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Vojtech Mastny (bornVojtěch Mastný; 1936 inPrague,Czechoslovakia[1]) is an American historian of Czech descent,[2] professor ofpolitical science andinternational relations, specializing in the history of theCold War. He has been considered one of the leading American authorities on Soviet affairs.[3][4] Mastny received hisPh.D. fromColumbia University[1] and has been professor of history and international relations at Columbia,University of Illinois,Boston University and theJohns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, as well as professor of strategy atU.S. Naval War College,Fulbright professor at theUniversity of Bonn, senior research scholar at theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and senior fellow at theNational Security Archive. He is the coordinator of theParallel History Project. In 1996-1998 he was the first researcher awarded Manfred Wörner Fellowship byNATO.[2][5][6] Mastny's books includeContinental Europe under Nazi Rule, which won him the Clarke F. Ansley award in 1971,Russia's Road to the Cold War (1979),The Helsinki Process and the Reintegration of Europe (1992) andThe Cold War and Soviet Insecurity: The Stalin Years, which won theAmerican Historical Association's 1997George L. Beer Prize.[3][6][7]
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