FPRI Conference

Civilian Control of the Military and American Democracy

A History Institute for Teachers

Saturday and Sunday, April 2–3, 2011

FPRI’s Wachman Center, in association with the First Division Museum at Cantigny, is proud to be presenting their sixth weekend-long conference for teachers on subjects in military history. On April 2-3, we will be focusing on the history and philosophy of civil-military relations in the United States. As FPRI Senior Fellow Mackubin Owens writes in his new book on the subject, "The United States has been fortunate in that its military has successfully defended the Republic on the battlefield while avoiding threats to civilian control. . . . But tensions have always existed . . ." The recent episode involving Gen. Stanely McChrystal is but the latest instance. FPRI and the First Division Museum at Cantigny are proud to feature the leading scholars and practitioners on the subject.

E-mail lux@fpri.org for more information.

Tentative Topics and Speakers

Civil Military Relations: The Case of Dwight D. Eisenhower David Eisenhower,
Co-Chair, FPRI History Institute More topics and speakers to be announced.

Civil-Military Relations and the American Founding
Richard Kohn, UNC-Chapel Hill

Rise to Globalism and the Changing Role of the Military in American Politics
Karl Walling, Naval War College

Supreme Command and Wartime Civil-Military Relations
Mackubin Thomas Owens, Naval War College/FPRI

Gen. George C. Marshall and the Development of a Professional Military Ethic
General Josiah Bunting, head of ISI-Lehrman American Studies Center

Civil Military Relations: The Case of Dwight D. Eisenhower
David Eisenhower, Co-Chair, FPRI History Institute

Date and Time

The conference begins at 8:50 am CT on Saturday, April 2, and concludes at 1:00 pm CT on Sunday, April 3, 2011.

What Participants Receive

Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors, and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Forty participants will be selected to receive:

• free room and board;
• assistance in designing curriculum and special projects based on the History Institute;
• stipends of $200 for well-developed lesson plans for posting on our website that effectively utilize the experience of the weekend conference, or documentation of in-service presentations based on the weekend;
• partial travel reimbursements (up to $250) for participants outside the vicinity of the conference center;
• subscription to E-Notes, FPRI's weekly bulletin; and Footnotes, FPRI's bulletin for high school teachers.
• a certificate of participation in a program offering 12 hours of instruction. In addition, for those interested, college credit is available for a small fee through our cooperating institution, Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

To Apply

Please email to lux@fpri.org a resume and a short statement describing your current teaching or professional assignments, your reasons for wanting to attend, and how your students or school district will benefit from your participation. NOTE: At the time of application, you are asked to make a commitment either to prepare a curriculum unit based on the weekend or to do in-service activities based on the weekend.

Schools with a school membership in FPRI's Wachman Center are guaranteed one place at one History Institute weekend per year. For information about school membership, contact lux@fpri.org.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2011 (best to apply early)
Videotapes of the entire conference will be posted subsequently on our website.

Additional Information

For information about future and previous programs visit: http://www.fpri.org/education/historyinstitutes.html
For information about FPRI's Military History program visit: http://www.fpri.org/education/militaryhistory/