The Pritzker Military Museum & Library encourages discovery through reading. These book essays provide perspectives on titles that focus on military history, military affairs and national security. Essays are contributed by scholars, educators and experts in their field with the intent of providing a deeper dive into the material.
Erin Solaro provides an essay on this biography of Catherine Dior, reticent sister of the famous couturier Christian, a seamless weave of couture and war, money and the human spirit, the demands of memory and the share oblivion requires.
Dr. Matthew S. Muehlbauer provides a historian's take on the unmasking of General Robert E. Lee. The work is an engaging and prescient combination of memoir, history, cultural analysis, and moral outrage.
Dr. Matthew S. Muehlbauer shares a perspective of how the development of weaponry has changed from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. This volume of work also considers the broader consequences of weapons development upon the evolving system of Western states, particularly with respect to financing and the increasing centralization of power over time.