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I came to PC in 2000 after finishing my dissertation
at the University of Arkansas and teaching for a year at the University
of Louisville. While my initial area of focus was Cold War Diplomatic
History, specifically American involvement in Vietnam, over the
years that has broadened to Military History as well as the cultural
aspects of 20th-Century America. Currently, I am continuing to work
on a biography of Roger Hilsman. In case you didn’t know,
he fought in World War II, was an architect of Cold War planning
in the 1950s, and then joined the Kennedy administration as a policy
advisor for Southeast Asia. After Kennedy’s death in 1963,
Hilsman moved to academia and became a vocal critic of Lyndon Johnson’s
handling of the Vietnam War. The major reason I came to PC was that
I wanted something akin to my undergraduate experience at Gustavus
Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. There I majored in Social Studies
Education as well as History. After graduation, I got my M.A. in
Policy History at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and then
spent four years at Arkansas.
On a personal side, I have
lived in numerous places – Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, Minnesota,
Kentucky, Arkansas, and South Carolina. And while I was born and
raised as a ‘Yankee’, I’ve been in the South long
enough that when the temperature gets into the 40s I consider that
cold! I met my wife Susan in Ohio. Originally from upstate New York,
she is a speech pathologist in the local school district. We have
two wonderful boys, Patrick (6) and Shane (4), who occupy much of
my time. As for my hobbies, I am an avid college football fan, love
to travel, read, listen to music, and play with my kids.
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