Dr. Branden Little

Instructor, Department of History

Office – Social Sciences 248

Phone – (801) 626-6710

Fax – (801) 626-7613

Email – jblittle@weber.edu

Research and Teaching Areas: America and the World, Naval and Military History, U.S. Foreign Relations, Human Rights, International Organizations

Degrees & Certifications: B.A., University of California, Davis (1998); Certificate, Phase 1 Joint Professional Military Education, Department of Defense (2001); M.A., U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (2002); Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2009).

Courses:

• HIST 1700 American Civilization
• HIST 3230 American Foreign Relations

Books:

• Band of Crusaders: American Humanitarians, the Great War, and the Remaking of the World, book manuscript based on Ph.D. Dissertation under revision.

Articles & Essays:

• “Humanitarian Relief in Europe and the Analogue of War, 1914-1918,” in Finding Common Ground: New Directions in First World War Studies. Jennifer Keene and Michael Neiberg, eds. (Leiden and Boston: Brill, forthcoming, 2009).
• Senior co-author with Kenneth J. Hagan, “Radical, But Right: William Sowden Sims (1858-1936),” in Nineteen Gun Salute: Case Studies of Operational, Strategic, and Diplomatic Naval Leadership during the 20th and early 21st Centuries. John B. Hattendorf and Bruce Elleman, eds. (Newport, RI and Washington, D.C.: Naval War College Press and GPO, in press, 2009).
• “An Evolving Navy of Great Complexity, 1919-1941,” in In Peace and War: Interpretations of American Naval History, 30^th Anniversary ed. Kenneth J. Hagan, ed. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008), 182-202. Cloth and paperback. Foreword by Paul M. Kennedy.
• “Band of Crusaders, American Humanitarians, the Great War, and the Remaking of the World,” Research Reports from the Rockefeller Archive Center, 2007 (Sleepy Hollow, NY: Rockefeller Foundation, 2008).
• “The Liberation of the Gilberts: Operation Galvanic, November 1943,” in Amphibious Assault: Manoeuvre from the Sea. Significant Amphibious Operations from the Last Century. A Series of Essays for the Royal Marines. Tristan Lovering, ed. (London: Royal Navy, 2005), 245-58; revised edition, Amphibious Assault: Manoeuvre from the Sea. From Gallipoli to the Gulf—a Definitive Analysis (Suffolk: Seafarer Books, 2007), 245-58.
• “The Conquest of the Marshalls: Operation Flintlock, January-February 1944,” in Amphibious Assault: Manoeuvre from the Sea. Significant Amphibious Operations from the Last Century. A Series of Essays for the Royal Marines. Tristan Lovering, ed. (London: Royal Navy, 2005), 273-84; revised edition, Amphibious Assault: Manoeuvre from the Sea. From Gallipoli to the Gulf—a Definitive Analysis (Suffolk: Seafarer Books, 2007), 273-84.
• “Developing U.S. Civilian Defense Expertise,” in Mongolian-U.S. Civil-Military Relations, 2002 (Ulaanbaatar: Institute for Defense Studies, 2002), 94-104. Two editions.
• “Engaging U.S. Civil Society and Defense,” in Mongolian-U.S. Civil-Military Relations, 2002 (Ulaanbaatar: Institute for Defense Studies, 2002), 154-60. Two editions.

Reviews:

• Book Review of Thomas C. Hone and Trent Hone, Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919-1939 (2006); in Journal of Military History, Vol. 71, No. 1 (January 2007): 250-51.
• Book Review of Edward Marolda and Robert Schneller, Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War (2001); in Journal of Military History, Vol. 65, No. 4 (October 2001): 1170-1171.

Awards:

• Dissertation Year Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley, 2008 – 2009
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, U.C. Berkeley, 2007 – 2008
• Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley, 2006 & 2007
• John J. McMullen Seapower Grant, 2007
• Herbert C. Hoover Presidential Library Association Travel Grant, 2007
• Robert R. McCormick Foundation Scholar, 2007
• Rockefeller Archive Center Travel Grant, 2007
• Graduate Division Summer Grant, U.C. Berkeley, 2007
• General George C. Marshall-Baruch Fellowship, 2007
• Heller Grant-in-Aid, U.C. Berkeley, 2006
• Eugene Irving McCormac Graduate Scholarship, U.C. Berkeley, 2006
• J. A. Kittredge Educational Grant, 2004
• U.S. Naval Institute Award for M.A. Thesis, 2002

Affiliations:

• American Historical Association
• International Society for First World War Studies
• Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
• Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
• Society for Military History