Stephen P. Randolph is an American historian who served as Director of the Office of the Historian of the

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from 2012 to 2017.

Education

Randolph graduated from the

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in 1974 and then earned a MA in History of Science from the

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in 1975 and a

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from

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in 2005.

Career

Previously to his arrival at the

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, Randolph worked at the Eisenhower School of National Defense from 1997 to 2011 in various roles. Before working at the

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, Randolph had spent 27 years in the

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, commanding a squadron during

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and becoming a

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by his retirement from service in 2001. Randolph is the author of ''Powerful and Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive'', published in 2007, and is the recipient of the 2018 Roger Trask Award which honours the work of historians that "reflects the unique importance of federal history".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Randolph, Stephen Living people Johns Hopkins University alumni Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers United States Air Force Academy alumni United States Department of State officials National Defense University faculty United States Air Force officers United States Air Force personnel of the Gulf War Year of birth missing (living people) George Washington University alumni American male non-fiction writers