I am an associate professor of history at the Joint Forces Staff College part of National Defense University. I authored American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era and co-authored George Washington’s Lessons in Ethical Leadership. I earned my PhD in American history from Brandeis University. Previously I was an assistant professor of history and the director of the history program at William Woods University and also taught at additional colleges, including Tufts University. I specialize in American Revolutionary and early American history, with a specific focus on honor, ethics, war, the founders, transnational ideas, and national identity. My book, American Honor: The Creation of the Nation's Ideals during the Revolutionary Era published by the University of North Carolina Press is now available: https://www.amazon.com/American-Honor-Creation-Nations-Revolutionary/dp/1469638835/ref=sr_1_1?Currently, I am researching my new book project, "The Greatest Man in the World": A Global History of George Washington.In addition, I have broader interests in colonial America, the early republic, leadership, the Atlantic world, and early American cultural, intellectual, and political history. For more information: www.craigbrucesmith.com