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Andrew Malcolm Preston

アンドリュー・マルコム・プレストン

Andoryū Marukomu Puresuton

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1973 (Brockville, Ontario, Canada)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Ontario, Canada → Virginia, USA

Career

Occupations
historian
Active Years
2001-2024
Affiliations
University of Victoria, Yale University, Clare College, Cambridge, University of Virginia
Memberships
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

Education

University of Toronto
History
Degree: BA
Country: Canada
London School of Economics
History
Degree: MA
Country: United Kingdom
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
History
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Thesis: The Little State Department

Awards

Charles Taylor Prize
2013
Work: Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy

2012 History

A history of religion's role in American war and diplomacy.

religiondiplomacyAmerican history

The War Council: McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam

2006 History

Examines McGeorge Bundy, the NSC, and Vietnam.

Vietnam WarNational Security Council

Nixon in the World: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1969–1977

2008 History

Analyzes U.S. foreign relations under Nixon.

Nixon administrationforeign policy

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed archival researchscholarly narrative
Recurring Motifs
American foreign relationsreligion and politics

Legacy

Canadian historian specializing in American history. Winner of the Charles Taylor Prize, currently professor at the University of Virginia.

Academic Societies

  • Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations