ROBERT BUZZANCO
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TX 77204-3785
713.743.3093
713.743.3216 (FAX)
buzz@uh.edu
http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/buzzanco.htm

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Houston, Associate Professor of History, 1999-current; Assistant Professor of History, 1995-1999; Specializing in U.S. Diplomatic History and Strategic Studies, post-1945 U.S. History, the 1960s, Vietnam War.

Prince George's Community College,  Assistant Professor of History, 1994-1995; Adjunct Faculty,  1990-1994.

University of Maryland, Baltimore County,  Adjunct faculty, 1994.
 

EDUCATION
The Ohio State University. Ph.D. in History, 1993; M.A. in History, 1984.
Ohio Wesleyan University. B.A. in History and Philosophy, 1982.

PUBLICATIONS
Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life. Blackwell Publishers, "Problems in American History" Series, 1999.

Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era. Cambridge University Press, 1996 [Paperback, 1997]. Recipient of Stuart L. Bernath Prize, awarded by Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations; included in New York Review of Books "Readers's Recommended Catalog."

"The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1968: Capitalism, Communism, and Containment," in Empire and Revolution: The United States and the Third World since 1945, edited by Peter L. Hahn and Mary Ann Heiss, pp. 94-120.  The Ohio State University Press, 2001.

"Where's the Beef?  Culture Without Power in the Study of U.S. Foreign Relations" [commentary in roundtable on "Culture, Religion, and International Relations].  Diplomatic History 24 (Fall 2000): 623-632.

"El Slavador is Spanish for Vietnam": The Legacy of the Vietnam Peace Movement."  The Long Term View 5 (Summer 2000): 6-11.

"David Shoup: Four-Star Troublemaker" [with Leigh Fought], in The Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era, edited by David L. Anderson, pp. 157-173.  Scholarly Resources, 2000.

"What Happened to the New Left: Toward a Radical Reading of U.S. Foreign Relations," Diplomatic History 23 (Fall 1999): 575-607 (Stuart L. Bernath Prize Lecture).

"Strategy, Politics, and Civil-Military Relations in the Vietnam War," in Major Problems in American Military History: Documents and Essays, edited by John W. Chambers II. D.C. Heath, 1998.

"'With One Hand Tied Behind Their Back' . . . and Other Myths of the Vietnam War." In Myth America: A Historical Anthology, edited by Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords, pp. 190-97. St.James, N.Y.: Brandywine Press, 1997.

"The Myth of Tet: American Failure and the Politics of War." In The Tet Offensive, edited by Marc Jason Gilbert and William Head, pp. 231-57. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 1996.

"Prologue to Tragedy: U.S. Military Opposition to Intervention in Vietnam, 1950-1954." Diplomatic History 17 (Spring 1993): 201-222.

"Division, Dilemma, and Dissent: Military Recognition of the Peril of War in Vietnam" in Informed Dissent: Three Generals and the Vietnam War, Essays by Robert Buzzanco and Asad Ismi, edited by Dan Duffy, pp. 9-37. Chevy Chase, MD: Vietnam Generation and Burning Cities Press, 1992.

"The American Military's Rationale Against the Vietnam War." Political Science Quarterly 101 (Winter 1986): 559-76.

FORTHCOMING/IN PROGRESS
"Vietnam War."  Selection in Grolier's Encyclopedia of American Studies.

Co-editor, with Marilyn Young.  The Vietnam War.  A collection of essays on Vietnam in the "Blackwell Companion Series."  Blackwell Publishers.
 
Co-editor, with Cheryl Greenberg.  The 1960s: A Reader.  Essays and documents on the 1960s.  Blackwell Publishers.

The Cold Wars: Conflicts Abroad and At Home, 1945-2000.  An overview of the Cold War, under contract with Longman's Publishers.

"Tet, Gold, and the End of American Hegemony."  A Study of Vietnam and the global economy, in progress.

"Anti-Imperialsim." Selection in Encyclopedia of American Foreign Relations.

GRANTS/AWARDS
Bernath Lecture Prize. Received 1998 Stuart L. Bernath Prize for outstanding younger scholar in field of U.S. foreign relations, presented by Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations [SHAFR].

Bernath Book Prize. Received 1996 Stuart L. Bernath Prize for best book in diplomatic history, presented by SHAFR.

University of Houston.   Curriculum Transformation Grant, 1999; Limited Grant in Aid, 1997; Research Initiation Grant, 1996.

Marine Corps Historical Foundation. Received Marine Corps National Dissertation Fellowship, 1991-92.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. Received Moody Grants for research at Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, TX., 1995, 1992, and 1988.

John F. Kennedy Library. Received Kennedy Library Foundation Grants for research at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, MA., 1992 and 1988.

Dulles Fellowship. Received Dulles Fellowship for Research from History Department at the
BOOK  REVIEWS
I have reviewed books in many major journals, including Journal of American History, Diplomatic History, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of Military History, The Historian, and The Maryland Historian.

CONFERENCE PAPERS/ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
"Radical Historiography and U.S.-Latin American Relations," talk before Duke University/University of North Carolina Working Group in Latin American History, October 2000.

"The Vietnam War and its Economic Impact, 1967-1968," talk before Foreign Policy Seminar at University of Connecticut, October 2000.

"The Things They Carried: Class, Race, and Morale in the Vietnam War," and "Tet, Gold, and the Origins of Corporate Globalization," talks given at Northern Illinois University, April 2000.

"What Happened to the New Left? Towards a Radical Reading of American Foreign Relations," Bernath Lecture to be given at luncheon meeting of SHAFR at Organization of American Historians Conference, April 1999, Toronto.

"Make Love, Not War: Remebering the 1960s and Vietnam."  Symposium at Houston Community College System, 27 February 1999.

"By God, We've Kicked the Vietnam Syndrome": U.S. Foreign and Military Policies Since the 1970s," Delivered at Pacific Coast Branch, AHA Conference, August 1998, San Diego.

"Tet and the End of the American Empire." Delivered at "Remembering 1968" Conference, Ohio University, April 1998.

"Two, Three, Many Tets: Images of Vietnam and the Historian's Craft," Presentation to The Ohio State University Graduate Workshop in Diplomatic History, March 1998.

"The United States and Vietnam." Presentation at Asian Studies Program Lecture, Seminar and Workshop Series IX, Florida International University, March 1998.

"Thirty Years After the Tet Offensive." Presentation at Asian Studies Program Lecture, Seminar and Workshop Series X, Florida International University, March 1998.

"The Vietnam War and the Limits of Military Keynesianism." Delivered at of the American Historical Association, January 1997, New York.

"Tet, Gold, and the Challenge to U.S. Hegemony." Delivered at SHAFR Conference, June 1996, University of Colorado.

"At War in Saigon and Washington: Civil-Military Relations in the Vietnam Era . . . and After." Delivered at Society of Military History Conference, April 1994, Washington, D.C.

"The Myth of Tet: Military Failure and the Politics of War." Delivered at Remembering Tet, 1968: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the War in Vietnam, November 1992, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD.

"Waiting for Westy: The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam During the Johnson Years." Delivered at SHAFR Conference, June 1992, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Initial Resistance: The U.S. Military's Objections to Involvement in Indochina, 1950-1955." Delivered at the Charles DeBenedetti Memorial Conference on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement in America, May 1990, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.

"Cautious Warlords: American Military Criticism of Involvement in Indochina, 1950-1970s." Delivered at SHAFR Conference, June 1987, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.

DEPARTMENTAL/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Asian History Search Committee, 2000-2001.

Graduate Committee, 2000-2001.

Stuart L.Bernath Lecture Prize Committee [SHAFR], 2000-2002.

Board of Editors, Diplomatic History, 1997-2000.

Undergraduate Committee, University of Houston History Department, 1998-1999.

Faculty Development Leave Committee, HFAC, 1999.

Ad Hoc Research Awards Committee, University of Houston, 1998-1999.

Executive Committee, University of Houston History Department, 1997-1998

Graduate Committee, University of Houston History Department, 1997-1998

Search Committee, African History Position, University of Houston History Department, 1996-1997

Personnel Committee, University of Houston History Department, 1996-1997.

Library Committee, University of Houston History Department, 1995-1996.

Article Referee for various journals, including Diplomatic History, Pacific Historical Review, Peace and Change, and mss. referee for various presses such as Houghton-Mifflin, University Press of Kansas, Cambridge University Press, Scholarly Resources.

SERVICE/COMMUNITY/MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
Co-host, The Progressive Forum, KPFT Radio, with featured segment "The History They Didn't Teach You in School."

Regular talks before community groups in Houston on topics such as Globalization, labor, radical politics, history, the Vietnam War, U.S. foreign policy, the legacy of the 1960s, and so forth.

Interview regarding the legacy of the 1960s, KPFT Radio, 27 January 1999.

"The History They Didn't Teach You in School," regular feature on Progressive Forum, KPFT.

Interview regarding U.S.-Iraq Crisis, KPFT Radio, 26 February 1998.

Teach-In regarding U.S.-Iraq Crisis, 25 February 1998, University of Houston.

Interview regarding transfer of Hong Kong to PRC, KHRT Radio, 30 June 1997.

Appearance on "Viva Houston," KTRK , regarding American wars and Memorial Day, 31 May 1997.

Interview regarding U.S. Labor Movement, "Class Notes," KPFT Radio, 2 and 9 May 1997.

Interview regarding CIA activities in Latin America, KPFT Radio, 30 January 1997. Presentation to High School

Seniors at "Cougar Preview," University of Houston, 9 November 1996.

Interview regarding U.S. policy in Latin America, KPFT Radio, 10 October 1996.

"Foreign Affairs and the 1996 Election." Address at Fairhaven United Methodist Church Breakfast Meeting, Houston, TX, 31 July 1996.

"Publishing Your First Book." Presentation at Graduate Students Workshop, SHAFR Conference, June 1996, Boulder, CO.

"Containing Nationalism--Comparing U.S. Intervention in Vietnam and Bosnia." Presentation for University of

Houston chapter of Phi Alpha Theta discussion series, 10 April 1996.

Interview regarding Masters of War, KPFT Radio, 4 April 1996.

Interview regarding U.S.-Cuban relations, KPFT Radio, 29 February 1996.

Interview regarding Masters of War, KUHT Television show "Weeknight Edition," 26 February 1996.

Interview regarding Masters of War, KRRW Radio show "Images," 28 January 1996.

Interview on American intervention in Bosnia/Parallels to Vietnam, KNWS Television, Houston, TX., 1 December 1995.

Interview on American intervention in Bosnia, Radio Station KNUZ, Houston, TX., 28 November 1995.

"African-American Soldiers in the Vietnam War." Delivered at 78th Anniversary Program of the Camp Logan War of 1917, Freedmen's Town, Houston, TX., 23 August 1995.