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Publications


Books​
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Military Strategy for Writers (2023)
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Teaching and Learning History Online: A Guide for College Instructors (Routledge, 2023). Coauthored with Maureen MacLeod
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Sadomasochism and the BDSM Community in the United States: Kinky People United (Routledge, 2021)
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The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, Trade (ABC-CLIO, 2017)
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Twenty-Five Years of Living in Leather: The National Leather Association, 1986-2011 (Adynaton, 2012)
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​From Torpedoes to Aviation: Washington Irving Chambers and Technological Innovation in the New Navy, 1877-1913 (University of Alabama Press, 2007).
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Voices from the Second World War: A Collection of Documents (Cognella, 2018). Coauthored with Paul Doerr.
 
Book Chapters and Journal Articles
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"Balancing Copyright Protections for Online Learning” in Stein and MacLeod, Teaching and Learning History Online: A Guide for College Instructors (Routledge, 2023). Coauthored with Elizabeth Buchanan.
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"Lessons Learned Building the Online History Program at the University of Memphis," History Teacher 47 (May 2014), 373-386.
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"The Experimental Era: U.S. Naval Aviation through 1916" in Douglas V. Smith (ed.), One Hundred Years of Navy Air Power (Naval Institute Press, 2010).
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"Interventions in Asia, 1899-1927" in James Bradford (ed.), A Companion to American Military History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).
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“The Greely Relief Expedition and the New Navy,” International Journal of Naval History 5 (December 2006).
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“New Navy, Old World: the U.S. Navy's Foreign Arms Purchasing in the Late 19th Century,” in Donald Stoker and Jonathan Grant (eds.), Girding for Battle: Arms Sales in a Global Perspective, 1800-1950 (Westport: Praeger Press, 2003).
 
Articles in Encyclopedias
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“Chaeronea,” “Cynoscephalae,” and “Yosef Trumeldor” in Stanley Sandler (ed.), Encyclopedia of Land Warfare (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2002).
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“Jewish Revolt of 66 to 73” in Gabriel Palmer Fernandez (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion and War (New York: Routledge, 2004).
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“Israel and the United States” in John P. Resch (ed.), Americans at War (Gale, 2004).
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“Axis Cooperation,” “Crete (Naval Battle of),” “Naval Armament,” “Naval Aviation,” “Operation Royal Marine,” “Operation Starvation,” and “Toulon (Battle of)” in Spencer Tucker (ed.), Encyclopedia of World War II (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2004).
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“Chaim Weizmann” and the “Jewish Brigade” in Spencer Tucker (ed.), Encyclopedia of World War I (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2005).
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“Vitka Kempner,” “Ruzka Korczak,” “Golda Meir,” and “Women in the Israeli Military” in Bernard Cook (ed.), Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2006).
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“Entebbe Raid” and “Golda Meir” in Spencer Tucker (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Cold War (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2007).
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“Battle of Santiago Bay,” “Battle of the Yellow Sea,” and “Siege of Port Arthur” in Carl Cavanagh Hodge (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914 (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008).
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“Flagellation” in Susan Mumm (ed.), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship, and Sexuality through History, Volume 5, the 19th Century (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008)
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“Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points” in Milestone Documents in American History: A Reference Guide for Students (Schlager Group, 2008).
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“Eilat, sinking of,” “Golda Meir,” “Israeli Defense Industry,” “Jewish Battalions (Jewish Legion)”, “Reshef,” “Warships,” and “Chaim Weizmann” in Spencer Tucker (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Wars (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2009).
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“Apple Computer,” “Nolan Bushnell,” “Hewlett-Packard,” “Integrated Circuits,” “Intel,” “Video Games,” and “Wright Brothers” in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Industrial Revolutions: A Global Encyclopedia of Business, Technology, and Society (M.E. Sharpe, 2009).
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“French Ensor Chadwick,” “William Eaton Chandler,” “Gunboat Operations, Philippines,” “John Davis Long,” and “Bradley Allen Fiske” in Spencer Tucker (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2009)
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"George Marshall" in Milestone Documents of American Leaders (Schlager Group, 2009).
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"T.B.M. Mason" in Steve Guerrier (ed.), American Espionage: A Historical Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, forthcoming).
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"Navy Department," "Navy League," U.S. Naval Institute," and "U.S. Navy" in G. Kurt Piehler (ed.), Encyclopedia of Military Science (Sage, 2013).
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"Benjamin Franklin Tracy" in David Bernstein and Chris Magoc (eds.), Imperialism and Expansionism in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2016).
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"Joy of Sex," "Kink," and "Sexual Sadism" in Heather Armstrong (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sex and Sexuality: Understanding Biology, Physiology, and Culture (ABC-CLIO, 2019).
 
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Recent Conference Presentations​
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Chair and Commentator for "Teaching History with the Technology of the Future," Digitorium Conference, October 7-8, 2021.
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"Quick Tips for Moving Your Course Online" webinar for W.W. Norton Publishing, March 18, 2020
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"SM Chic: The Emergence and Growth of the S/M Community in the 1970s" presented at the American Historical Association, Denver, CO, January 5-8, 2017.
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"Before the Aircraft Carrier: Washington I. Chambers and the First Years of U.S. Naval Aviation" presented at the annual conference of the Society for Military History, Murfreesboro, TN, April, 2-5 2009.
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"Quick Tips for Moving Your Course Online" webinar for W.W. Norton Publishing, March 18, 2020.
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Book Reviews
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I have reviewed books for the American Historical Review, Journal of Military History, Journal of Southern History, History Teacher, Naval War College Review, and many other history journals.
 
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