Dr Jon Chandler Featured in Declaration of Independence Podcast Series

Dr Jon Chandler recently appeared on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 250 Years of the Declaration of Independence, an interdisciplinary podcast series produced and hosted by Dr Andrew Sola with the Amerikazentrum Hamburg to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 

The series features scholars from the United States and around the world exploring the Declaration’s origins, meanings, and legacies. Jon’s episode, ‘Creating the Continental Army: Civil-Military Relations and the Declaration of Independence,’ examines the military grievances listed in the Declaration, including objections to standing armies, the independence of military power from civil authority, and the conduct of war against American civilians.