Neil R. McMillen (born 1939) is an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

, and

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University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...

Life

He graduated from the

with a BA and MA, and from

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

with a

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. His papers are held at University of Southern Mississippi.

Awards

* 1990 Bancroft Prize * 1990 Gustavus Myers Prize * 1990 McLemore Prize * 1990 Pulitzer Prize finalist * 2005 B. L. C. Wailes Award

Works

*"The American Reaction to the Rise of Nazi Germany, March, 1933 - March, 1934" (USM thesis, 1963) * * (7th Edition 1992) * * (1st edition 1971) * *

References

21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers University of Southern Mississippi faculty University of Southern Mississippi alumni Vanderbilt University alumni Living people Bancroft Prize winners American male non-fiction writers 1939 births {{US-historian-stub