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About Alex Beckstrand
I am a current Ph.D. student in the United States and the World at the University of Connecticut. I study American civil-military relations and militarism broadly, with a focus on the Woodrow Wilson era. I have completed comprehensive exams and will reach candidacy soemtime this summer (2022). I am also an officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and I work in the private sector in the aerospace industry. I am a husband and a father and love spending time with my family on hikes, at baseball games, and enjoying the outdoors.Alex J. Beckstrand is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Connecticut, where he researches Woodrow Wilson’s civil-military relations. He is an officer in the Marine Corps Reserves, is a Lecturer at Central Connecticut State University, and works in the aerospace industry. Email: alex.beckstrand@uconn.edu Twitter: @AlexBeckstrand
NBN Episodes hosted by Alex:
June 11, 2024
Death at the Edges of Empire
Hundreds of thousands of individuals perished in the epic conflict of the American Civil War. As battles raged and the specter of death and dying hung…
November 25, 2022
The Military and the Market
Throughout its history, the U.S. military has worked in close connection to market-based institutions and structures. It has run systems of free and u…
September 1, 2022
Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War
When the Germans requested an armistice in October 1918, it was a shock to the Allied political and military leadership. They had been expecting, and …
April 27, 2022
The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923
The American Army in Germany, 1918–1923: Success against the Odds (UP of Kansas, 2021) by Dean A. Nowowiejski fills a gap in American military and pol…
October 18, 2021
How the Few Became the Proud
For more than half of its existence, members of the Marine Corps largely self-identified as soldiers. It did not yet mean something distinct to be a M…