Michael Leggiere will be Professor of Humanities starting in Fall 2024. Previously he taught at the University of North Texas, where he served as Professor and Deputy Director of the Military History Center. Leggiere has authored five books, including Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany: The Franco-Prussian War of 1813. Volume 1: The War of Liberation, Spring 1813 (Cambridge University Press, 2015); Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany: The Franco-Prussian War of 1813. Volume 2: The Defeat of Napoleon (Cambridge University Press, 2015); Blücher: Scourge of Napoleon (University of Oklahoma Press, 2014); The Fall of Napoleon. Volume I: The Allied Invasion of France, 1813–1814 (Cambridge University Press, 2007); and Napoleon and Berlin: The Franco-Prussian War in North Germany, 1813 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002). He is also the founding editor of the journal War Studies.
Leggiere is currently completing two books: The Fall of Napoleon: Volume II, which will be published by Cambridge University Press, and a book on Napoleon’s grand strategy, which will be published by Yale University Press.
