Melvyn P. Leffler
Edward Stettinius Professor of History (1986)
Office Hours: Tuesday, 2-3:30; Thursday, 1:30-3
Office: Nau 452
Phone: (434) 924-6422
Email: mpl4j (at) virginia.edu
Fields & Specialties
History of U.S. Foreign RelationsEducation
B.S. Cornell 1966
Ph.D. Ohio State 1972
Publications, Awards, and Activities
In Uncertain Times: U.S. Foreign Policy After the Berlin Wall and 9/11, co-edited with Jeff Legro (Cornell University Press, 2011).
Cambridge History of the Cold War, 3 vols., co-edited with Odd Arne Westad (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
To Lead the World: American Strategy After the Bush Doctrine, co-edited with Jeff Legro (Oxford University Press, 2008).
For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War (Hill & Wang, 2007). Winner of the George Louis Beer Prize, American Historical Association, 2008.
The Specter of Communism: The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1953 (Hill & Wang, 1994).
A Preponderance of Power: National Security, The Truman Administration, and the Cold War. Stanford University Press, 1992. Winner of the Bancroft, Hoover, and Ferrell Prizes, 1993.
The Elusive Quest: America's Pursuit of European Stability and French Security, 1919-1933. University of North Carolina Press, 1979.
Graebner Prize for career achievement and contributions, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2012
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center, 2010-11.
Visiting Scholar, Christ College, Cambridge University, Fall 2007.
Randolph Jennings Fellow, United States Institute of Peace, 2004-2005.
Henry Kissinger Fellow, Library of Congress, 2004-2005.
Harmsworth Professor, University of Oxford, 2002-2003.
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center, 2001-2002.
Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 1997-2001.
President, Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations, 1994.
Fellowship, Norwegian Nobel Peace Institute, 1993, 1997, 2011.
American Council of Learned Societies, Fellowships, Grants-in-Aid, 1973, 1984-85.
Lehrman Institute Fellowship, 1984-85.
Current Research
I am currently beginning work on a book on George W. Bush and American foreign policy as well as continuing to write essays about the cold war, political economy, and national security.
