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Holger H. Herwig Address: Centre for Military and Strategic Studies University of Calgary 2500 Universi CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Holger H. Herwig Address: Centre for Military and Strategic Studies University of Calgary 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 CANADA Telephone: (403) 220-4038 Fax: (403) 282-0594 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION B.A. University of British Columbia, Canada. 1965. First Class Honours: History. M.A. State University of New York at Stony Brook. 1967. Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook. 1970. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1971-72 Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University. 1972-89 Vanderbilt University. Assistant Professor 1972, Associate Professor 1977, Professor 1983. 1989ff. Professor, University of Calgary. 1991-1996 Head, Department of History, University of Calgary. 2001 ff. Canada Research Chair in Military and Strategic Studies, University. EXTERNAL TEACHING 1985-86 Visiting Professor of Strategy, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. Herwig. C.V. Page 2 1998 Andrea and Charles Bronfman Distinguished Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. PUBLICATIONS Books: The German Naval Officer Corps: A Social and Political History 1890-1918. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973. Politics of Frustration: The United States in German Strategic Planning, 1888-1941. Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Co., 1976. Das Elitekorps des Kaisers. Die Marineoffiziere im Wilhelminischen Deutschland. Hamburg: Hans Christians, 1977. Alemania y el bloqueo internacional de Venezuela 1902/03. Caracas: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, 1977. Also in English translation, Caracas. "Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918. London, Boston, Sydney: George Allen & Unwin, 1980. Biographical Dictionary of World War I . Westport and London: Greenwood Press, 1982. With Neil M. Heyman. Germany's Vision of Empire in Venezuela 1871-1914. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. "Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888-1918. London and Atlantic Highlands, N. J.: Ashfield Press, 1987. Wolfgang Wegener, The Naval Strategy of the World War [Classics of Sea Power]. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989. Editor and translator. The Outbreak of World War I: Causes and Responsibilities, fifth edition. Lexington, Mass., and Toronto: D. C. Heath, 1991. Sueños alemanes de un imperio en venezuela. Caracas: Monte Avila Editores, 1991. Hammer or Anvil? Modern Germany 1648--Present. Lexington, Mass., and Toronto: D. C. Heath, 1994. The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918. London, New York, Sydney, Auckland: Edward Arnold, 1997. Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr., Book Prize, Western Front Society 1999 Herwig. C.V. Page 3 The Outbreak of World War I: Causes and Responsibilities, sixth edition. Boston, Mass.: Houghton-Mifflin, 1997. Deadly Seas: The Story of the St Croix, the U305 and the Battle of the Atlantic. Toronto: Random House, 1997, 1998. With David J. Bercuson. Atlantycka Ruletka. Opowieść o St Croix, U305 I Bitwie o Atlantyk. Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo L&L wchodzi w skład TGW, 1999. Polish edition of Deadly Seas. The Grand Illusion: The Prussianization of the Chilean Army. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. With William F. Sater. Vradžedné Moře. Souboj mezi kanadskŷm torpédoborcem St. Croix a nìmeckou ponorkou U305 v bitvì o Atlantik bìhem druhé svìtové války. Prague: Ivo Železný, 2000. Czech edition of Deadly Seas. The Destruction of the Bismarck. New York: Overlook Press, 2001; Toronto: Stoddart 2001. Paper edition, New York: Overlook Press, 2003. With David J. Bercuson. Bismarck: The Story Behind the Destruction of the Pride of Hitler’s Navy. London: Hutchinson, 2002. Paper edition, London: Pimlico, 2003. With David J. Bercuson. World History of Warfare. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. With C.I. Archer, J.R. Ferris, T.H.E. Travers. Paperback edition 2003; reprinted 2008. The Origins of World War I. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. With Richard F. Hamilton. Paper edition 2009. Decisions for War, 1914-1917. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. With Richard F. Hamilton. One Christmas in Washington: Churchill and Roosevelt Forge the Grand Alliance. New York: Overlook Press; London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Toronto: McArthur & Co.; 2005. With David J. Bercuson. Paperback editions: Overlook Press, McArthur, Phoenix (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), 2006. Um Natal em Washington: o encontro secreto entre Roosevelt e Churchill que mudou o mundo. Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro, 2007. Portuguese edition of One Christmas in Washington. Vánoce ve Washingtonu: tajná schůzka mezi Rooseveltem a Churchillem, která zmĕnila svĕt. Prague: Přeložil Radim Klekner, 2007. Czech edition of One Christmas in Washington. Herwig. C.V. Page 4 Operacja Arkadia: Tajne spotkanie Roosevelta z Churchillem, które zmieniŁo losy świata. Warsaw: Bellona, 2008. Polish edition of One Christmas in Washington. War Memory and Popular Culture: Essays on Modes of Remembrance and Commemoration. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland, 2009. With Michael Keren. The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World. New York: Random House, 2009. Paper edition 2011. War Planning 1914. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. With Richard F. Hamilton. Chapters in Books: "Zur Soziologie des kaiserlichen Seeofffizierkorps," Herbert Schottelius and Wilhelm Deist, eds., Marine und Marinepolitik 1871-1914. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1972, pp. 73-88. "Verfehlte Weltpolitik. Drei Studien zu den Deutsch-Amerikanischen Beziehungen, 1888-1941," Joachim Hütter, Reinhard Meyer, and Dietrich Papenfuß, eds., Tradition und Neubeginn. Internationale Forschungen zur Deutschen Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Munich: Carl Heymanns, 1975, pp. 49-65. "German Imperialism and South America before the First World War: The Venezuelan Crisis 1902/03," Alexander Fischer, Günter Moltmann, and Klaus Schwabe, eds., Rußland-Deutschland-Amerika: Festschrift für Fritz T. Epstein zum 80. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1978, pp. 117-30. "Naval Operations Plans between Germany and the USA, 1898-1913. A Study of Strategic Planning in the Age of Imperialism," Paul M. Kennedy, ed., The War Plans of the Great Powers 1880-1914. London, Boston, Sydney: George Allen & Unwin, 1979, pp. 39-74. With David F. Trask. "Das Offizierkorps der Kaiserlichen Marine vor 1918," Hans Hubert Hofmann, ed., Das deutsche Offizierkorps 1860-1960. Boppard: Harald Boldt, 1980, pp. 139-61. "Zur Soziologie des kaiserlichen Seeoffizierkorps," Herbert Schottelius and Wilhelm Deist, eds., Marine und Marinepolitik 1871-1914. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1981, pp. 73-88. "Imperial Germany," Ernest R. May, ed., Knowing One's Enemies: Intelligence Assessment before the Two World Wars. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984, pp. 62-97. "Naval Operations Plans between Germany and the USA, 1898-1913. A Study of Strategic Planning in the Age of Imperialism," Paul M. Kennedy, ed., The War Plans of Herwig. C.V. Page 5 the Great Powers 1880-1914. London, Boston, Sydney: George Allen & Unwin, 1985, pp. 39-74. With David F. Trask. "The Dynamics of Necessity: German Military Policy during the First World War," Allan R. Millett and Williamson Murray, eds., Military Effectiveness, Vol. I: The First World War. London, Boston, Sydney, Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1988, pp. 80-115. "Clio Deceived: Patriotic Self-Censorship in Germany After the Great War," Steven E. Miller, et. al., eds., Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991, pp. 262-301. "The Influence of A.T. Mahan Upon German Sea Power," John B. Hattendorf, ed., The Influence of History on Mahan: The Proceedings of a Conference Marking the Centenary of Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783. Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 1991, pp. 67-80. "Industry, Empire and the First World War," Gordon Martel, ed., Modern Germany Reconsidered. London and New York: Routledge, 1992, pp. 54-73. "Strategic uncertainties of a nation-state: Prussia-Germany, 1871-1918," W. Murray, M. Knox, and A. Bernstein, eds., The Making of Strategy: Rulers, States, and War. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 242-277. Paperback editions 1995, 1998. 13th printing 2005. "The Influence of A. T. Mahan Upon German Sea Power," John B. Hattendorf, ed., The Influence of History on Mahan. Taipei: ROC Navy Headquarters, 1994, pp. 68-82. Chinese edition of “The Influence of A.T. Mahan Upon German Sea Power.” "Whither Europe? Or is There Life After the Bipolar World?" Stephen J. Randall and Roger Gibbins, eds., Federalism and the New World Order. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1994, pp. 275-279. "Innovation ignored: The submarine problem--Germany, Britain, and the United States, 1919-1939," Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett, eds., Military Innovation in the Interwar Period. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996, pp. 227- 264. "Clio Deceived: Patriotic Self-Censorship in Germany After the Great War," Keith Wilson, ed., Forging the Collective Memory: Government and International Historians through Two World Wars. Providence and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1996, pp. 87-127. "The German Victories, 1917-1918," Hew Strachan, ed., The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 253- 264. Reprinted 2000. Herwig. C.V. Page 6 “’You Are Here to Learn How to Die’: German Subaltern Officer Education on the Eve of the Great War,” Elliott
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