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Teaching Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Russian history; Chinese history; and American foreign policy since the 1930s<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n

History of the Soviet Union; the bombing of Hiroshima and the end of World War II; and American foreign policy during the Cold War<\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Books<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Vietnam War Reexamined.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017.<\/p>\n

A Brief History of Russia<\/em>. New York: Facts on File, 2008.<\/p>\n

The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb<\/em>. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Columbia Guide to the Cold War<\/em>. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.<\/p>\n

Modernization and Revolution in China<\/em>. (co\u2011author with June Grasso and Jay Corrin), Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1991. Fifth edition, Routledge, 2018.<\/p>\n

The Soviet Colossus: The Soviet Colossus: A History of the USSR<\/em>. New York: Charles Scribner\u2019s Sons, 1985. A Book of the Month Club Alternate Selection, 1985. Currently published as:\u00a0<\/span>The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Seventh edition. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2010.<\/p>\n

Articles<\/h4>\n

\u201cHiroshima to Rekishika: Shusei shugi no kobo\u201d [\u201cHistorians and Hiroshima: The Rise and Fall of Revisionism\u201d].\u00a0<\/span>Doshisha hogaku<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>[The Doshisha Law Review<\/em>] 60, no. 6 (January 31, 2009), 471-491.<\/p>\n

\u201cComments on Choices Under Fire.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Historically Speaking<\/em>, March\/April 2008, 41-43.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Historiography of Hiroshima: The Rise and Fall of Revisionism.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>The New England Journal of History<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>64, no.1 (Fall 2007), 31-48.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarry S. Truman (1945-1953).\u201d In\u00a0<\/span>U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy: 1789 to the Present<\/em>, edited by Carl C. Hodge and Cathal J. Nolan, 263-267.\u00a0 Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cRacing the Enemy: A Critical Look.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Historically Speaking<\/em>, January\/February 2006, 22-24.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Delivery of Primary Health Care in American Public Schools.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Journal of School Health<\/em>, December 1984, 453-457<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Soviet Economy and the Plight of Soviet Jewry,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Midstream<\/em>, June\/July 1984, 12-15<\/p>\n

\u201cQuotas and Jewish History,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Midstream<\/em>, May 1978, 50-51<\/p>\n

Other Professional Activity and\/or Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Historical Society.<\/p>\n

National Association of Scholars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35954,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35953\/revisions\/35954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}