Robert Dallek

Robert Dallek ( born May 16, 1934 in New York ) is an American historian. His main research interests are foreign policy and the biographies of various presidents of the United States of the 20th century.

Life

Dallek studied history at the University of Illinois. In 1964 he completed his studies at Columbia University in New York City with a dissertation about the historian William E. Dodd ( 1869-1940 ). He then taught at the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1979 he was awarded the Bank Croft Prize from Columbia University for his work on Franklin D. Roosevelt and American foreign policy. From 1994 to 1995 he held a visiting professorship at the University of Oxford. Subsequently, he was a professor of history at Boston University. 2004/2005 he was a visiting professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Since 2007 he has taught at Stanford University in California.

Works (selection)

  • Democrat and Diplomat: The Life of William E. Dodd. Oxford University Press, New York 1968
  • In 1898. McKinley's decision. The United States Declares War on Spain. Chelsea House, New York 1969
  • The Roosevelt Diplomacy and World War II, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York 1970
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945. Oxford University Press, New York 1979
  • The American Style of Foreign Policy. Cultural Politics and Foreign Affairs. Knopf, New York 1983
  • Lone Star Rising. Lyndon Johnson and his Times, 1908-1960. Oxford University Press, New York 1991
  • Hail to the Chief. The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents. Hyperion, New York 1996
  • Flawed Giant. Lyndon Johnson and his Times, 1961-1973. Oxford University Press, New York 1998
  • An Unfinished Life. John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963. Little, Brown, and Co., Boston 2003 ( dt: .. John F. Kennedy Unfinished Life Übers Klaus Binder, Bernd linen weaver, Peter Torberg, DVA, Stuttgart 2003)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President. Oxford University Press, New York 2004
  • Nixon and Kissinger. Partners in Power. Harper Collins, New York 2007
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