Melvyn P. Leffler is an American historian, and Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia.
Life
He graduated from Cornell University in 1966, and from Ohio State University with a Ph.D. in 1972. He taught at Vanderbilt University. He was Harmsworth Professor at the University of Oxford from 2002-2003. He was Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia, from 1997-2001. In 1994, he was President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations .
Awards
- 2008 George Louis Beer Prize, for For the Soul of Mankind: the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War
- 2004-2005 Randolph Jennings Fellow, United States Institute of Peace
- 2004-2005 Henry Kissinger Fellow, Library of Congress
- 2001-2002 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowi>
- 1993 Bancroft Prize for A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration and the Cold War
- 1993 Ferrell Prize
- 1993 Hoover Prizes
- 1993, 1997 Norwegian Nobel Peace Institute Fellowship
- 1973, 1984-85 American Council of Learned Societies, Fellowships, Grants-in-Aid
- 1984-85 Lehrman Institute Fellowship
Selected publications
References
External links
- "Capsule Reviews: For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War", Foreign Affairs, G. John Ikenberry, November/December 2007
- "Capsule Reviews: A Preponderance Of Power: National Security, The Truman Administration, And The Cold War", Foreign Affairs, Gaddis Smith, Spring 1992
- "Capsule Reviews: To Lead the World: After the Bush Doctrine", Foreign Affairs, Walter Russell Mead, November/December 2008 1231