Sponsored by the Dept. of History and the Association of Graduates, United States Air Force Academy.

The first session. Harmon Memorial Lecture. The American Revolution today / John Shy -- The second session. Strategy revisited. The origins of British strategy in the War for American Independence / Ira D. Gruber -- American strategy reconsidered / Dave R. Palmer -- Commentary / George A. Billias -- The banquet address. A seaman's view of the American Revolution / John D. Hayes -- The third session. What kind of war? Civil, revolutionary, or partisan : the Loyalists and the nature of the War for Independence / Robert M. Calhoon -- The murder of the militia system in the aftermath of the American Revolution / Richard H. Kohn -- Commentary / Don Higginbotham -- The fourth session. Generalship and soldiership. Washington and his lieutenants : some problems in command / George F. Scheer -- The common soldier in the American Revolution / John R. Sellers -- Commentary / Theodore Ropp -- The wrap-up session. The sixth military history symposium in perspective. Commentary / Linda Grant DePauw ; Commentary / John D. Brett ; Commentary / Louis Morton.