Robert D. English
Robert David English (born 1958) is an American academic, author, historian, and international relations scholar who specializes in the history and politics of contemporary Eastern Europe, the USSR, and
Early life
Born in 1958, he received a B.A. in history from the
Career
He worked in the
In addition, he has received fellowships from places like the Institute for Advanced Study; the Princeton Society of Fellows; the U.S. Fund for Peace; the International Research & Exchanges Board; and the Ford Foundation, where he has a "'Dual Expertise Fellowship' in Soviet/East European and national security affairs."[1]
Author
He wrote parts of Rebirth: A Political History of Europe Since World War II with
His most notable work is Russia and the Idea of the West: Gorbachev, Intellectuals, and the End of the
He is working on a "book-length study," to be called Our
Recognition
In 1996, English won the Harold D. Lasswell Prize from the American Political Science Association for the work that he later used in writing Russia and the Idea of the West: Gorbachev, Intellectuals, and the End of the Cold War.
In 2001, he received the
References
Further reading
- Black, C. E., English, R. D., Helmreich, J. E., McAdams, A. J., Rebirth: A Political History of Europe Since World War II, 1999 (Westview Press Inc.)
- Chernyaev, A. S., English, R. D., Matlock, J. F. Jr., Tucker, E., My Six Years With Gorbachev: Notes from a Diary, 2000 (Penn State University Press)
- English, R. D., Russia and the Idea of the West: Gorbachev, Intellectuals, and the End of the Cold War, 2000 (Columbia University Press)