World Military History Expert, Jeremy Black, To Speak at Wabash

Crawfordsville, Ind. — The Wabash College History Department is pleased to announce the visit to campus of Jeremy Black, professor of history at the University of Exeter, England. On Monday evening, October 14 he will speak on the topic of “Could the British Have Won the American War of Independence?” The lecture will start at 8 p.m. in the Lovell Lecture Room of Baxter Hall.

Jeremy Black is one of the most important scholars working today in the fields of early modern European history and world military history. Some of his major books include War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000; Britain as a Military Power, 1688-1815; Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past; Maps and Politics; A Military Revolution?; and War in the Early Modern World, 1450-1815. He has also published a book, The Politics of James Bond. He has been a major player in the "Military Revolution" debate that has dominated early modern military and political history for over a decade, and has also turned his attention to the political and symbolic power of mapping.

Black's talk is free and open to public. A reception will be held following his talk.