Military historian to study at West Point

Military historian Dr John Moremon has been selected to attend a summer seminar at the prestigious United States military academy West Point, New York, next month.

Dr Moremon, from the university’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies, will be among 20 historians from throughout the world to attend the seminar at the academy, where some of the United States’ most illustrious military leaders, including Generals Robert E Lee, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower, were trained.

Dr Moremon says the seminar has been described as a "military history fantasy camp". Attendees spend an intensive 23 days in seminars, lectures and battlefield tours of some of the most famous battles of the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and the Civil War (1861-65).

“While my exploits pale in comparison to West Point’s famous alumni, probably every academic military historian hopes to be selected for West Point’s summer seminar at some point in their career," Dr Moremon says. "It’s a chance to learn from leaders in the field, to forge contacts around the world and to explore battlefields with like-minded souls."

Dr Moremon is a graduate of the University of New England. He completed his doctorate in military history as a civilian student at the Australian Defence Force Academy (University of New South Wales) with a thesis on Australian Army logistics in New Guinea 1942-43. His research interests include Australian and Commonwealth military history, and defence technology, logistics and personnel issues.