Volker Berghahn

Volker R. Berghahn is a historian of German and modern European history at Columbia University. His research interests have included the fin de siècle period in Europe, the origins of World War I, and German-American relations. He received his M.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1961 and his Ph. D from the University of London in 1964. Prior to teaching in the United States, Berghahn worked in England and Germany. In 1988, he accepted a position at Brown University, and moved to Columbia ten years later.

Berghahn now holds the chair of Seth Low Professor of History at Columbia, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has become widely cited in his field, and his works include:

*"Europe in the Era of Two World Wars: From Militarism and Genocide to Civil Society, 1900-1950" (2005)
*"America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe" (2001)
*"Der Untergang des alten Europas, 1900-1929" (1999)
*"Quest for Economic Empire", ed. (1996)
*"Imperial Germany" (1995)
*"The Americanization of West German Industry, 1945–1973" (1986)
*"Modern Germany" (1982)
*"Der Tirpitz-Plan" (1971)

External links

* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/history/faculty/h_faculty_profile_berghahn.htm Columbia University faculty page]
* [http://www.amazon.com/s?search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Volker%20R.%20Berghahn&page=1 Books by Volker Berghahn at Amazon.com]
* [http://www.lidovky.cz/kdy-a-kde-je-treba-demonstrovat-dzw-/ln_nazory.asp?c=A080424_105151_ln_nazory_mel Criticism] by Václav Klaus cs icon