Reed Bonadonna is a former infantry officer and field historian in the U.S. Marine Corps with deployments to Lebanon and Iraq and retiring with the rank of colonel. He was formerly a Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellow and Senior Fellow.
Bonadonna was also previously the director of ethics and character development at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
Bonadonna has a doctorate in English literature from Boston University and has published numerous articles on leadership and ethics. His book Soldiers and Civilization: How the Profession of Arms Thought and Fought the Modern World into Existence was published by Naval Institute Press in May, 2017.
Featured Work
MAY 9, 2019 • Podcast
Global Ethics Weekly: Ethics, Politics, & the Veteran Community, with Reed Bonadonna
Senior Fellow Reed Bonadonna, a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, discusses the role of ethics in the transition to civilian life. With presidents Eisenhower ...
NOV 19, 2018 • Transcript
The Living Legacy of the First World War
Five Fellows from "The Living Legacy of the First World War" project present their work. Their talks cover the history of war-induced psychological trauma and ...
NOV 7, 2018 • Transcript
Education for Peace: The Living Legacy of the First World War
Four Fellows from Carnegie Council's "The Living Legacy of WWI" project present their research on different aspects of the war--counterterrorism, airpower, chemical warfare, and Latin ...
JUL 23, 2018 • Article
Update on the Carnegie Council First World War Fellows, "The Living Legacy of WWI" Project
With the due date for completed projects approaching, most research completed, and interviews with all Fellows posted on the Carnegie Council website, it is a ...
MAY 29, 2018 • Transcript
The Living Legacy of WWI: Counterterrorism Strategies in the War's Aftermath, with Mary Barton
"It is important to look at terrorism from a historical perspective, to understand where the term came from and to not see it as being ...
MAY 22, 2018 • Podcast
The Living Legacy of WWI: The Legacy of American Press Censorship in World War I, with Charles Sorrie
The popular memory of WWI today was basically engineered through propaganda and censorship during the war itself, says Charles Sorrie. Those involved in any war ...
MAY 15, 2018 • Podcast
The Living Legacy of WWI: Forgotten Aspects of the Western Hemisphere & WWI, with Richard Millett
"Unknown to the rest of America, we had one regiment of Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico which was totally integrated. The rest of the military ...
MAY 8, 2018 • Podcast
The Living Legacy of WWI: Merchants of Death? The Politics of Defense Contracting, with Christopher Capozzola
In the 1930s during the run-up to WWII, many argued that arms manufacturers and bankers--"merchants of death"--had conspired to manipulate the U.S. ...
MAY 1, 2018 • Podcast
The Living Legacy of WWI: Chemical Weapons from the Great War to Syria, with Zach Dorfman
"What you stopped seeing after World War I was great power conflict involving chemical weapons, and what you started seeing was asymmetric conflicts or regional ...
APR 24, 2018 • Podcast
The Living Legacy of WWI: Jane Addams & Her Cosmopolitan Ethics, with Seiko Mimaki
"What distinguished Addams from other peace advocates was her strong emphasis on the crucial role of marginalized people, such as women, immigrants, and workers, in ...