Mark E. Benbow
Department of History and Politics
Marymount University
2807 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22207
Books
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Leading Them to the Promised Land: Woodrow Wilson, Covenant
Theology and the Mexican Revolution: 1913-1915. (Kent State
University Press, 2010)
Articles and
Essays: PeerReviewed
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“Black Tom.” The Encyclopedia of U.S. Intelligence. (Taylor & Francis,
2014)
“Woodrow Wilson” International Encyclopedia of the First World War.
(www.1914-1918-online.net/ 2014)
“Wilson’s Childhood and Family Life.” A Companion to Woodrow
Wilson. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
“Diplomatic Milestones, 1898-1919: History And Analysis Of The
Nation’s Emergence As A World Power And Society’s Reaction.” The
Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy: A Diplomatic History. (DWJ Books, 2012)
“Christian Heurich: A Biography.” (German Historical Institute, online.
2012)
“Wilson’s Cartoonist: Charles Raymond Macauley and the 1912
Election.” Journalism History. (Winter 2012)
“The Old Dominion Goes Dry: Prohibition in Virginia.” Brewery History.
(Winter 2010)
"Birth of a Quotation: Woodrow Wilson and 'Like Writing History with
Lightning'." Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. (October
2010)
"The 1912 Election." Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History. (CQ Press,
2010)
"The Sixteenth Amendment." Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History.
(CQ Press, 2010)
"'All the Brains I Can Borrow:’ Woodrow Wilson and Intelligence
Gathering in Mexico, 1913-1915." Studies in Intelligence. (December
2007)
"Woodrow Wilson." Encyclopedia Virginia. (Virginia Foundation for the
Humanities) www.encyclopediavirginia.org/ (2007)
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Reviews
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“Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America’s Entry into World
War I.” Book Review. Diplomatic History. (in press)
“Progressives at War: William G. McAdoo and Newton D. Baker, 18631941” Book Review. Journal of American History. (March 2014)
“A Companion to World War I” Book Review. Journal of the Gilded Age
and Progressive Era. 13/1 (January 2014)
"In Plain Sight: Felix A. Sommerfeld: Spymaster in Mexico, 1908 to
1914" Book Review. Studies in Intelligence. (September, 2013)
“"The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson" Book Review.
Presidential Studies Quarterly. (Presidential Studies Quarterly,
December 2012)
“George D. Herron and the Eschatological Foundations of Woodrow
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Articles and
Essays: Not
Peer-Reviewed
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Papers &
Presentations
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Wilson’s Foreign Policy, 1917-1919” H-DIPLO article review. (February
2012)
"The Will to Believe" Book Review. The Register of the Kentucky
Historical Society. (Winter 2009)
"The Mexican Revolution in El Paso" Book Review. Studies in
Intelligence. (December 2009)
"Bryan in Brief" H-Net Book Review of Gerald Leinwand, William
Jennings Bryan: An Uncertain Trumpet. (H-SHGAPE, June 2008)
“Holding the Line” Arlington Magazine. (November-December 2013)
“Camp Life for Union Soldiers in Arlington” The Arlington Historical
Magazine. (October 2013)
“Allison’s Little Tea House” The Arlington Historical Magazine. (October
2012)
“The Prohibition Two-Step: Two Steps In, Two Steps Out.” American
Breweriana Journal. 166 (July-August, 2010)
2014: “Enemies in our Midst!: Anti-German Fears in Washington, D.C.
During the First World War” Minorities and the First World War,
University of Chester, UK.
2014: “Liquid Bread: Brewery Advertising Countering the Prohibition
Campaign, 1900-1920” American Historical Association Washington,
D.C..
2013: Panel Chair, “Popular Culture in the Age of Theodore Roosevelt”
Popular Culture Association, Washington, D.C.
2013: “Learning to Love the Antiquarians: The Collector Community as
a Museum Resource.” Popular Culture Association, Washington, D.C.
2011: “Woodrow Wilson and the Paper Chase: Wilson at UVA, 18791880.” The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, Wilson Day Dinner.
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2010: “Germany is My Mother, but America is My Bride: Christian
Heurich and Anti-German Sentiment in Washington, D.C. During World
War I.” Organization of American Historians, Washington, D.C.
2010: “Whispers of Sabotage: Anti-German Rumors in Washington,
D.C. During World War One.” Popular Culture Association, St. Louis,
Missouri
2009: "That Unspeakable Person: Henry Lane Wilson, Woodrow
Wilson and the Mexican Revolution." Society for Historians of American
Foreign Relations, Falls Church, Virginia
2009: "Vindicating the Confederacy: The Reverend James H. McNeilly
and Woodrow Wilson." American Historical Association. New York
2007: “All the Brains I Can Borrow:’ Woodrow Wilson and Intelligence
Gathering in Mexico, 1913-1915.” Society for Historians of American
Foreign Relations, Chantilly, Virginia
2007: “Birth of a Quotation: Woodrow Wilson and ‘History Written with
Lightning.’” Popular Culture Association, Boston, Massachusetts
2006: Panel Moderator “The Seeds of Wilsonianism.” Woodrow Wilson
150 Symposium, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, Washington, D.C.
2006: “Thus the Country Goes Dry: Woodrow Wilson, the Washington
Press, and Prohibition.” Popular Culture Association, Atlanta, Georgia
2005: “Wilson’s Cartoonist: Charles R. Macaulay and the New York
World.” Popular Culture Association, San Diego, California
2004: “From the Old Way to the New: Woodrow Wilson’s 1912
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Campaign Film.” Woodrow Wilson Symposium, Woodrow Wilson
Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
2004: “From the Old Way to the New: Woodrow Wilson’s 1912
Campaign Film.” Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, Texas
Commentator
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"Prohibition in the United States" (BBC Farsi-Language) January 2009
"Secrets of World War I" (A&E, 2005)
Exhibits
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“Arlington’s All-Star First Baseman: George McQuinn” Arlington
Historical Museum. March-April 2014.
“Season’s Greetings from Arlington: Antique Christmas Cards and
Ornaments” Arlington Historical Museum. November 2013-January
2014.
“A Union Soldier in Arlington during the Civil War” Arlington Historical
Museum. July-October 2013.
“The Civil War Forts of Arlington. Arlington Historical Museum.
(permanent exhibit)
“Allison’s Little Tea House: 1920-1963” Arlington Historical Museum.
February-July 2013.
“The Wright Brothers in Arlington: 1908-1909” ” Arlington Historical
Museum. (permanent exhibit)
“Decorating the Tree for the Holidays: Antique Christmas Ornaments”
Arlington Historical Museum. November 2012-January 2013.
“The Pentagon and 9/11” Arlington Historical Museum. (permanent
exhibit)
“What Santa Brought Arlington: 1930-1950” Arlington Historical
Museum. November 2007-January 2008.
“Wilson 150” a traveling exhibit commemorating the birth of Woodrow
Wilson in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for
Scholars. 2006
"‘No Temperance in It:’ Woodrow Wilson and the Prohibition Movement
in Washington, D.C., 1912-1956" The Woodrow Wilson Hoise, 2005.
"Steaming With the Wilson’s: Travel in the Progressive Era" The
Woodrow Wilson House. 2003
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Group Projects
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Contributing Editor, American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to
the Literature, Latin America 1898-1919 (Society for Historians of
American Foreign Relations) online edition, 2010-ongoing
“Roundtable Discussion on Mark Benbow, Leading Them to the
Promised Land” H-Diplo. (May, 2011)
“J.R. Bolling’s Daybook” www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org. A searchable
multimedia database of over 2,000 historical events and biographies
related to Wilson’s life and political career (offline due to website
redesign)