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Research and Publications

They Came, They Saw,
They Were Losers tious views of the complicated he expanded understanding Leonard and Ayers Exam-
subject of successful military of adaptation to Spanish ine Student Research Papers
leadership that I have come rule by women from the and DFH
across.” indigenous nobility in a
town north of Mexico City. In an article, “Experiencing
Here’s the list of “losers”: Another Villella essay pub- Course-Based Undergraduate
• Roman Fedorovich von lished in Nuevos Asedios a History Research in a Techni-
Ungern-Sternberg la Conquista de Mexico cally Intensive Curriculum,”
• Nathan Bedford Forrest reframes the Spanish con- retired Lieutenant Colonel
• John M. Chivington quest as a multilateral con- Douglas Leonard, now Dep-
• David Beatty flict. uty Head of the Department,
• Gideon J. Pillow and a Class of 2021 history
• Antonio Lopez de Santa major, Second Lieutenant
Anna Menath on Teaching Jackson Ayers, examined the
“Numerous informal dis- • Franz Conrad von Hot- When Students Don’t role of term papers in history
cussions among the faculty” at zendorf Read Texts courses and how to better link
USAFA were the origins of an • Lewis Brereton papers with course goals. (The
acclaimed new book, The • George A. Custer “Modern society search- article’s summary of current
Worst Military Leaders in His- • Marcus Licinius Crassus es for information primarily scholarship on term papers is
tory, just published by Reak- • Nikias though handheld internet quite revealing.) The article,
tion Books in London (and • Raymond VI, Count of devices. Universities, on the however, offers more.
circulated in the U.S. by the Toulouse other hand, traditionally
University of Chicago Press). • Nogi Maresuke rely on printed textbooks.” The authors describe the
• Romanus IV Diogenes This was the issue explored current USAFA curriculum
John Jennings and Chuck • Lord Wolseley by Lieutenant Colonel and the ins and outs of the
Steele, current members of the Ryan Menath of DFH in a history major experience, re-
DFH faculty, gathered fifteen Villella Offers New In- recent article, “Infusing viewing strengths and poten-
essays -- not on great captains sights on Mexico Under the Twenty-First-Century Re- tial good practices in growing
but on “losers” and their flaws, Spanish search Activities into Tradi- history majors in an institution
grouped under “criminals,” tional Classrooms,” pub- like the Academy.
“frauds,” “the clueless,” The editors of Cacicas: The lished by Innovation in
“politicians,” and “bunglers.” Indigenous Women Leaders of Higher Education Teaching
Ten contributors are current or Spanish America, 1492-1825, and Learning. Menath dis-
former members of DFH – published by the University of cussed a “technique to elim-
John Jennings, Chuck Steele, Oklahoma Press, included an inate required textbooks and
Christopher Rein, Courtney article by DFH Associate Pro- nightly assigned readings.
Short, Robert Wettemann, fessor Peter Villella, Director Instead of daily pages for
Mark Grotelueschen, Derek of Academics and the Depart- students to read, each as-
Varble, John Abbatiello, ment’s Latin America special- signment is based on the
Gregory Hospodor, and ist in the volume. In ability to answer historical
James Tucci. “Founding Mothers: The Tapi- questions through whatever
as of Queretaro, 1571-1663,” research methods most in-
In a Times of London book terest the student.”
review, the celebrated British
military historian and broad-
caster, Saul David, praised the
authors for “a stimulating col-
lection of essays – pithily writ-
ten and persuasively argued”
and “such a counterintuitive
list.” In the book’s foreword,
Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy
Blackham, former Deputy
Chief of the Defence Staff,
praised it for “some of the
more interesting and conten-