Melvyn P. Leffler
Melvyn Paul Leffler (born May 31, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York)[1] is an American historian and educator, currently Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia.[2]
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Life
The son of businessman Louis and Mollie Leffler, he married historian Phyllis Koran on September 1, 1968; they had one daughter, Sarah Ann.
Education
Leffler received a B.S. from Cornell University in 1966, and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1972.
Career
Leffler taught at Vanderbilt University as assistant professor in 1972-77, and associate professor of history in 1977-2002. He was chairman of the department of history and dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia in 1997-2001. In 1994 he was president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He was Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History at the University of Oxford in 2002-2003.
Awards
- 2008 George Louis Beer Prize for For the Soul of Mankind: the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War
- 2004-2005 Randolph Jennings Fellow, United States Institute of Peace
- 2004-2005 Henry Kissinger Fellow, Library of Congress [3]
- 2001-2002 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellow
- 1993 Bancroft Prize for A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration and the Cold War
- 1993 Ferrell Prize
- 1993 Hoover Prizes
- 1993, 1997 Norwegian Nobel Peace Institute Fellowship
- 1973, 1984-85 American Council of Learned Societies, Fellowships, Grants-in-Aid
- 1984-85 Lehrman Institute Fellowship
Selected publications
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- "Inside Enemy Archives: The Cold War Reopened", Foreign Affairs, July/August 1996
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Editor
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References
External links
- "Capsule Reviews: For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War", Foreign Affairs, G. John Ikenberry, November/December 2007
- "Capsule Reviews: A Preponderance Of Power: National Security, The Truman Administration, And The Cold War", Foreign Affairs, Gaddis Smith, Spring 1992
- "Capsule Reviews: To Lead the World: After the Bush Doctrine", Foreign Affairs, Walter Russell Mead, November/December 2008 1231
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