Ronald E. Powaski (June 15, 1943 – November 2019) was an American

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and teacher. He taught

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in high schools and colleges in Ohio and wrote on the

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of the

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and

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Biography

Early life and education

Ronald Powaski graduated from

Cathedral Latin High School Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is a coeducational, Catholic college-preparatory school in Chardon, Ohio, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame.. Background The school began as Notre Dame Academy, an all-girls school founded in 1878. The school mo ...

in 1960. He earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in history from John Carroll University in 1964 and 1966 and his PhD from

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...

in Cleveland in 1972 with a dissertation entitled "Great Britain and the Manchurian crisis, 1931-1933".

Career

Powaski taught history at Euclid Senior High School in

Euclid, Ohio Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an inner ring suburb of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 49,692. History The City of Euclid was originally a part of Euclid Township, first map ...

. : He also taught at

Cleveland State University Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. ...

, John Carroll University, and

Ashland University Ashland University is a private university in Ashland, Ohio. The university consists of a main campus and several off-campus centers throughout central and northern Ohio. Ashland was founded in 1878 as Ashland College. It is affiliated with The ...

In 1989 he published ''March to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present''. In the next two decades, he published 11 books covering the nuclear arms race, the creation of NATO, World War II, presidential statecraft, and presidential foreign policies.

Books

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Commentaries

* * Powaski, Ronald E. "Bush's Nuclear Folly." ''

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'' 189, no. 3 (August 4, 2003): 7. Education Research Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed March 30, 2010).

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Ronald E. Powaski
nndb.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Powaski, Ronald Edward Contemporary historians Historians of the United States Cold War historians Historians of World War II American military historians American male non-fiction writers Cleveland State University faculty Case Western Reserve University alumni People from Euclid, Ohio 1943 births 2019 deaths Historians from Ohio