MAJ Eric V. Muirhead Assistant Professor History & War Studies eric.muirhead [at] westpoint.edu About Education MAJ Eric V. Muirhead is an assistant professor in the Department of History & War Studies at the United States Military Academy.He has taught courses in Asian warfare and politics, regional studies in East Asia, and the history of the United States Army. He is an armor officer with operational deployments to Afghanistan and the Republic of Korea.MAJ Muirhead's research interests include German and Japanese military culture during World War II, the philosophy of Asian martial arts, and Early Modern China and Japan. Master in Operational Studies - U.S. Army Command and General Staff CollegeM.A., History - University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleB.A., Psychology - College of William and Mary