Nichols, Thomas M. 1960–

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Nichols, Thomas M. 1960–

PERSONAL: Born December 7, 1960, in Holyoke, MA. Education: Boston University, B.A., 1983; Columbia University, M.A., 1985; Georgetown University, Ph.D., 1988. Religion: Greek Orthodox.

ADDRESSES: Office—U.S. Naval War College, Strategy and Policy Department, Newport, RI 02841. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, legislative aide, 1990–91; Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, NH, professor, 1989–97; Naval War College, Newport, RI, professor, 1997–.

WRITINGS:

The Sacred Cause: Civil-Military Conflict over Soviet National Security, 1917–1992, Cornell University Press (Ithaca, NY), 1993.

The Russian Presidency: Society and Politics in the Second Russian Republic, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1999.

Winning the World: Lessons for America's Future from the Cold War, Praeger (Westport, CT), 2003.

Also author of The Current Soviet Debate on National Security: A Survey of Possible Outcomes, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC), 1988, and The Logic of Russian Presidentialism: Institutions and Democracy in Postcommunism, University of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1998.

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