Thomas Faith
Thomas Faith
Adjunct Faculty
Historical Document Editing, Digital History, World War I, Military History, Diplomatic History
Thomas Faith is a historian at the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Historian. His research interests include U.S. diplomatic and military history, with a particular focus on World War I, as well as digital history methods and historical document editing.
Selected Publications
“Cruelty or Military Necessity: Poison Gas and U.S. Security in WWI,” in U.S. Security Issues and World War I. Edited by Craig Greathouse and Austin Riede. Dahlonega, GA: University of North Georgia Press, 2023, 187–210.
“‘It Would Be Very Well If We Could Avoid It:’ General Pershing and Chemical Warfare,” The Historian, 78:3 (Fall 2016): 469–485.
Behind the Gas Mask: The U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in War and Peace. Champaign, IL: The University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Courses Taught
HIST 692: Historical Editing
Education
Ph.D., George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2008
M.A., George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2004
B.A., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
In the Media
“Remember the Lusitania,” Consolation Prize. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (April 19, 2022) https://www.r2studios.org/show/consolation-prize/remember-the-lusitania/
“The Long History of Chemical Weapons in Civilian Law Enforcement,” The Washington Post Made by History blog (September 26, 2020) https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/26/long-history-chemical-weapons-civilian-law-enforcement/