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Richard M. Watt
Birth Name:Richard Martin Watt
Birth Date:November 10, 1930
Birth Place:La Grange, Illinois, United States
Death Place:Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Nationality:American

Richard M. Watt (November 10, 1930 – January 25, 2015) was an American historian and writer.

Biography

Richard Martin Watt was born on November 10, 1930, in La Grange, Illinois, United States.[1] Watt attended Glen Ridge High School in Essex County, New Jersey, before reading English at Dartmouth College, graduating in the class of 1952. After graduating, Watt was commissioned as an ensign and spent three years serving in the United States Navy.

In 1963, Watt published his first book, Dare Call It Treason: The True Story of the French Army Mutinies of 1917.[2]

Watt published his second book, The Kings Depart: The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German Revolution in 1968.[3]

In 1979, he published his third book, Bitter Glory, Poland and Its Fate, 1918–1939. The New York Times praised the book for telling a "dramatic tale dramatically" and delivering 'forceful' portraits and 'sound' judgments, but described Watt's concern for historical context or analysis as "remarkably modest".[4] Anna M. Cienciala in the Slavic Review, broadly praised the work, describing it as a "well-written and well-balanced study of interwar Poland", but was critical of Watt's writings on foreign policy.[5]

Watt was a long-term supporter of and donor to the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.[6]

Watt died on January 25, 2015, at Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, New Jersey.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: June 2015. Richard Martin Watt '52. live. June 18, 2021. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Hanover, New Hampshire. June 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200607115506/https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/richard-martin-watt-%E2%80%9952.
  2. Schmitt. Hans A.. September 1964. Dare Call It Treason. Richard M. Watt. The Journal of Modern History. University of Chicago Press. 36. 3. 356–357. 10.1086/239470. 2021-06-18. 2021-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618110937/https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/239470. live.
  3. News: Plumb. J. H.. March 9, 1969. The Kings Depart. The New York Times. June 18, 2021. 0362-4331. 1645522. June 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618110922/https://www.nytimes.com/1969/03/09/archives/the-kings-depart-the-tragedy-of-germany-versailles-and-the-german.html. live.
  4. News: Stern. Fritz. October 28, 1979. Exemplary Poland. The New York Times. June 18, 2021. 0362-4331. 1645522. June 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618110923/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/28/archives/exemplary-poland-poland.html. live.
  5. Cienciala. Anna M.. 1981. Bitter Glory: Poland and Its Fate 1918 to 1939. Slavic Review. Cambridge University Press. 40. 2. 301–302. 10.2307/2496977. 2496977. 164387582 . 2021-06-18. 2021-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618110923/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/slavic-review/article/abs/bitter-glory-poland-and-its-fate-1918-to-1939-by-richard-m-watt-new-york-simon-and-schuster-1979-511-pp-32-pp-plates-1695/B0EFBBDD6BDC1694682991E7F6E2BB19. live.
  6. News: 15 March 2015. Richard M. Watt nie żyje. Richard M. Watt is dead. Nowy Dziennik. Garfield, New Jersey. June 18, 2021. 18 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618110923/https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans%3A300italic%2C400%2C400italic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%7CRoboto%3A300%2C400%2C400italic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C900&ver=9.1. live.

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