2021 Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium Program

158 Harmon Drive Northfield, VT 05663 (802) 485-2451 Norwich.edu

Global or Conflict Cooperation?

104 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 PritzkerMilitary.org

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Nov. 3-4, 2021 Norwich.edu/PAWC

WORDS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR It is a great honor to welcome you to the 2021 Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium, which features the William E. Colby Award as the capstone event of the symposium. This year is also significant as we have transitioned back to meeting in person, and we also now offer a remote option to those of you who cannot join us in Vermont. We are taking advantage of the lessons learned over the last year and have introduced a hybrid dimension to the program that enables us to promote the event globally. The symposium, the only one of its kind in the United States, is a signature event of the John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center.

Our goal is to make this event recognized on a global scale. Virtual programming makes that possible.

This year is poignant as it is the first symposium since the passing of beloved co-founder Carlo D’Este ’58 on November 21, 2020. In celebration of his storied life and to help the symposium exist in perpetuity, the Pritzker Military Foundation (PMF), Norwich’s longtime philanthropic partner and supporter of the symposium, has posed a $500,000 matching gift challenge through 2025 to grow the symposium’s endowment. Should Norwich successfully raise $500,000, the PMF will match this effort with $500,000, bringing the foundation’s endowment to over $1,000,000.

This endowment, which has been renamed the “Carlo D’Este ’58 Military Writers’ Endowment,” is essential to the symposium’s longevity, supporting its operating costs, the William E. Colby Award, and year-round student enrichment opportunities on military history and current affairs. This year we are pleased to offer symposium programming free of charge. In lieu of any registration fees, we ask that you consider making a gift to the Carlo D’Este ’58 Military Writers’ Endowment to advance the legacy of this unique event: alumni.norwich.edu/deste.

Norwich is uniquely positioned to be a thought leader in environmental security through our Environmental Security Initiative. This joint endeavor by the Peace and War Center and the Center for Global Resilience and Security, two of our university’s research centers of excellence, enables us to put the topic front and center across all our networks.

The Arctic is critical to regional stability. All Arctic states agree that peaceful cooperation is ideal; however, the possibility of future conflict is also a reality. The Arctic now occupies a central position within Chinese and Russian foreign policy. Russia is building up its presence in the Arctic, and subsequently, other Arctic nations are responding by increasing their Arctic footprint and capabilities. Cooperation or conflict centers on competition over strategic resources, maritime control, and geopolitical uncertainty. The 2021 Military Writers’ Symposium will explore various dimensions of the Arctic, with aims at leading toward cooperation and regional security. We are fortunate to have an amazing panel who can help illuminate Arctic complexities.

They are brilliant thinkers and doers who contemplate the nexus between the environment, climate cooperation, and conflict.

We are most honored to welcome Dr. Whitney Lackenbauer, Dr. James Kraska, Dr. Lilian “Doc” Alessa, Troy Bouffard, and Sam Alexander, as honored guests at this year’s symposium. We are also proud to present Mark Treanor with the 2021 Colby Award for his first book, A Quiet Cadence, the story of a young U.S. Marine dealing with the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Finally, we are very pleased that Larenz Simpkins ’22, the 2021 Richard S. Schultz ’60 Symposium Fellow, will present his research on “Chilling Relations: An examination of potential spheres of conflicting Sino-Russian interests in the Arctic,” and Will Helterbran ’22, the Peace and War Center Research Fellow, will be showcase his project “Wind Turbine Blade Design for Arctic Region Applications” throughout the symposium.

The Arctic is a challenging yet significant topic for Norwich University and our nation. For more than 200 years, Norwich has helped solve innumerable national challenges, graduating creative and intelligent leaders with grit. Now is such a time where the same ingredients for success will be required to be proactive in the Arctic. Thank you to those who continue to support the symposium, and a special thanks to the unwavering support from Pritzker Military Museum & Library and the Pritzker Military Foundation. Finally, thanks to you.

I am grateful that you could attend this important event and experience Norwich – either in person or virtually.

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WORDS FROM THE WILLIAM E. COLBY AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN 2021 has been a challenging year for us all. Thankfully, one reassuring constant remains: the annual Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium, now in its 27th year. It’s a unique gathering, this year virtual and in person, which continues to bring together leading writers and other experts from around the globe. The symposium’s mission is more vital than ever – to educate and inspire the Norwich community, its alumni, and many others who are now able to attend online.

This year’s theme – “Global or Cooperation? Evolving Arctic Security” – is both timely and increasingly important as issues pertaining to natural resources and energy supply are of greater and greater concern. For over a quarter of century, the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium has explored such topics.

Indeed, more than a hundred distinguished writers have graced the Norwich campus since the symposium’s inception.

Thanks to the continued generosity of the Pritzker Military Foundation, each year a $5,000 honorarium is presented to the recipient of the annual William E. Colby Award at this symposium. The award recognizes a first book-length work of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that has made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations, or international affairs.

This year it is my great pleasure and honor to present the 2021 award to Mark Treanor for his beautifully written and powerful novel set during the Vietnam War. In presenting this year’s award, I am following in the footsteps of the late and great Carlo D’Este, who co-founded this symposium. Carlo was a fantastic historian and a great supporter of so many writers like myself. He will be much missed this year but would be delighted to see how the symposium continues to adapt and, indeed, goes from strength to strength.

Alex Kershaw Chairman William E. Colby Award Selection Committee

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Global or Conflict Cooperation?

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The Arctic is critical to regional stability. All Arctic states agree that peaceful cooperation is ideal; however, the possibility of future conflict is also a reality.

The Arctic now occupies a central position within Chinese and Russian foreign policy. Russia is building up its presence in the Arctic and subsequently other Arctic nations are responding by increasing their Arctic footprint and capabilities. The theme of Global Conflict or Cooperation centers on competition over strategic resources, maritime control, and geopolitical uncertainty. The 2021 Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium explores various dimensions of the Arctic with the aim of cooperation and regional security.

To view the schedule online, visit www.norwich.edu/numws.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE AND SPEAKERS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2021

DR. LILIAN “DOC” ALESSA A New Northern Narrative: Operational Arctic Security Recorded Presentation 11 – 11:50 a.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium TROY BOUFFARD The Role of the Arctic for Russian National Security and Defense.

1 – 1:50 p.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium SAM ALEXANDER “The Cost of Arctic Security: An Indigenous Perspective” 2– 2:50 p.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium Panel: Global Conflict or Cooperation? Evolving Arctic Security Featuring Sam Alexander, James Kraska, Whitney Lackenbauer.

Moderated by Troy Bouffard 7 – 8:30 p.m. • Plumley Amory

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021 MARK TREANOR, 2021 William E. Colby Award Winner A Quiet Candance 9:25 – 10:25 a.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium LARENZ SIMPKINS ’21, 2021 Richard S. Schultz ‘60 Symposium Fellow “Chilling Relations: An examination of potential spheres of conflicting Sino-Russian interests in the Arctic” 1 – 2 p.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium

DR. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER Premier Partners: Past, Present, and Future Canada-U.S. Cooperation to Address Threats Through, To, and In the North American Arctic 9 – 9:50 a.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium

WILL HELTERBRAN ’22, John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center Research Fellow “Wind Turbine Blade Design for Arctic Region Applications” 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium Lobby

DR. JAMES KRASKA Geostrategy and International Law in the Arctic Ocean 10 – 10:50 a.m. • Mack Hall Auditorium

Meet the Authors Reception & Dinner Presentation of the 2021 William E. Colby Award 6:00 p.m. • Ticket and advance registration required

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2021 PARTICIPANTS

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2021 PARTICIPANTS

DR. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER

DR. LILIAN “DOC” ALESSA

P. Whitney Lackenbauer is Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Study of the Canadian North and a professor in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University, Ontario, Canada. He is network lead of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network and served as honorary lieutenant colonel of 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group from 2014 to 2020. He has (co-)written or (co-)edited more than 50 books and more than 100 academic articles and book chapters. His recent books include Breaking Through? Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic (co-edited, 2021) Canada and the Maritime Arctic: Boundaries, Shelves, and Waters (co-authored 2020), Governing Complexity in the Arctic Region (co-authored 2019), Breaking the Ice Curtain? Russia, Canada, and Arctic Security in a Changing Circumpolar World (co-edited 2019), and China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada (co-authored 2018).

Lilian “Doc” Alessa is president’s professor at the University of Idaho and affiliate faculty with George Mason and Texas A&M universities. She serves as chief scientist for the U.S. Special Operations Command Joint Special Operations University.

Her federal service spans decades including as a defense intelligence senior level special advisor to the Office of the Director for National Intelligence and deputy chief of global strategies with the Department of Homeland Security. She has close to 30 years of Arctic experience working the joint, interagency, intergovernmental, multinational and commercial sectors across Canada and the United States on security, defense and the resilience of integrated systems. She is a member of the National Academies committee on research innovations for emerging threats and has served on the board of directors for the U.S. Arctic Research Consortium, the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee and the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

DR. JAMES KRASKA

TROY J. BOUFFARD

James Kraska is chair and Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law in the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College, as well as visiting professor of law and John Harvey Gregory lecturer on World Organization at Harvard Law School. He has served as a visiting professor of international law at the University of the Philippines College of Law and Gujarat National Law University, Mary Derrickson McCurdy visiting scholar at Duke University Marine Laboratory in the Nicholas School of the Environment, and fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Kraska is editor-in-chief of International Law Studies, the oldest journal of international law in the United States, and editor of the three-volume Benedict on Admiralty: International Maritime Law. A former Navy commander, he served with operating forces and in the Pentagon, including as Oceans Law & Policy adviser and then director of International Negotiations on the Joint Staff.

Troy J. Bouffard, MSG (Ret.) U.S. Army, holds a Master of Arts in Arctic Policy and is currently completing a PhD program with a focus on Russian Arctic defense strategy and international law. He is the director of the UAF Center for Arctic Security and Resilience. As a defense contractor, he was co-principal investigator of the Department of Defense Arctic Defense and Security Orientation program with USNORTHCOM and ALCOM started in 2013. His portfolio includes development and delivery of an Arctic Security graduate concentration and certificate as well as an edX course. Troy is a network coordinator for the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network and a non-resident Research Fellow with the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba. He recently served as a contracted supervisor and chief editor for a NATO Arctic research project. Other activities include delegate and project experience (current) with the Arctic Council and numerous panel and conference presentations. He also conducts many inter/national Arctic events. He has published many peer-reviewed and commentary articles and regularly engages with media.

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2021 PARTICIPANTS SAM ALEXANDER Sam Alexander is a board member at Gwich’in Council International. Sam grew up in Fort Yukon, Alaska where his father was the traditional chief of the Gwichyaa Gwich’in tribe of Northern Alaska. He spent much of his childhood exploring the Yukon Flats and the Northeastern Brooks Range, living the traditional Gwich’in lifestyle as was taught to him by the elders of his tribe. Sam graduated from the United States Military Academy and spent 10 years as a U.S. Army officer, leaving as a major in the Army Special Forces (Green Berets). Following his time in the Army, Sam graduated from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

He became the co-founder and CEO of Latitude Six-Six, taking people on incredible expeditions to showcase his home. In addition to guiding, Sam is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the Homeland Security and Emergency Management program.

MARK TREANOR Mark Treanor is the author of the 2021 Colby Award-winning novel, A Quiet Cadence, the story of a young U.S. Marine in combat in the Vietnam War and dealing with its aftermath.

In 1968, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and commissioned into the U.S. Marines as a second lieutenant.

He was a rifle platoon leader in Vietnam, an artillery battery commander and leadership instructor and later served on the boards of the National Defense University and the Naval Academy. Treanor is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, where he was a member of the school’s Law Review and Order of the Coif. He has been a lawyer, corporate executive and leadership coach who has participated in national security fact-finding missions in Iraq, Yemen, Africa and the Caucasus. He also studied in the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum, he recently retired as chairman of the board (nonexecutive) of Virtus Investment Partners Inc., and as an executive leadership coach with Cambria Consulting Inc. Originally from Rutland, Vermont, he splits his time between Quechee, Vermont, and Edgewater, Maryland. He is at work on his second novel.

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All bios were supplied by the guest speakers. Some have been edited for clarity and brevity.

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RICHARD S. SCHULTZ ’60 SYMPOSIUM FELLOWSHIP The Richard S. Schultz ’60 Symposium Fellowship was established in 2017 as an endowed fund in honor of “Dick” by his wife of fifty years, Myrna L. Schultz, their children Marni and Alan, and his classmates and friends.

The fellowship enables Norwich undergraduates, from any academic discipline, the opportunity to pursue areas of inquiry and experiences that will promote and expand their understanding of the past and how it impacts the present and future. Through research, travel, and inquiry the Schultz Fellow and faculty advisor will offer perspectives for us to face the future with better understanding and confidence.

JOHN AND MARY FRANCES PATTON PEACE AND WAR CENTER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP This annual fellowship includes a $2,500 grant to one undergraduate student to conduct research on behalf of the center. The award is merit-based and designed to support original undergraduate research.

After a wide solicitation and competitive selection process, this annual fellowship is granted by the Norwich University Peace and War Center to an undergraduate student for a single project that may involve additional Norwich undergraduate students.

WILL HELTERBRAN ’21 LARENZ SIMPKINS ’23 Recipient of the 2021 Richard S. Schultz ’60 Symposium Fellowship, Larenz Simpkins ’23 is a triple major in political science, history and studies in war and peace. He is also a member of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets and a member of the men’s rugby team. Simpkins is a voracious reader with a broad range of topical interests including history, philosophy and literature. His research examines Russia and China’s conflicting interests in the Arctic and the effects of China’s claim as a “semi-Arctic” state on the power dynamics in the region. After graduation, he hopes to pursue graduate studies in history. The Schultz Fellowship, which includes a $2,500 grant, follows a wide solicitation and competitive selection.

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Recipient of the 2021 Peace and War Center Research Fellowship, Helterbran is a mechanical engineering major and a member of the Norwich men’s rugby club. His summer research extends his engineering senior capstone project, building a prototype compact wind turbine for use in an Arctic Microgrid. He chose this project to fulfill the need for clean energy technology in remote locations. His goals for this fellowship are to, “apply my engineering knowledge to develop renewable technology for the arctic region and to develop something worthy of the Norwich name.” He developed a prototype with generic 3D printed blades that are designed to optimize in Fairbanks, Alaska.

He is the first engineering major to earn the Norwich PAWC fellowship, which demonstrate the truly cross-disciplinary nature of the opportunity.

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PARTNERSHIP THE NORWICH UNIVERSITY MILITARY WRITERS’ SYMPOSIUM AND THE PRITZKER MILITARY MUSEUM & LIBRARY The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is proud to partner with Norwich University to help solidify the university as a regional center of military history and affairs.

As both a private university and a non-government organization, Norwich and the Museum & Library share strong stakes in the study of military history, affairs and national security as they have a deep impact on the character of who we are as a country. Together, the Museum & Library and Norwich build awareness of the importance of the study of military history affairs and the role of the military in a democracy.

INTRODUCING THE CARLO D’ESTE ’58 MILITARY WRITERS’ ENDOWMENT The Carlo D’Este ’58 Military Writers’ Endowment provides funding in perpetuity to support the operating costs of the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium, the William E. Colby Award, and yearround student enrichment opportunities on military history and current affairs. It also honors the legacy of Carlo D’Este, a 1958 Norwich graduate, beloved co-founder of the Military Writers’ Symposium, decorated U.S. Army colonel and renowned military historian. Carlo passed away on November 21, 2020 at the age of 84.

The Museum & Library’s sponsorship of the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium helps further promote it as a world-class forum that features established and emerging scholars in the field of military history.

Additionally, by bringing Colby Award winners to Chicago to be featured on the Museum & Library’s television series “Pritzker Military Presents,” the Museum & Library draws greater attention to the award itself, while also expanding Norwich’s message and mission.

Located in downtown Chicago, Illinois, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library is open to the public and features an extensive collection of books, programs, artifacts, and rotating exhibits covering many eras and branches of the military that are available to visitors in person and online at pritzkermilitary.org.

Opened in 2003, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library is a center where citizens and service members come together in effort to increase the public’s understanding of military history, military affairs and national security by providing a forum for the study and exploration of our military – past, present, and future - with a specific focus on their stories, sacrifices, and values. Each year, the Museum & Library awards a living author the prestigious Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing to recognize their lifetime contribution to the understanding of military history. The Museum & Library serves as a living memorial to current and former service members and their families and is operated through the support of its members and sponsors.

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PRITZKER CHALLENGE

CARLO D’ESTE ’58 MILITARY HISTORY AWARD

In March 2021, The Pritzker Military Foundation (PMF) in Chicago, a longtime philanthropic partner of Norwich, committed $650,000 to the symposium.

PMF also posed a $500,000 matching gift challenge through 2025 to help grow the Carlo D’Este ’58 Military Writers’ Endowment. Should Norwich successfully raise $500,000 by this deadline, PMF will contribute an additional $500,000, bringing the endowment total to over $1,000,000.

Your support will help us meet this goal, and continue the symposium for future generations in Carlo’s name.

The Carlo D’Este ’58 Military History Award is a $1,000 award presented to an outstanding undergraduate senior pursuing a history or studies in war and peace major. The student is selected by Norwich University history faculty and the director of the Peace and War Center. The award is generously funded by COL Jerry Morelock, USA (Ret.) It is presented in honor of Carlo D’Este ’58, co-founder of the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium and the Colby Award, in recognition of his legacy to Norwich, the Colby, and his incredible contribution to the field of military history

Give at alumni.norwich.edu/deste

RYAN VAN SPLUNDER ’22 Ryan Van Splunder is the 2021 Carlo D’Este ’58 Military History Award recipient.

Ryan Van Splunder is a history major with a German minor, currently studying at NU’s CityLAB: Berlin in Germany. He began attending Norwich University in the Fall of 2018 as a member of the Corps of Cadets after receiving a four-year Army ROTC scholarship. Van Splunder was born and raised in Williamsville, New York, where he attended Williamsville South High School. His favorite activities at Norwich include training with Ranger Company and taking full advantage of the outdoor space surrounding the campus. He was the chairman of the Class of 2022 Ring Committee and served as rook cadre his junior year.

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IN GRATITUDE Founders’ Circle Members (Cumulative gifts since 1996) Jack Abare ’57 & P’87 COL Guy S. ’60 & Robin Huntley, USA (Ret.) Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Johnson ’60 & H’63 COL & Mrs. Reinhard M. Lotz, USA (Ret.) ’60 Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Mack ’64 & H’06 Barry ’68 & Marcia Meinerth Robert L. Needham ’58 Joanne Holbrook Patton W’00 COL (IL) Jennifer Natalya Pritzker, ILARNG (Ret.) H’07 Richard ’60 & Myrna L. Schultz Jason & Mary Jo Segal ’60 LTC Edward C. Smith, Jr., USA (Ret.) ’58 Philip ’73 & Peg Soucy TAWANI Foundation Pritzker Military Foundation Many longtime symposium supporters listed here are no longer with us.

We chose to include deceased Founder’s Circle members on this list in gratitude both to their longtime support and in their memory.

Authors’ Circle Members COL (IL) Jennifer Natalya Pritzker, ILARNG (Ret.) H’07 Pritzker Military Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Mack ’64 & H’06

Platinum Star Members COL Guy ’60 S. & Robin Huntley, USAR (Ret.) COL Tim ’62 & Jackie Donovan, USA (Ret.)

Silver Star Members RADM & Mrs. Richard W. Schneider, USCGR (Ret.) H’20 Mr. & Mrs. Philip Burkhardt ’70 Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Morelock

Bronze Star Members LTC Thomas H. Wright, Jr., USA (Ret.) ’75 Kenneth ’68 & Bonnie Stock Mark Titus Stephen & Lynn Egan ’70 Robert Blake ’55 Dean Nowowiejski

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NORWICH UNIVERSITY MILITARY WRITERS’ SYMPOSIUM

A program to bring influential writers to the campus of Norwich University was originally conceived by university President Emeritus W. Russell Todd ’50. However, it would not begin to take shape until 1994 when renowned author W.E.B. Griffin, former CIA Director William E. Colby, and distinguished biographer Carlo D’Este ’58 attended the 175th-anniversary Medal of Honor Gala honoring Norwich’s own Capt.

James N. Burt. It was at this event that the framework of the program began – one that would bring authors and journalists to central Vermont for the purpose of engaging with the Norwich community on the timeliest topics of the day. Supported

by Norwich President Emeritus Richard W. Schneider, the symposium became a reality under the leadership of its first executive director, Ed Tracy.

In 1996, Norwich first hosted a prestigious group of writers on campus for a two-day series of lectures and panel discussions. Among them was Ambassador William E. Colby, former CIA director, South Burlington High School graduate, and Norwich honorary degree recipient. That inaugural event was known as the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium.

After his untimely death the following year, Norwich developed the program around Bill Colby’s legacy, naming the symposium for him at a formal dedication ceremony in 1997. The purpose of the William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium (so named from 1997 to 2018) is to expose the Norwich campus community and the public to the works and views of authors, historians, journalists, and national figures. It seeks to educate, enlighten and inspire. The 1997 symposium featured an all-star lineup of military writers: Tom Clancy, Steven Coonts, Harold Coyle, Winston Groom, Fred Chiaventone and GEN Gordon R. Sullivan.

In 1999, the symposium established the Colby Award, an honor given to an author of a first work of fiction or non-fiction that expands the public’s understanding of military history, intelligence, or current affairs. The award’s $5,000 prize is provided through the generosity of the Pritzker Military Foundation and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Over the past two decades, Colby Award winners have included such authors as Nisid Hajari, Thomas McKenna, James Bradley, Nathaniel Fick, Jack Jacobs, Dexter Filkins, Marcus Luttrell, John Glusman, Karl Marlantes, Logan Beirne, and David Barron. In 2017, the symposium became a 19

signature event of the Norwich University Peace and War Center, an interdisciplinary academic research center. Also that year, the symposium augmented its longtime partnership with the Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Chicago, IL. Supported by the generosity of its founder, COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Ret.), this partnership allows the symposium to further enhance and expand our programming to a wider audience.

In 2019, timed with Norwich’s bicentennial celebrations, the symposium made its debut as a fall event. Returning to its roots, the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium featured the William E. Colby Award, and remained true to its vision to address timely, relevant, and difficult topics through author engagement and public interaction.

Over 27 seasons, through events in Vermont, Washington, D.C., and Chicago hosting more than 100 visiting authors, the symposium has grown to the national prominence it enjoys today. Standout moments over the years include: satellite telephone discussions with war correspondents from Afghanistan and Iraq; afterdinner remarks by Phil Caputo recalling poignant memories of his friend Walter Levy ‘64, the first Norwich graduate killed in action in Vietnam; public broadcasting television programs, two moderated by CNN’s Frank Sesno; C-SPAN Book TV appearances; live media programming on location during the symposium; real-time panel Q&A from Norwich online students overseas around the world; panel live stream and live broadcast; conflict site immersive “staff ride” experiences; and experiential research, travel, and immersion opportunities for students.

As we prepare to celebrate the start of the symposium’s 27th season, we do so in the knowledge that the world has changed significantly since its inception and, appropriately, so has our program. The symposium never avoided hard issues central to the public’s understanding. The 2021 program is the latest example of our commitment to making the symposium a relevant and meaningful experience.

The Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium is not just unique, but the only program of its kind at an American university. Through the support of Norwich University Presidents Emeriti W. Russell Todd and Richard W. Schneider and the leadership of President Mark C. Anarumo; the vision of co-founders W.E.B. Griffin and Carlo D’Este, the leadership of inaugural Executive Director Ed Tracy; the guidance of Norwich faculty directors Reina Pennington, Rowly Brucken, Steve Sodergren, Bud Knauf, and Travis Morris; the stewardship of dozens of the volunteers and donors of the NU Military Writers’ Symposium Associates under chairmanships of Ron Lotz ’60 and R. Pierce Reid M’14; and the enthusiasm of hundreds of attendees, this program has hosted the most prominent military writers and historians of our time to gain a better understanding of the world through their eyes.

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THE JOHN AND MARY FRANCES PATTON PEACE AND WAR CENTER AT NORWICH UNIVERSITY John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center (PaWC) was established in June 2015 to advance interdisciplinary knowledge for students, scholars, practitioners on the relationship between peace and warfare at local, national and global levels. Travis Morris, associate professor of criminal justice and criminology, is the first director of the Peace and War Center and oversees the center’s work in conjunction with an advisory board. The 2021 Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium and the William E. Colby Award are Peace and War Center signature programs.

This partnership between the Peace and War Center and the symposium has increased opportunities to engage students and faculty from across Norwich University’s five academic colleges.

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THE SYMPOSIUM: 35 PROGRAMS OVER 26 YEARS 2021

Global Conflict or Cooperation? Evolving Arctic Security

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Weaponizing Water Ancient Tactic, New Implications

2019

Warfare In The 21st Century: Future Battlegrounds

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2018 William E. Colby Award Presented By The Norwich University Peace And War Center

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Won The War, Lost The Peace: The Us Legacy In Iraq

2017

Won The War, Lost The Peace: The Centennial Legacy Of World War One

2016

Going To War: The Cost To Families, Communities, And Nation

2015

Cyberwarfare And Privacy: How Do We Keep The Balance Between The Rights Of Citizens And The Security Of The Nation?

2014

After The Wars: What Have We Learned From Iraq And Afghanistan And What Is The Future Role Of The United States And Our Military?

2013

Coming Home: The Hopes, Fears And Challenges Of Veterans Returning From War

2012

Afghanistan And America’s Endless War On Terrorism

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An Uncertain Future In Afghanistan: Assessing The Conflict Ten Years On

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America At The Crossroads

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Chaos & Conflict

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The New Battlefield

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Civilians In The Path Of War

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Final Offensive: The Battle Of The Bulge, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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Ways Of War

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The Rules Of War

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Turning Point - 36 Days On Iwo Jima, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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Writing For War In The 21st Century, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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The New Face Of War

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D-Day & Normandy: Then And Now, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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Uncommon Valor: Ethical Lessons In Military Literature

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Journalists At War, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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Raging War: Understanding The 21st Century Enemy

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The Military And The Media, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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The American Way Of War

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Ethics, Issues And Policy, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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The World At War

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The American Way Of War, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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Info Wars: The Next Battlefield

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The Role Of Intelligence Operations Today And Tomorrow, National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

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Ethics In Military Literature And Film

1997

Military Fiction In America: The Craft And Its Influence

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Fact And Fiction In 20th Century Military History 22