About the Author

Published author of six books on the cultural history of the US with published articles in The New Republic and American Historical Review. He is a graduate of Harvard and currently a professor in history at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where he resides. Most recent book: Maximum Danger: Kennedy, the Missiles, and the Crisis of American Confidence (Ivan Dee: Nov. 2001). ISBN: 156633923. For details on his two trade pop culture books see competition below