Joseph Rothschild

Joseph Rothschild (1931 - January 30, 2000) was an American Jewish professor of history and political science at Columbia University and an expert on European history, particularly of Central Europe and East Europe.

Joseph Rothschild a member of the Academy of Political Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America and Phi Beta Kappa. He also served on the editorial boards of Political Science Quarterly and Middle East Review. He a also member of the Commission on International Affairs for the American Jewish Congress beginning in 1985, and from 1975-1990 he was the national vice chairman of the American Professors for Peace in the Middle East.

elected works

Books

*"Communist Party of Bulgaria (1959)"
*"Pilsudski's Coup D'Etat (1966)"
*"East Central Europe Between the Two World Wars (1974)"
*"Ethnopolitics: A Conceptual Framework (1979)"
*"Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II (1994)"

References

*Ira Katznelson, "Joseph Rothschild", PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 344-345, Published by: American Political Science Association, [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1350256 JSTOR]
*" [http://www.columbia.akadns.net/cu/record/archives/vol25/14/2514_Rothschild_Obit.html Joseph Rothschild, Expert on East Central Europe, Dead at 70] ", The Record, Columbia University’s official newspaper, Vol.25, No. 14, Feb. 11, 2000