Randall B. Woods Explained

Randall Bennett Woods (born October 10, 1944) is an American historian. His research focuses on the history of the United States, as well as its foreign policy history.^[1]

Woods has been the John A. Cooper Professor of History at University of Arkansas since 1984.^[2]

Life

Woods graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. After completing his doctorate, Woods began teaching at the University of Arkansas, serving as an assistant professor from 1972 to 1977, an associate professor from 1977 to 1979, a professor from 1979 to 1995, and a distinguished professor since 1995.^[3]

He was Stanley Kaplan Visiting Professor of American Foreign Policy at Williams College from 2009 to 2010 . In 2012, he was Mellon Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University.^[4] From 2013 to 2014, he was John G. Winant Visiting Professor of American Government at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford .

His book Fulbright: A Biography won the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in 1996 . It was also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award .

His work appeared in American Heritage.^[5]

Works

• Book: Woods, Randall Bennett . The Roosevelt Foreign-policy Establishment and the "good Neighbor" . 1979 . University Press of Kansas . 978-0-7006-0188-2 . Lawrence.
• Book: Woods . Randall Bennett . Dawning of the Cold War . Jones . Howard . 1994 . I. R. Dee . 978-1-56663-047-4 . Chicago, Ill.
• Book: Woods, Randall Bennett . Fulbright . 1995-06-30 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-48262-2 . Cambridge [UK] ; New York . ocm71347489.
• Book: Woods, Randall Bennett . J. William Fulbright, Vietnam, and the Search for a Cold War Foreign Policy . 1998-02-13 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-58800-3 . Cambridge ; New York.
• Book: Woods, Randall Bennett . Quest for Identity . 2005-03-07 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-54997-4 . Cambridge ; New York, NY.
• Book: Woods, Randall Bennett . LBJ . August 2006 . Free Press . 978-0-684-83458-0 . New York . ocm65820366. ^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Book: Woods, Randall Bennett . A Changing of the Guard . July 2008 . University of North Carolina Press . 978-0-8078-5941-4.
• Book: Woods, Randall B. . Shadow Warrior . 2013-04-09 . Basic Books . 978-0-465-02194-9 . New York. ^{[9] [10]}
• Book: Woods, Randall Bennett . A Black Odyssey . 2021-10-08 . University Press of Kansas . 978-0-7006-3180-3.
• Book: Woods, R. . John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People . Penguin Publishing Group . 2024 . 978-0-593-18725-8 . ^[11]

References

1. Web site: Woods, Randall Bennett 1944- Encyclopedia.com . 2024-07-02 . www.encyclopedia.com.
2. Web site: Distinguished Historian Randall Woods to Speak on John Quincy Adams . 2024-07-02 . University of Arkansas News . en.
3. Web site: Faculty History University of Arkansas . 2024-07-02 . history.uark.edu.
4. Web site: 2012-01-26 . Randall B. Woods . 2024-07-02 . Revisiting The Great Society: the Role of Government from FDR and LBJ to Today . en-US.
5. Web site: Author: Woods B. Randall(Randall B. Woods) . 2024-07-02 . www.americanheritage.com.
6. News: Brinkley . Review by Alan . 2006-08-20 . The Making of a War President . 2024-07-05 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
7. Woods . Randall B. . 2016-04-05 . How the Great Society Reforms of the 1960s Were Different From the New Deal . 2024-07-05 . TIME . en.
8. Web site: 2016-05-22 . Professor's book on 36th president portrays 'tragic' LBJ Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . 2024-07-05 . www.nwaonline.com . en.
9. Web site: 2013-04-06 . Book review: 'Shadow Warrior: The Life of William Egan Colby,' by Randall B. Woods . 2024-07-05 . Dallas News . en.
10. News: Thomas . Evan . 2013-05-03 . The Gray Man . 2024-07-05 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
11. Web site: Lengel . Edward G. . July 2, 2024 . 'John Quincy Adams' Review: Standing on Principle . WSJ.