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Biography

I am a historian of international conflict. Much of my research focuses on understanding the enemy. Some of my other research interests include:

  • History of American Foreign Policy
  • 20th-Century International History
  • World War II
  • The Vietnam War
  • Interwar Era International Affairs
  • Grad School Survival Skills

Education

  • Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000.
  • Oxford University, DPhil. Modern History, 1999.

Selected Fellowships & Awards

  • American Academy in Berlin, Bertold Beitz Fellow of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Berlin, Germany, 2024.
  • Stanford University, National Security Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, 2019–present.
  • Naval Postgraduate School, David L. Williams Outstanding Teaching Award, March 2017.
  • Stanford University, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 2011–2012.
  • German Academic Exchange Service, Finalist, DAAD Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in German and European Studies, 2012.
  • J. William Fulbright Award, Institute of International Education, 2006.
  • Kurt A. Körber Foundation, Transatlantic Idea Prize, Berlin, Germany, 2004.
  • Council on Foreign Relations, International Affairs Fellowship, 2001.
  • Brookings Institution, John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Washington, DC. 2001–2003 (declined).
  • Harvard University, Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates, Department of Government, 2001.
  • Harvard University, National Security Fellow, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1999–2000.
  • Oxford University, St. Antony's College Book Prize, 1999.