Michael S. New

Michael S. Neiberg is an American historian renowned for his exhaustive scholarship on twentieth‑century European military history, particularly the French experience and the broader Western European theater from 1914 to 1945. Born on August 2, 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he is the son of Laurence Neiberg, a teacher, and Phyllis Dee (Saroff) Neiberg, and grew up surrounded by an environment that valued education and critical inquiry. After completing his graduate studies, Neiberg began publishing at the turn of the millennium, with his first major monograph, Making Citizen‑Soldiers, released by Harvard University Press in 2000, establishing his reputation as a nuanced analyst of the social dimensions of military service. Over the next two decades he produced a prolific body of work that includes award‑winning titles such as Foch: Supreme Allied Commander in the Great War (2003), Dance of the Furies (2011), and When France Fell (2021), each demonstrating his ability to blend rigorous archival research with accessible narrative. In addition to his authorship, he serves as the inaugural Chair of War Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College, where he shapes the curriculum for future military leaders. He also holds a senior fellowship at the Center for the Study of America and the West within the Foreign Policy Research Institute, contributing to public discourse on transatlantic security issues. Neiberg’s scholarship is distinguished by its interdisciplinary approach, integrating political, cultural, and social perspectives to illuminate the complexities of warfare. His expertise is frequently sought by media outlets, academic conferences, and televised programs such as C‑SPAN, further cementing his status as a leading public intellectual on the history of war.