Beau Cleland is a historian at the University of Calgary. His areas of research interest include the U.S. Civil War era, privatized violence and diplomacy, filibusters, pirates, and the seedy side of 19th-century war and diplomacy.

Beau Cleland is a historian at the University of Calgary. His areas of research interest include the U.S. Civil War era, privatized violence and diplomacy, filibusters, pirates, and the seedy side of 19th-century war and diplomacy.