Missouri Over There

Nicholas Murray

US Naval War College

Nicholas Murray D.Phil., FRHistS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy & Policy at the US Naval War College, Newport, RI. He is the author of The Rocky Road to the Great War: the evolution of trench warfare to 1914 and he has published articles on fortification as well as on other topics related to military education and the development of warfare from the 19th Century on. The views expressed here are his and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.

Contributed Articles

Trench Warfare


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Yale University


Jeffrey Patrick

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield


Jennifer D. Keene

Chapman University


Michael Price

Springfield-Greene Library District


Michael S. Neiberg

United States Army War College


Petra DeWitt

Missouri S&T


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University of Missouri


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Utah State University