Jonathan Haslam (born January 15, 1951) is George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the

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in Princeton and Professor of the History of International Relations at the

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with a special interest in the former

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. He has written many books about Soviet foreign policy and ideology.

Education and career

Haslam studied at the

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(B.Sc.Econ 1972),

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(M.Litt. 1978), and was awarded his Ph.D. at the

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in 1984. He has lectured at many institutions including: the University of Birmingham 1975–1984;

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, 1984–1986;

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, 1987–1988;

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, 1988–1992;

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1996;

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, 2001; Stanford University, 1986–1987, 1994, 2005; and the

1991–2015. Haslam joined the faculty of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study on July 1, 2015. Most of Haslam's works deal with the history of the Soviet Union. During his tenure at the University of Cambridge, he wrote: "My first political memory was the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. It was the only time I saw my father afraid as he thought it entirely possible–through his London contacts–that we would all be blown up. Now I know how close we came. I have thus spent most of my life in pursuit of an explanation for the Cold War by focusing on the Soviet Union."Professor Jonathan Haslam: Professor of History of International Relations, University of Cambridge
, The British Academy for the humanities and social sciences, 2009

Bibliography

* ''The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II.'' Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021, * ''Near and Distant Neighbors: A New History of Soviet Intelligence''. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015, * ''Russia's Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011, * '' The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile: A Case of Assisted Suicide''. London, New York: Verso, 2005, * ''The Soviet Union and the Threat from the East''. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992, * ''The Soviet Union and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons in Europe, 1969–87''. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1990, * ''The Soviet Union and the Struggle for Collective Security in Europe, 1933–39''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984, *
Soviet Foreign Policy, 1930–33: The Impact of the Depression
'. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983,

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External links

Home page of Jonathan Haslam at The Institute for Advanced Study

Home page of Jonathan Haslam at University of Cambridge

Curriculum vitae of Jonathan Haslam at the Institute for Advanced Study
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