) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
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| Awards, Prizes, & Fellowships |
| | George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, Rice University (May 2003)
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| | Member,
Revolutionary War Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board, National Park Service (2000-)
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