Marc Trachtenberg
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Dr. Marc Trachtenberg is a professor of Political Science
at the University of California, Los Angeles
. He received his Ph.D in History from the University of California, Berkeley
in 1974 and taught for many years for the history department at the University of Pennsylvania before coming to UCLA. He is the author of the following influential books : Reparation in World Politics: France and European Economic Diplomacy, 1916-1923 (Columbia University Press, 1980), A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-1963 (Princeton University Press
, 1999), History and Strategy (Princeton University Press, 1991) and The Craft of International History: A Guide to Method (Princeton University Press, 2006).
Trachtenberg was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow
in 1966-1967, a Guggenheim Fellow in 1983-1984, a German Marshall Fund
Fellow in 1994-1995, and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
's Center for Science and International Affairs in 1986-1987. In 1987 he received the American Historical Association
's George Louis Beer Prize. He maintains a website dedicated to Cold War
research.
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. He received his Ph.D in History from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1974 and taught for many years for the history department at the University of Pennsylvania before coming to UCLA. He is the author of the following influential books : Reparation in World Politics: France and European Economic Diplomacy, 1916-1923 (Columbia University Press, 1980), A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-1963 (Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
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, 1999), History and Strategy (Princeton University Press, 1991) and The Craft of International History: A Guide to Method (Princeton University Press, 2006).
Trachtenberg was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is a private non-profit foundation based in Princeton, New Jersey. It administers programs that support leadership development and build organizational capacity in education. Its current signature program is the...
in 1966-1967, a Guggenheim Fellow in 1983-1984, a German Marshall Fund
German Marshall Fund
The German Marshall Fund of the United States is a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between North America and Europe....
Fellow in 1994-1995, and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
's Center for Science and International Affairs in 1986-1987. In 1987 he received the American Historical Association
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
's George Louis Beer Prize. He maintains a website dedicated to Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
research.
External links
- http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/trachtenberg/. Trachtenberg's Cold War studies website.