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1Name:  Dr. Paul M. Kennedy
 Institution:  Yale University
 Year Elected:  1991
 Class:  3. Social Sciences
 Subdivision:  303. History Since 1715
 Residency:  Resident
 Living? :   Living
 Birth Date:  1945
   
 
Internationally known for his writings and commentaries on global political, economic and strategic issues, Paul M. Kennedy is currently J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History at Yale University. Dr. Kennedy earned his B.S. at Newcastle University and his doctorate at the University of Oxford and is a former fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University and the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn. Books such as The Samoan Tangle (1974), The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery (1976) and The Realities Behind Diplomacy: Background Influences on British External Policy (1981) reveal his mastery of diplomatic and military history, as well as his analytical precision, narrative skill, and courage in dealing with large subjects. Furthermore, he has employed comparative techniques to study the relationship between economic and military power in The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1988). Dr. Kennedy has the rare ability to use history to illuminate contemporary problems. He is on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and writes for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines. Dr. Kennedy also helped draft a report for an international commission on "The United Nations in its Second Half-Century," which was prepared for the 50th anniversary United Nations debate on how to improve the world organization, and he has co-edited two large collections of papers relating to contemporary strategic issues: The Pivotal States: A New Framework for U.S. Policy in the Developing World and From War to Peace: Altered Strategic Landscapes in the Twentieth Century. His latest book is entitled Preparing for the Twenty-First Century. In 2014 he was awarded the Hattendorf Prize for Distinguished Original Research in Maritime History by the US Naval War College.
 
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