Dr. Isherwood is a graduate of Gettysburg College, Dartmouth College, and the University of Glasgow. He specializes in twentieth century British history and the First World War. His dissertation, ‘The Greater War: British Memorial Literature, 1918-1939’, concerned First World War British veterans writing about their war experiences in the 1920s and 1930s. Dr. Isherwood has taught in both the English and History Departments at Gettysburg College and in the History Department of neighboring Dickinson College. As a graduate student he taught American and European history at the University of Glasgow. In 2010-2011 he was the recipient of The General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway Military History Research Grant from the U.S. Army Military History Institute.