PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

"The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) is dedicated to the scholarly study of the history of American foreign relations. As such, it promotes the the study, advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of American Foreign Relations through the sponsorship of research, annual meetings, and publications."

Official Website:
https://www.shafr.org/

Location:
Murfreesboro, TN

Founding Date:
1967

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David L. Anderson	Historian	1946		Trapped by Success
Thomas A. Bailey	Historian	14-Dec-1902	26-Jul-1983	The American Pageant
Robert L. Beisner	Historian	8-Mar-1936		Twelve Against Empire
Kinley J. Brauer	Historian	16-Apr-1935	12-Feb-2003	Cotton Versus Conscience
Warren I. Cohen	Historian	20-Jun-1934		America's Response to China
Raymond A. Esthus	Historian	17-Mar-1925	2-Jan-2012	Theodore Roosevelt and Japan
John Lewis Gaddis	Historian	2-Apr-1941		George F. Kennan: An American Life
Kenneth J. Hagan	Historian	20-Feb-1936		American Gunboat Diplomacy and the Old Navy
Michael H. Hunt	Historian	c. 1943		Ideology and U.S Foreign Policy
Lawrence S. Kaplan	Historian	28-Oct-1924		NATO and the United States
Walter LaFeber	Historian	30-Aug-1933		The New Empire
Richard W. Leopold	Historian	6-Jan-1912	23-Nov-2006	Robert Dale Owen: A Biography
Bradford Perkins	Historian	6-Mar-1925	29-Jun-2008	Castlereagh and Adams
David M. Pletcher	Historian	14-Jun-1920	22-Feb-2004	The Diplomacy of Involvement
Brenda Gayle Plummer	Historian	20-Oct-1946		Haiti and the United States
Fletcher Prouty	Military	24-Jan-1917	5-Jun-2001	USAF Intelligence Officer
Michael Schaller	Historian	2-Jun-1947		The American Occupation of Japan
Thomas D. Schoonover	Historian	27-May-1936		The United States in Central America

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