Harry S. Laver

Harry S. Laver is the Maj. Gen. William A. Stofft Chair of Historical Research at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College who specializes in the American Civil War and World War II Europe. His publications include, Grant and His Generals (Southern Illinois University Press, 2026), A General Who Will Fight: The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant (University Press of Kentucky, 2013), and as co-editor, The Art of Command: American Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell (University Press of Kentucky, second edition, 2017). From 2013 to 2014 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Ireland at Maynooth. He has lectured at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; the Irish Defense Forces’ Military College, Naval Cadet Course, and Senior Naval NCOs Course; the Indonesian Defense University in Jakarta, and numerous business and community organizations and universities.