from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1981), and taught there as a visiting assistant professor from 1981 to 1985. “Rick” Spence is Professor of History at the University of Idaho, where he has taught since 1986. She later taught for six years at American University.įormer US secretary of state Madeleine Albright has called Professor Olson “our era’s foremost chronicler of World War II politics and diplomacy.” Her books include Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network against Hitler Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight over World War II, 1939–1941 and Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour.ĭr. She then joined the Washington bureau of The Baltimore Sun, where she covered national politics and eventually the White House. She worked with the Associated Press as a national feature writer in New York, a foreign correspondent in the Moscow bureau, and a political reporter in Washington DC. She earned degrees in Political Science and Journalism at the University of Arizona (with Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude honors), followed by a master’s degree in Literature at American University.Īfter graduation, Professor Olson worked as a journalist for 10 years. Lynne Olson is a historian and New York Times best-selling author of eight books, most of which focus on World War II. Read the chat to learn more about diplomacy and war Professor Liulevicius participated in The Great Courses Professor Chat series. Liulevicius has published numerous articles and two books: War Land on the Eastern Front: Culture, National Identity, and German Occupation in World War I and The German Myth of the East, 1800 to the Present. At the university he teaches courses on modern German history, Western civilization, European diplomatic history, Nazi Germany, World War I, war and culture, 20th-century Europe, nationalism, and utopian thought. Professor Liulevicius has won many awards and honors, including the University of Tennessee's Excellence in Teaching Award and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Liulevicius served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is Lindsay Young Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.