| Arnold A. Offner | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | (1937-09-06) September 6, 1937 (age 87) 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 University (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.
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.
Works
- Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1953 Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002. ISBN 9780804747745, OCLC 470193652
- 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, MA: 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
- “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
- "Arnold Offner - Past Position". shafr.org. The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Retrieved 19 September 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. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- "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. Retrieved 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. doi:10.1017/S0034670500050099. ISSN 1748-6858. S2CID 145729024.
- Kosner, Edward (2018-08-31). "'Hubert Humphrey' Review: The Man From Minnesota". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- "New book on a favorite son holds timeless truths and tantalizing what ifs". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
External links
- Official website Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
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- Historians from New York (state)
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- Columbia College (New York) alumni
- Indiana University alumni
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- Syracuse University faculty
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