Michael S. Neiberg

Michael S. Neiberg is a prominent American historian specializing in 20th-century military history, particularly focusing on France and Western Europe from 1914 to 1945. Born on August 2, 1969, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Neiberg earned his Ph.D. in History from Carnegie Mellon University in 1996. He serves as the inaugural Chair of War Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he also holds the position of Professor of History. Additionally, he is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Center for the Study of America and the West.

Neiberg is a leading intellectual voice on modern warfare with a specific emphasis on the First and Second World Wars in global context. He has authored or edited eighteen books, many of which have won prestigious awards such as the Harry S. Truman Prize, the Madigan Award, the Tomlinson Prize, and the Society for Military History Book Prize. His seminal works include "Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I," acclaimed as one of the five best books ever written on the war by the Wall Street Journal, and "When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Relationship," which won the 2022 Society for Military History Book Prize.

Neiberg also received the Médaille d’Or du Rayonnement Culturel from La Renaissance Française in 2017 for his contributions to preserving French culture. Beyond academia, he is a frequent media commentator and has participated in podcasts, lectures, and advisory boards related to military history and national security.