Dr. Brad D. Lookingbill is a professor of history at Columbia College of Missouri. Previous to his academic career, he served in the Army National Guard and Reserve. He was recognized as an Honor Graduate of his Army basic training unit and later graduated with honors from the Primary Leadership Development Course for non-commissioned officers.

Dr. Lookingbill earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1991. At the University of Toledo, he obtained the Master of Arts in History in 1993 and the Doctor of Philosophy in History in 1995. From 1995 to 1996, he taught classes in American and world history at Independence Community College in Kansas. In 1996, he joined the Columbia College faculty.

While teaching courses on American history at Columbia College, Dr. Lookingbill received the Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002. In 2003, he was selected as a Frederick W. Beinecke Fellow in Western Americana at Yale University. In 2007, he received the Columbia College Trustee’s Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2010, he was awarded the Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Historical Association.

Dr. Lookingbill is the author of three books and a contributor to several encyclopedias and journals. He resides in Columbia, Missouri, with his wife Deidra, his son Augustus, and his daughter Beatrice.

American Military History: A Documentary Reader (2011)

American Military History: A Documentary Reader presents a series of primary documents relating to America’s armed forces from the colonial period to the present.

Collectively, the documents consider military affairs in relation to the cultural, social, political, economic, and territorial development of the United States. While some readings address themes such as wartime strategy, operational tactics, and combat experience, others reveal the impact of warfare on society and feature poignant remembrances of ordinary men and women in uniform, and those on the home front.

Presented chronologically, the documents provide a sweeping account of the evolution of major military actions in American history. The firsthand accounts trace America’s ways of war, its military leadership, and the vitality of civil−military relations in the United States. Above all, American Military History is a vivid testament to the long and complex history of the armed forces.

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