Born: 1963
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Historian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Embers of War

    University: BA Political Science, Simon Fraser University
    University: MA History, University of Oregon
    University: PhD History of American Foreign Relations, Yale University
    Professor: University of California at Santa Barbara
    Professor: History, Cornell University (2004-)

    Pulitzer Prize for History 2013 for Embers of War

Author of books:
The Origins of the Vietnam War (2001, history)
Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam (2001, history)
America's Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity (2009, history)
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam (2012, history)

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