Arnold A. Offner
Arnold A. Offner | |
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| Born | September 6, 1937 Brooklyn |
| Occupation | Professor Emeritus |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Siegel Offner, m.1962 |
| Children | Deborah and Michael |
| Parent(s) | Helen Wolowitz and Samuel Offner |
| Relatives | Grandchildren: Julia Roth, Callie, Maddy, and Jason Offner |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Columbia College (BA) Indiana University (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert H. Ferrell |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Twentieth Century |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Syracuse University Boston University Lafayette College |
| Website | www |
Arnold A. Offner (born September 6, 1937, Brooklyn) is an American historian, and Cornelia F. Hugel Professor of History Emeritus at Lafayette College. He is a past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.[1]
Life
[edit]Offner grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a B.A. from Columbia College in 1959, and an M.A. in 1960 and Ph.D in 1964 from Indiana University[which?]. He taught at Syracuse University, Boston University, and Lafayette College. He has won numerous awards for his scholarship and teaching. He resides in Newton, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ellen.[2][3]
Works
[edit]- Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1953 Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002. ISBN 9780804747745, OCLC 470193652[4][5]
- The Origins of the Second World War: American Foreign Policy and World Politics, 1917-1941, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973. ISBN 9780894643200, OCLC 847437948
- American Appeasement: United States Foreign Policy and Germany, 1933-1938, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965; New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. ISBN 9780393008012, OCLC 957963637
- Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country Yale University Press, 2018. ISBN 9780300222395, OCLC 1024158677[6][7]
- “How the South Made Hubert Humphrey Care About Race,”
- Offner, Arnold A. (August 1962). "William E. Dodd: Romantic Historian and Diplomatic Cassandra". The Historian. 24 (4): 451–469. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1962.tb01734.x. ISSN 0018-2370.
References
[edit]- ^ "Arnold Offner - Past Position". shafr.org. The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ Offner, Arnold (2009). "APA Awards Outstanding Psychology Teachers with Excellence in Teaching Award". doi:10.1037/e595082009-001.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Retiring Faculty Elected to Emeritus Status · News · Lafayette College". news.lafayette.edu. May 16, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Another Such Victory - President Truman and the Cold War, 1945–1953 by Arnold A. Offner, Author. Stanford University (656p) ISBN 978-0-8047-4254-2". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ^ Miscamble, Wilson D. (2003). "Revisionism Revived - Arnold A. Offner: Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945–1953. (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2002. Pp. Xviii, 626.)". The Review of Politics. 65 (2): 304–306. doi:10.1017/S0034670500050099. ISSN 1748-6858. S2CID 145729024.
- ^ Kosner, Edward (August 31, 2018). "'Hubert Humphrey' Review: The Man From Minnesota". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ^ "New book on a favorite son holds timeless truths and tantalizing what ifs". Star Tribune. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
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