David Silbey

Associate Professor of History
Humanities Department

Francis Hall
Room 223
ALVERNIA COLLEGE
Reading, PA 19607

610-796-8368
david.silbey@alvernia.edu

 

Professional Education

• B.A. in History, Cornell University
• M.A. in History, Duke University
• PhD in History, Duke University

Research Interests

• Nationalism in Modern Europe
• Industrialized Mass War from 1861 to 1945
• Guerrilla/Asymmetrical/Protracted War
  

Books

	David Silbey, A War of Empire and Frontier: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 (New York: Hill and Wang, 2007)
		David Silbey, The British Working Class and Enthusiasm for Warfare, 1914-1916  (New York, Taylor & Francis, 2005).
		Timothy Dowling, ed., Personal Perspectives on World War I (San Francisco: ABC-Clio, 2005). (Chapter on Indian soldiers at war)
		Timothy Dowling, ed., Personal Perspectives on World War II (San Francisco: ABC-Clio, 2005). (Chapter on Japanese-American soldiers at war)

Courses (Fall 2006)

• History 121, The Study of European History
• Upper Level History Courses (290 & 349)

Trips

• Spring 2004: Field Trip to Battleship New Jersey in Camden, NJ
  
• Summer 2003: Britain, Belgium, France

Research Bibliographies

• Military History:
  
  • Top 100
    
  
  
• The Internet Research Library for History (courtesy of the Alvernia Library)
• Library History Research Guide

Phi Alpha Theta

• PAT Website

Honor to those who in the life they lead
Define and guard a Thermopylae.

 

Your comments are welcome.