Pritzker Military Library

2012 Season

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December

12/12/2012

Mark Bowden
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
A portrait of one of the most high-profile special forces operations ever undertaken, by the author of Black Hawk Down...

12/7/2012

Amy S. Greenberg
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
Amy S. Greenberg brings to life the story of the U.S.-Mexican War...

12/4/2012

Citizen Soldier
Recovering Lake Michigan’s Lost World War II Aircraft
During World War II, the U.S. Navy pilots qualified for aircraft carrier operations on the waves of Lake Michigan...

November

11/15/2012

Patrick O'Donnell
Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe
Patrick O'Donnell returns to the Library for the story of Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe

11/14/2012

Citizen Soldier
Colonel McCormick and the Battle of Cantigny
The story of Colonel McCormick and the Battle of Cantigny...

October

10/26/2012

Rick Atkinson and Sir Max Hastings
Citizen Soldier
The Embedded Journalist and Military History
Two acclaimed journalists and historians, Rick Atkinson and Sir Max Hastings, discuss the role of the embedded journalist in military history...

10/25/2012

Dr. Justus Doenecke, Dr. James R. Reckner, and Dr. Allan R. Millett
Theodore Roosevelt and the Military
Three distinguished historians and scholars examine Theodore Roosevelt and the American Military...

10/18/2012

Benjamin Patton
Growing Up Patton
Reflections on Heroes, History and Family Wisdom
The grandson of WWII general George S. Patton Jr. offers a rare and intimate look into the life of a legendary man...

10/4/2012

Dan Hampton
Viper Pilot
A Memoir of Air Combat
From the most legendary U.S. Fighter Pilot since Vietnam...

10/3/2012

Dakota Meyer and Bing West
Into the Fire
A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
From the first living Marine in three decades to be awarded the Medal of Honor comes Into the Fire...

September

9/28/2012

James McPherson and James Cornelius
Citizen Soldier:
150 Years After the Emancipation Proclamation
The little-known stories of the naval campaigns of the Civil War...

9/20/2012

Bruce Gamble
Swashbucklers and Black Sheep
A Pictoral History of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II
A history of the most famous Marine Corps fighting squadron in World War II...

August

8/21/2012

Mike Dowling
Sergeant Rex
The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog
Marine Corps military K9 teams had not been sent to the front lines of combat since Vietnam...

8/17/2012

Ambassador David Jacobson, Ambassador Gary Doer, Commodore Darren Hawco, RADM Gregory M. Nosal, RADM Michael N. Parks
Ties that Bind
Canada/U.S. International Security Cooperation
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Canada impact the national security and economies of both nations...

8/16/2012

RADM Gregory M. Nosal, RADM Joseph Callo, USN (Ret.), Dr. William Thiesen, Ph.D., Donald R. Hickey, SLt(N) Gordon Laco
Keeping the Sea Free for More Than 200 Years
Voices of the Heroes of the Naval War of 1812
The Naval battles of the War of 1812 provide lessons 200 years later...

June

6/21/2012

Antony Beevor
The Second World War
A comprehensive history of World War II through the eyes of its participants...

6/19/2012

Award Announcement
2012 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
The 2012 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing goes to Sir Max Hastings, an accomplished journalist, writer, historian and editor...

6/13/2012

Anthony Swofford
Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir
A new memoir from the author of Jarhead...

May

5/17/2012

Pritzker Military Library and National Strategy Forum
NATO Experts - NATO Protesters Debate
Social Responsibility and National Security: Towards a New NATO

5/11/2012

Rachel Cox
Into Dust and Fire
Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army
Until the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the United States was reluctant to enter the fray of World War II...

5/10/2012

Major General Andrew B. Davis, USMC (Retired), Colonel Paul C. Hastings, USA, Dennis M. McCarthy, and Major General William D.R. Waff, USA, Major General William L. Enyart, USA
Citizen Soldier
Reserves and the National Guard in the 21st Century
Sponsored by Reserve Officers Association

April

4/27/2012

David H. Hymes, James Mukoyama, Rodrigo Garcia
In Our Voices
Profiles of Courage
A panel of veterans from World War II to today, moderated by Laura S. Washington Generously supported by Exelon, AT&T, and The Brotine Family.

4/11/2012

Hugh Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War
America's First Couple and the Second War of Independence
With Dolley at his side, President James Madison gazes at the ruins of Washington City...

4/5/2012

Bryan Anderson
No Turning Back
One Man's Inspiring True Story of Courage, Determination, and Hope
Sponsored by Lodge One Media

In October 2005, Bryan Anderson was injured by an Improvised Explosive Device that resulted in the loss of both legs and his left hand...

March

3/29/2012

Jim Bresnahan, Elliot Carlson, John Lundstrom, Jon Parshall
Refighting the Pacific War
An Alternative History of World War II
Sponsored by USNI

Contributors to this alternative WWII history address "what if" questions about the war in the Pacific...

3/15/2012

Sean Parnell
Outlaw Platoon
Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Sean Parnell is a former U.S. Army airborne ranger who served in the legendary 10th Mountain Division for six years...

3/9/2012

Gillum Ferguson
Illinois in the War of 1812
Illinois in the War of 1812 is the first book written by Gillum Ferguson and is being published by ...

February

2/23/2012

Barrett Tillman
Enterprise
America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II
The USS Enterprise (CV-6) fought at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. All told, the Enterprise took part in ...