Military History, the Profession, and Barbeque

Dr. Robert “Bob” Wettemann is an Associate Professor of History at the United States Air Force Academy. He holds a B.A. with Honors in History from Oklahoma State University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in History from Texas A&M University. He is the author of Privilege vs. Equality: Civil Military Relations in the Jacksonian Era, 1815-1845 (Praeger Security International, 2009) and numerous articles and book chapters on U.S. military and public history. He has previously taught in the History Department at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, contributed in the Command Historian’s Office of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and served as Director of the U.S. Air Force Academy Center for Oral History. His current project, Rhino Tanks and Sticky Bombs: American Ingenuity in World War Two, explores the junction of innovation and technology among GIs in the Second World War.