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Richard Thornton

Professor of History and International Affairs

2100 Foxhall Rd., Academic 321 Phone: (202) 242-6670
Washington, D.C. 20052 Email: rthornto@gwu.edu

Professor Richard Thornton

Richard Thornton writes on recent political developments in China and Russia, U.S. foreign relations, and Sino-Soviet Relations. He is now completing the third volume in his the Reagan Revolution series, entitled Defeating the Soviet Challenge. (Complete C.V.)

Selected Publications

The Reagan Revolution II: Rebuilding the Western Alliance. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2006.

The Reagan Revolution I: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy. Victoria, B.C.: Trafford, 2003.

Odd Man Out: Truman, Staliln, Mao, and the Origins of the Korean War. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2000.

Falklands Sting: Reagan, Thatcher, and Argentina's Bomb. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1998.

Courses Taught

Hist 101W: Writing Cold War History
Hist 101W: Writing Modern Chinese History
Hist 137: American Foreign Policy from World War II to Vietnam
Hist 138: American Foreign Policy from Vietnam to Reagan
Hist 188: History of Chinese Communism
Hist 253-54: History of Sino-Soviet Relations
Hist 255-56: U.S.-Soviet Strategic Relations: World War II to 1991
Hist 259-60: Problems in U.S.-Soviet-Chinese Relations

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington, 1966.

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