Abigail G. Mullen is Assistant Professor of Naval History and Digital Methods at the United States Naval Academy. This interview is based on her new book, To Fix a National Character: The United States in the First Barbary War, 1800–1805 […]
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The Author’s Corner with William C. Harris
William C. Harris is Professor Emeritus of History at North Carolina State University. This interview is based on his new book, Confederate Privateer: The Life of John Yates Beall (LSU Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Confederate Privateer? WH: […]
The Author’s Corner with Thomas Sheppard
Thomas Sheppard is Assistant Professor of Military History at the Marine Corps University Command and Staff College in Quantico, Virginia. This interview is based on his book, Commanding Petty Despots: The American Navy in the New Republic (Naval Institute Press, […]
The Author’s Corner with Michael Verney
Michael Verney is Assistant Professor of History at Drury University. This interview is based on his new book, A Great and Rising Nation: Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic (University of Chicago Press, 2022). JF: What […]