Literature / Film Association Conference, Towson University (2003)
“We Were Soldiers: Image and Reality”

The National Archives Symposium, Washington, DC (2003)
“Through the Perilous Night: American Presidents & the Coming of War”

Marshall University, Huntington, WV (2002)
“Hollywood and the Armed Forces”

The New York Military Affairs Symposium (2002)
“Celluloid Wars: American Feature Films & the Experience of War”

University of East Anglia, UK (2002)
“The Image and Reality of U.S. Military Motion Pictures”

The United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO (2002)
“Image and Reality: The Film Industry and the U.S. Armed Service”

San Diego Independent Scholars Association (2002)
“On Being an Independent Scholar”

Conference of American Historians, Arlington, VA (2002)
“The Army, Hollywood, and the Rehabilitation of Germany”

Society for Military History, Madison, WI (2002)
“Saving Private Ryan, Image or Reality”

Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico, VA (2002)
Media Day Presentation on Hollywood and the Armed Services

Siena College World War II Conference, Loudonville, NY (2001)
“The Day of Infamy in Hollywood Motion Pictures”

Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA (2001)
“The Forgotten Portrayals of the Vietnam Experience”

National Coalition of Independent Scholars, Raleigh, NC (2000)
“Changing Images of Germany & the Holocaust in Hollywood Films”

Siena College World War II Conference, Loudonville, NY (2000)
“Alexander Sachs, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Atomic Bomb”

Military Classics Seminar, Washington, DC (2000)
“Leon Trotsky and the Balkan Wars, 1912-13"

Society for Military History, Quantico, VA (2000)
“The Road to Trinity, What Went Wrong?”

Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA (2000)
“Hair and the Army: A Religious Experience”Colloquium on Literature and Film,

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 1999
“WW II Histories into Cinematic Epics: The Limits of Dramatic License”

Society for Military History, State College, PA (1999)
Post-Vietnam Cinematic Images of the U.S. Military

Popular Culture Association, San Diego, CA (1999)
“The Deer Hunter, Myth and Reality”

Cold War Culture: Film, Fact, and Fiction, An Interdisciplinary Conference, (1999)
University of Indiana, “Rehabilitating Nazi Heroes: Rommel & von Braun”

American Historical Association, Washington, DC (1999)
“Hollywood, the Bomb, and the Origins of the Cold War”

New England Historical Association, Connecticut College (1998)
“The Motion Picture Executives’ 1945 VIP Tour of Europe”

Navy-Marine Corps History Seminar, Washington, DC (1998)
“Marines versus the Navy in Hollywood Movies”

International Association for Media & History Convention, Salisbury, MD (1997)
“Changing Images of Germany in combat movies”

Colloquium on Cinema and the Cold War, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (1997)
“Darryl Zanuck and Post-War Images of Germany & the Holocaust”

Mid-America Conference on History, Springfield, MO (1995)
"John Wayne, Navy Officer"

Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, PA (1995)
"The Military and Science Fiction films"

Society for History in the Federal Government, College Park, MD (1995)
"Research on Feature Films in the National Archives"

Popular Culture Association, Chicago, IL (1994)
"Playing at Revolution, Sidney Lumet's Running on Empty"

11th Naval History Symposium, Annapolis, MD (1993)
"Images of the U.S. Navy in Films of the l930s"

Society for the History of Technology, Washington, DC (1993)
"JFK, the Decision to Go to the Moon, & Columbus"

International Association for Media & History, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1993)
"The Marine Corps Image in Films Released during WWI"

Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD (1992)
Interdisciplinary Conference on the Vietnam War, "Hollywood's Portrayal
of the Navy in Vietnam"

North American Society for Oceanic History, Washington, DC (1992)
"The Battle of the Atlantic in Film"

American Studies Association of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey (1991)
"Hollywood and World War II"

Organization of American Historians, Washington, D.C. (l990)
"The Origins of Armed Forces Radio & Television"

International Conference on American Culture Haifa University, Haifa, Israel (1990) "The BBC and Armed Forces Radio in World War II"

Colloquium on American Culture, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel 1989 "Hollywood and the Vietnam Experience"

Conference on Vietnam & the West, University of Wales, Swansea, Wales (1988)
"Armed Forces Vietnam Network"

Society for the History of Technology, Pittsburgh, PA (1987)
"Hollywood, NASA, and the Pentagon"

Conference on Vietnam & American Culture, Manchester, England 1986 "Hollywood's Veterans: Then and Now"

American Historical Association Convention, New York, NY (1985)
"The U.S. military & the atomic bomb in World War II"

Defense Information School, Indianapolis, IN (1985) Lecture on Hollywood and the Armed Forces

American Historical Association Convention, Washington, DC (1982)
"The Hollywood/Navy Relationship"

Conference on Public History, Chicago, IL (1982) "The Army's nuclear power program"

Oral History Association Convention, Burlington, VT . (1981) "Oral History and the Law"

American Historical Association Convention, Washington, DC (1980) "Hollywood & Isolationism, l938-1941"

Mid-West Slavic Association, Cincinnati, OH (1980)
"Images of the Soviet Union in the `Why We Fight' Series"

Oral History Association, East Lansing, MI (1979) "Reliability of Oral History Interviews"

Popular Culture Association Convention, Pittsburgh, PA (1979)
"Boys to Men in Hollywood War Movies"

New England Popular Culture Association, Providence, RI (1979)"Women in War Films"

Army War College, Carlisle, PA (1978-9)
Lecturer on Hollywood and the making of the military image

Mid-West Popular Culture Association, East Lansing, MI (1978)
"Hollywood and the Vietnam Experience"

Organization of American Historians Convention, New York, NY (l978)
"Hollywood's Contribution to the World War II Victory Effort"

Popular Culture Association Convention, Cincinnati, OH (l978)
"The Military as Enemy: Hollywood Films of the 1960s"

Columbia University Film Seminar, New York (l978)
"War Films in American Society"

Duquesne History Forum, Pittsburgh, PA (1977)
"Hollywood and the Marine Image in Motion pictures"

Popular Culture Association Convention, Baltimore, MD (1977)
"Making of The Green Berets"

American Studies Association Convention, Boston, MA (1977)
"The use of oral interviews in historical research"

Organization of American Historians Convention, Atlanta, GA (1977)
"The Army and the making of From Here to Eternity"

Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Rapids, MI (1976)
"The Hollywood/Military Relationship"

Popular Culture Association Convention, Chicago, IL (1976)
"The Making of The Longest Day"