Joseph Arthur Rothschild (April 5, 1931, at Fulda, Germany – January 30, 2000, at New York City) was an American professor of history and political science at

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, specializing in Central European and

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history. Rothschild was a member of the

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, the

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, the

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and American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (of which he was the national vice chairman in the years 1975–1990). From 1985 he was also a member of the Commission on International Affairs for the American Jewish Congress. He served on the

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s of the Middle East Review and the

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. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship In 1967. Rothschild graduated from

with a bachelor's and a master's degree. He received his doctorate from the

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Books

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References

* * Ira Katznelson, ''Joseph Rothschild'', PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jun. 2001), pp. 344–345, Published by: American Political Science Association
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', The Record, Columbia University's official newspaper, Vol.25, No. 14, February 11, 2000

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* 1931 births 2000 deaths American political scientists 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Columbia University faculty German emigrants to the United States American people of German-Jewish descent 20th-century American male writers Columbia College (New York) alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni 20th-century political scientists {{US-historian-stub