Michael S. Sherry (born 1945) is an American
historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...
, and professor of history emeritus at
Northwestern University
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Life
He graduated from
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...
''summa cum laude'', and from
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
with an MA and Ph.D. in 1975.
Awards
* 1988
Bancroft Prize
The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas.
It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, d ...
*2008 LGBT Award for Nonfiction from the
Lambda Literary Foundation
The Lambda Literary Foundation (also known as Lambda Literary) is an American LGBTQ literary organization whose mission is to nurture and advocate for LGBTQ writers, elevating the impact of their words to create community, preserve their legaci ...
Works
* ''The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War'' (UNC Press Books, 2020)
online reviews* "Patriotic orthodoxy and American decline." in ''Living with the Bomb: American and Japanese Cultural Conflicts in the Nuclear Age'' (Taylor and Francis, 2015) pp. 134–152.
* "The United States and Strategic Bombing: From Prophecy to Memory." in ''Bombing Civilians: A Twentieth-Century History'' (Free Press, 2008).
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* "Patriotic orthodoxy and US decline." ''Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars'' 27.2 (1995): 19-25
online* "The language of war in AIDS discourse." in ''Writing AIDS: gay literature, language, and analysis'' (1993): 39-53.
* “War and Weapons: The New Cultural History.” ''Diplomatic History'' 14#3 1990, pp. 433–46
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* "The Military." ''American Quarterly'' 35.1/2 (1983): 59-79
online* ''Preparing For the Next War: American Plans for Postwar Defense, 1941-45'' (Yale UP, 1977)
* “Making Military Policy and Military History.” ''American Quarterly'' 28#5 1976, pp. 589–600
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21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
Northwestern University faculty
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
Yale University alumni
Living people
Lambda Literary Award winners
Bancroft Prize winners
American male non-fiction writers
1945 births
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