Anni Baker
Chair, Associate Professor of History
Degrees
Ph.D., Boston College
B.A., University of Maryland
Research Interests
In past projects I have studied the interaction between the U.S. armed forces and a host city in Germany; the social, cultural and political impact of military bases in Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East; and the role of family members in military society. I am now working on a book on life in the armed forces. I am writing about things like work, recreation, family life, and retirement, and how they got to be the way they are now.
Teaching Interests
History 102: Europe Since 1789. This is an entry-level course with a focus on the gradual expansion of participation in public life in Europe from the French Revolution to the present and the ideologies behind this broad development.
History 221: Russian History. This course is a survey of Russian history, emphasizing Russia's ambivalent relations with Central and Western Europe.
History 240: German History since 1648. Beginning with an examination of Germany after the Thirty Year's War, this course explores German political ideas and movements until the present time.
History 298: Military History of Europe. This course covers topics in modern European military history, including strategy and tactics, leadership, technology, and military society and culture.
History 398: Imperialism. Europe's interaction with the non-Western world is investigated in this course, with an emphasis on the development of cultures of imperialism.
History 370: European Radical Movements. This course focusses on late 19th and early 20th century ideologies such as fascism, communism, and numerous varieties of left and right wing radicalism.
History 324: Postwar Europe. The major development examined in this course is the shift from self-confident use of state power in Europe before 1945 to multilateralism and distrust of power today.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Life in the U.S. Armed Forces: (Not) Just Another Job, Praeger (forthcoming).
U.S. Soldiers Overseas: The Global Military Presence, Praeger (2004).
Wiesbaden and the Americans, 1945-2003, Wiesbaden StadtArchiv Verlag (2003).
Dissertation: "Unsere Amerikanischen Freunde?: The U.S. Air Force in Wiesbaden during the Vietnam Era, 1965-1975" (1997).