Sarah Crosby Mallory Paine (born 1957) is an American historian who is William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College in

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. She has written and co-edited several books on naval policy and related affairs, and subjects of interest to the

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. Other works she has authored concern the

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and

military history Military history is the study of War, armed conflict in the Human history, history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to Politics, local and international relationship ...

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, particularly

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, during the modern era.

Career

Paine graduated with a

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'' in

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in 1979. She spent ten years acquiring her

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and

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history at

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, which included five years of research and language study in China, Taiwan, Russia, Japan, and Australia. She has received two Title VIII

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ships from the

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, two

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fellowships, and other fellowships from Japan, Taiwan, and Australia. She began her career at the Naval War College as an

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in 2000, was promoted to

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in 2006, and since 2014 is the William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy and also holds the position of Ernest J. King Professor of

Maritime History Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

Personal life

She is married to Bruce A. Elleman, who is the William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the U.S. Naval War College. She has three brothers including John B. Paine III, and Thomas M. Paine.

Selected publications

Author

* "Japan caught between maritime and continental imperialism", in ''The Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age'' (Princeton University Press, 2023, pages 415–439). *'' The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War'' (Cambridge University Press, 2017). *'' The Wars for Asia 1911–1949'' (Cambridge University Press, 2012). 2012 Winner of the

PROSE award The PROSE Awards (where ''PROSE'' is an abbreviation for "professional and scholarly excellence") are presented by the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division. Presented since 1976, the award ...

for European & World History and longlisted for the

Lionel Gelber prize The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for English non-fiction books on foreign policy. Founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber, the prize honors "the world's best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deep ...

. *'' The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy'' (Cambridge University Press, 2003). *''Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier, 1858–1924'' (M.E. Sharpe, 1996). Winner of the 1997 Barbara Jelavich Book Prize. Co-author with Bruce A. Elleman: *''Modern China: Continuity and Change, 1644 to the Present'' (Prentice Hall, 2010).

Editor

*''Nation Building, State Building and Economic Development: Case Studies and Comparisons'' (M.E. Sharpe, 2010). Co-editor with Bruce A. Elleman: *''Naval Power and Expeditionary Warfare: Peripheral Campaigns and New Theatres of Naval Warfare'' (Routledge, 2011). *''Naval Coalition Warfare: From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom'' (Routledge, 2008). *''Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-Strategies 1805–2005'' (Routledge, 2006).

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paine, Sarah C. Naval historians American military historians American women historians Historians of China Naval War College faculty Harvard University alumni Middlebury College alumni School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni Women military writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women writers Historians of Japan 21st-century American historians