Arnold A. Offner Explained
| Arnold A. Offner |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn |
| Occupation: | Professor Emeritus |
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| Spouse: | Ellen Siegel Offner, m.1962 |
| Children: | Deborah and Michael |
| Parents: | Helen Wolowitz and Samuel Offner |
| Relatives: | Grandchildren: Julia Roth, Callie, Maddy, and Jason Offner |
| Education: | Columbia University (BA)
Indiana University (PhD) |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Robert H. Ferrell |
| Era: | Twentieth Century |
| Discipline: | History |
| Workplaces: | Syracuse University
Boston University
Lafayette College |
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
Offner grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a B.A. from Columbia University in 1959, and an M.A. in 1960 and Ph.D in 1964 from Indiana University. 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
- Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1953 Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002., [4] [5]
- The Origins of the Second World War: American Foreign Policy and World Politics, 1917-1941, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973.,
- American Appeasement: United States Foreign Policy and Germany, 1933-1938, Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965; New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.,
- Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country Yale University Press, 2018., [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. 10.1111/j.1540-6563.1962.tb01734.x. 0018-2370.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Arnold Offner - Past Position . shafr.org . The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations . 19 September 2018 .
- APA Awards Outstanding Psychology Teachers with Excellence in Teaching Award. Offner. Arnold. 2009. 10.1037/e595082009-001.
- Web site: Retiring Faculty Elected to Emeritus Status · News · Lafayette College. news.lafayette.edu. 16 May 2012 . 2018-09-19.
- News: Nonfiction Book Review: Another Such Victory - President Truman and the Cold War, 1945–1953 by Arnold A. Offner, Author. Stanford Univ. (656p) ISBN 978-0-8047-4254-2. PublishersWeekly.com. 2018-09-16.
- Miscamble. Wilson D.. 2003. Revisionism Revived - Arnold A. Offner: Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945–1953. (Stanford, CA.: Stanford University Press, 2002. Pp. Xviii, 626.). The Review of Politics. 65. 2. 304–306. 10.1017/S0034670500050099. 145729024 . 1748-6858.
- News: 'Hubert Humphrey' Review: The Man From Minnesota. Kosner. Edward. 2018-08-31. Wall Street Journal. 2018-09-16. 0099-9660.
- News: New book on a favorite son holds timeless truths and tantalizing what ifs. Star Tribune. 2018-09-16.
