Robert J. McMahon (historian)

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name = Dr. Robert McMahon

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nationality = United States
field = International Relations
work_institutions = University of Florida
Ohio State University
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prizes = Robert J. McMahon is an American historian specializing in the history of foreign relations of the United States. He currently holds the chair of Ralph D. Mershon Distinguished Professor at Ohio State University.

McMahon taught at the University of Florida from 1982 to 2005, when he moved to Ohio State University. He has held visiting positions at the University of Virginia and University College Dublin. McMahon holds a joint appointment with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies as OSU.

McMahon served as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in 2000.

McMahon is the author of "Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence, 1945-49" (1981), "The Cold War on the Periphery: the United States, India, and Pakistan" (1994), "The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II" (1999), and "The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction" (2003).

External links

* [http://history.osu.edu/people/person.cfm?ID=2097 Profile] from Ohio State University Department of History