McManus discusses Grant, Eisenhower
Posted by Velvet Hasner
Dr. John McManus spoke at the MU Extension Barton County banquet on Feb. 11 in Lamar, Missouri. His talk was titled “Grant and Eisenhower: Two Generals Who Became Presidents.”
McManus is Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history. As a Presidential Engagement Fellow, he represents the University of Missouri System at speaking events throughout the state.
During the 2018-19 academic year, McManus was in residence at the U.S. Naval Academy as the Leo A. Shifrin Chair of Military History. He is currently working on a two-volume history of the U.S. Army in the Pacific and Asia theater during World War II. The first book of this series, Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. Army in the Pacific, 1941-1943, was published in 2019.
Posted by Velvet Hasner
