Department of History

Comparative Military Systems
Comparative Legal History
War and the Military in America
American Legal History

Editor-in-Chief of Sage 3-volume Encyclopedia of War and American Society (2005);

The Magic Mirror: Law in American History, second edition with Kermit Hall (Oxford University Press) forthcoming

Between Law and Custom: "High" and "Low" Legal Cultures in the Lands of the British Diaspora, 1600–1900 (Cambridge University Press, 2003)

Heart Versus Head: Judge-Made Law in 19th Century America (North Carolina Press, 1997)

Military Threats: A Systematic Historical Analysis of the Determinants of Success (Greenwood Press, 1984)

Law, Soldiers, & Combat (Greenwood Press, 1978)

Patriot-Heroes in England and America: Changing Political Cultures, 1650–1950 (University of Wisconsin Press, 1978)

The Naval Aristocracy: The Golden Age of Annapolis & The Emergence of American Navalism (Free Press, 1972)

Distringuished Book Award for Reference Works, American Society for Military History (2007)

Mark Clark Chair, The Citadel, (2006-07)

Phi Alpha Theta Best Book Award (2004) for Between Law & Custom

Surrency Prize for Best Article, American Society of Legal History (1992)

Fellow, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Property Rights, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia (1999)

Washington Professor, University College Dublin (1980)

Phi Alpha Theta Best Book Award, (1973) for The Naval Aristocracy