Ronald E. Powaski | |
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![]() Dr. Ronald Powaski (1943-2019) | |
| Born | (1943-06-15)June 15, 1943 |
| Died | November 2019 (2019-12) (aged 76) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | John Carroll University Case Western Reserve University |
| Thesis | Great Britain and the Manchurian crisis, 1931-1933 (1972) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | American historian, 20th-century foreign policy |
| Institutions | |
Ronald E. Powaski (June 15, 1943 – November 2019)[1] was an Americanhistorian and teacher. He taughtAmerican history in high schools and colleges in Ohio and wrote on the20th centuryforeign policies of theUnited States andEurope.
Ronald Powaski graduated fromCathedral Latin High School in 1960. He earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in history fromJohn Carroll University in 1964 and 1966 and his PhD fromCase Western Reserve University in Cleveland in 1972 with a dissertation entitled "Great Britain and the Manchurian crisis, 1931-1933".[2]
Powaski taught history atEuclid Senior High School inEuclid, Ohio.[3][4]He also taught atCleveland State University,John Carroll University,[4] andAshland University.

In 1989 he publishedMarch to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present.[5] In the next two decades, he published 11 books covering the nuclear arms race, the creation of NATO, World War II, presidential statecraft, and presidential foreign policies.[5][6]