Michael Zomber Thesis

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Author, historian and collector Michael Zomber's passion about arms and armor is evident in all of his endeavors. As an author, Zomber's antique Japanese arms and armor expertise is evident in Shogun Iemitsu: War And Romance In 17th Century Tokugawa Japan, while his interest in American history, especially the Civil War, is evident in Sweet Betsy That's Me: A Child of the Civil War and A Son of Kentucky. Zomber has also written The Soul of the Samurai,a full-length documentary, which he also produced.

Despite often writing about war, Michael Zomber champions causes that espouse peace, including Global Exchange, UNICEF, Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders. Along with his wife, Andrea, Zomber also support the Randolph Bourne Institute,

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