Professor Kevin D. McCranie, the Philip A. Crowl Professor of Comparative Strategy, specializes in warfare at sea, navies, sea power, and joint operations during the “Age of Sail,” he is the author of Admiral Lord Keith and the Naval War against Napoleon (University Press of Florida, 2006), as well as Utmost Gallantry: The U.S. and Royal Navies at Sea in the War of 1812 (Naval Institute Press, 2011). His articles have appeared in Naval History, The Journal of Military History, and The Northern Mariner.