Pulitzer Prize for History
1 appearances
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Edition 44 (1961) Winner
Herbert Feis
ハーバート・ファイズ
Hābāto Feisu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1893-06-07 （New York City）
- Died
- 1972-03-02 age 78
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- New York City (Lower East Side to Upper West Side)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, author, economist, Advisor on International Economic Affairs
- Active Years
- 1920-1972
- Affiliations
- US Department of State, Council on Foreign Relations
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | Economics | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Harvard University
Economics
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Graduated from Harvard College, earned Ph.D. in Economics
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Pulitzer Prize for History | Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference | History | Columbia University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for History
1961
Work:
Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference
Category:
History
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference
1960 HistoryFeatures the Potsdam Conference and origins of the Cold War
Potsdam ConferenceCold War origins
Europe, the World's Banker, 1870-1914
1930 Economic HistoryAccount of European foreign investment and world finance-diplomacy connection
International FinancePre-WWI
The Road to Pearl Harbor: The Coming of the War Between the United States and Japan
1950 HistoryComing of war between US and Japan
Pacific WarDiplomacy
Bibliography
- The Settlement of Wage Disputes (1921)
- Europe the World's Banker, 1870-1914 (1930)
- The Changing Pattern of International Economic Affairs (1940)
- Seen from E.A.: Three International Episodes (1947)
- The Spanish Story: Franco and the Nations at War (1948)
- The Road to Pearl Harbor (1950)
- The China Tangle (1953)
- Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin (1957)
- Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference (1960)
- Japan Subdued: The Atomic Bomb and the End of the War in the Pacific (1961)
- The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II (1966)
- 1933: Characters in Crisis (1966)
- Contest over Japan (1967)
- The Birth of Israel (1969)
- From Trust to Terror: The Onset of the Cold War, 1945–1950 (1970)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Objective analysisInsider perspective historical narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- WWII diplomacyCold War originsUS foreign policy
Legacy
Leading scholar of U.S. diplomatic history during WWII. Pulitzer winner. Namesake of Herbert Feis Award by AHA.
Academic Societies
- American Historical Association
In Popular Culture
- Herbert Feis Award by American Historical Association
Trivia
- Parents were Jewish immigrants from Alsace, France
- Married Ruth Stanley-Brown, granddaughter of President James Garfield
- Uncle invented the Waterman stove