page_title: New York Military Affairs Symposium
section_title: Sampling of programs
hierarchical_section_title: New York Military Affairs Symposium / Sampling of programs
caption_attribution_description: English: Robert Miller: Executive Director of New York Military Affairs Symposium
context_page_description: The New York Military Affairs Symposium, is an independent, not for profit educational body dedicated to the preservation and furthering of military history in the city of New York. The membership includes scholars, active and retired military personnel, and concerned civilians. NYMAS is devoted to increasing public knowledge, awareness and understanding of military history, arms control, international relations, defense policy, disarmament, civil-military relations, international security, Veterans Affairs and the interrelationship of war, society, and culture through the presentation and dissemination of diverse scholarly viewpoints - with particular reference to the history of warfare involving the United States and of Americans at war.
context_section_description: A short list of some of the talks given over the years illustrates the breadth of interests and topics covered by NYMAS:
  "Imperialism and World System Formation: The Case of Teotihuacan"
  "Strategy and Technology in the American Civil War"
  "Ancient Greek and Roman Military Leadership"
  "The French Army and the Dreyfus Affair"
  "Islamic-Mongol Warfare"
  "'High Treason': The Stalinist Purges"
  "William Donovan, Mussolini, and the Ethiopian War"
  "Amphibious Warfare Doctrine in the Inter-War Years"
  "Fortification and Authority in Medieval Ireland"
  "Racism in the Frontier Army"
  "The Battle of Brooklyn"
  "Hell Fighters from Harlem"
  "Horses, Hitler, and the German Army"
  "The Jewish Contribution in The Civil War"
  "Winston Churchill and the Dardanelles"
  "Warfare in Roman Britain"
  "My Lai and the International Criminal Court,"
  "Taranto: Europe's Pearl Harbor?"
  "Warfare Among the Northwest Coast Indians"
  "Eighteenth Century British Amphibious Operations in the Caribbean"
  "Women Writers, National Socialism, and World War II"
  "Airpower in the Spanish Civil War"
  NYMAS talks are frequently broadcast on CSPAN's American History TV
  NYMAS conferences have dealt with such topics as "The New Balkan Wars", "1942: Year of Decision", "The Novelist and the Historian", "The Invasion of Japan, 1945", "Military Operations on the Eastern Front, 1944-1945", "Longstreet Reconsidered", which led to the publication of James Longstreet: The Man, the Soldier, the Controversy (1998), and "The Makers of Non-Western Strategy."
  NYMAS often co-sponsors events, over the years having partnered with the CUNY Office of Veterans' Affairs, Independent Network News, the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy, the New York City CWRT, the New York University East Asian Studies Program, the Western Front Association, Weaponry (radio program) on WBAI, and other groups in arranging lectures or conferences.
  In addition to lectures and conferences, NYMAS has occasionally sponsored or co-sponsored special events, such as museum tours, film screenings, staff rides, and historical re-enactments.
caption: Robert Miller: Executive Director of NYMAS; 2015
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