BEISNER, Robert L(ee) 1936-

PERSONAL: Born March 8, 1936, in Lexington, NE; son of E. J. and Charlene (Day) Beisner; married Mary Elizabeth Brinton Stone, June 14, 1959 (divorced, March, 1976); married Valerie French, 1976; children: John, Katharine. Education: Attended Hastings College, 1954-56; University of Chicago, M.A., 1960, Ph. D., 1965.

ADDRESSES: Home—3704 35th St. NW, Washington, DC 20016. Office—Department of History, American University, Massachusetts and Nebraska Aves. NW, Washington, DC 20016.

CAREER: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, instructor in social sciences, 1962-63; Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, instructor in history, 1963-65; American University, Washington, DC, assistant professor, 1965-67, associate professor, 1967-71, professor of history, beginning 1971.

MEMBER: American Historical Association, Society of American Historians, Organization of American Historians, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Academy of Political Science, Southern Historical Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Allan Nevins Prize, Society of American Historians, 1966, and John H. Dunning Prize, American Historical Association, 1968, both for thesis, "The Anti-imperialist Impulse: The Mugwumps and the Republicans, 1898-1900"; National Endowment for the Humanities, fellowship, 1968-69, and summer research stipend, 1976.

WRITINGS:

Twelve against Empire: The Anti-imperialists, 1898-1900, McGraw-Hill (New York, NY), 1968, reprinted with new foreword, Imprint (Chicago, IL), 1992, reprinted with new preface, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1985.

From the Old Diplomacy to the New, 1865-1900, AHM Publishing (Northbrook, IL), 1975, 2nd edition, Harlan Davidson (Arlington Heights, IL), 1986.

(Editor, with Joan R. Challinor) Arms at Rest: Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in American History, Greenwood Press (New York, NY), 1987.

(Editor, with Kurt Hanson) American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature, two volumes, 2nd edition, American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 2003.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

American Heritage, August, 1968.

Encounter, winter, 1969.

Library Journal, July, 2003, Marcia L. Sprules, review of American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature, p. 71.

New Republic, January 25, 1969.

New York Times Book Review, April 7, 1968.

Washington Post Book World, August 4, 1968.*