Leonard V. Smith

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Leonard V. Smith
Born (1957-12-08) December 8, 1957 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
Education Oberlin College
Columbia University
OccupationMilitary historian

Leonard V. Smith (born December 8, 1957) is an American military historian.

Smith graduated from Oberlin College in 1980 with a bachelor's degree, completed his master's degree at Columbia University's School of International Affairs in 1982, and obtained a doctorate at Columbia University in 1990. He is the Frederick B. Artz Professor of History at Oberlin. [1]

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References

  1. "Leonard V. Smith". Oberlin College. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. Reviews of Sovereignty at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 include:
  3. Reviews of The Embattled Self include:
    • Wohl, Robert (June 2009). "The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the Great War. By Leonard V. Smith. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv+214. $39.95". The Journal of Modern History. 81 (2): 438–439. doi:10.1086/605170.
    • Neiberg, Michael S. (1 April 2009). "LEONARD V. SMITH. The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the Great War. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 2007. Pp. xi, 214. $39.95". The American Historical Review. 114 (2): 494. doi:10.1086/ahr.114.2.494.
    • Lyons, Martyn (27 January 2010). "Review: Leonard V. Smith, The Embattled Self: French Soldiers' Testimony of the Great War, Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY, 2007; xi + 214 pp.; 9780801445231, £20.50/$39.95 (hbk)". European History Quarterly. 40 (1): 175–177. doi:10.1177/02656914100400010248. S2CID   143790634.
    • Prochasson, Christophe (October 2008). "Leonard V. Smith The embattled self: French soldiers' testimony of the Great War Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2007, 214 p.". Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales (in French). 63 (5): 1187–1189. doi:10.1017/S0395264900025683. S2CID   167122860.
  4. Reviews of France and the Great War include:
    • Farrugia, Peter (2005). "France and the Great War, by Leonard V. Smith, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, and Annette Becker". Canadian Journal of History. 40 (2): 344–345. doi:10.3138/cjh.40.2.344.
    • Cox, Gary P. (April 2004). "France and the Great War, 1914-1918. By Leonard V. Smith, Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, and Annette Becker. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-66631-7. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvi, 202. $21.00". The Journal of Military History. 68 (2): 618–619. doi:10.1353/jmh.2004.0029. S2CID   159615728.
  5. Reviews of Between Mutiny and Obedience include: