Historian
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mail : [pitmanpm@state.gov->pitmanpm@state.gov]Formation et titres universitaires- Columbia University, New York: Ph.D. in History, 1997, M.Phil., 1990- Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Université de Paris: Diplôme d'études approfondies inContemporary History, 1987- Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy and Washington, D.C.: M.A. in International Relations, 1982- University of California, Santa Cruz: B.A. in History, 1980
Highest Honors in History and Stevenson College HonorsExpériences professionnelles- History Instructor
Online High School, Stanford University, Summer 2006 to present- Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Lecturer, Spring 2003 to Winter 2006- University of Virginia, Miller Center of Public Affairs
Research Fellow, Fall 1999 to Summer 2004- University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
Research Fellow, Spring 1998 to Fall 1999- University of California at Berkeley, Department of History
Lecturer, Fall 1997PublicationsOuvrages- France's Europe: The Politics of Defense, Trade and Empire. Book manuscript in progress.- A Short Guide to the Archives of the Quai d'Orsay. Paris: Association des Amis des Archives Diplomatiques, 1993. (French and English editions 1993; German edition 1995; Spanish edition, 1996.) - Editor, Turkey: A Country Study. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1988.Comprehensive survey of the history, society, economy, politics and foreign relations of contemporary Turkey.- Co-editor, The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy: volume 4, October 29 - November 20, 1962. New York: W.W. Norton, accepted for publication. The definitive record of the Kennedy Administration's deliberations on domestic and international issues during the month following the Cuban Missile Crisis.Articles et collaboration à des ouvrages collectifs - « The Suez Crisis: Consequences for the Atlantic System, » in Les Occidentaux et la Crise de Suez: une Relecture Politico-Militaire, ed. Martin Alexander, Robert Frank, Scott Lucas, Philippe Vial (Paris: Presses de la Sorbonne, forthcoming).- « The Economic Consequences of Mr. Eden: The Paris Accords, Europe's Strategic Industries and the Atlantic Political Economy, » in L'Europe et l'OTAN face aux défis des élargissements de 1952 et 1954 (Brussels: Editions Bruyant, 2005).- « 'A General Named Eisenhower': Atlantic Crisis and European Integration, » in America and Europe: The Cold War Years, ed. Marc Trachtenberg, 33-61 (Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003). This chapter is a revised version of the following peer-reviewed article: « `Un général nommé Eisenhower': Atlantic Crisis and the European Economy, 1956-57, » Journal of European Integration History 6, no. 2 (Winter 2000): 37-59.- "Interested Circles: French Industry and the Rise and Fall of the European Defense Community (1950-1954)." In La Sécurité en Europe quarante ans après l'échec de la Communauté européenne de défense, ed. Michel Dumoulin, 51-62. Bern: Peter Lang, 2000.- "Western Rearmament, French Military-Industrial Strategies, and the Evolution of the European Economic Order." In La IVe République face aux problèmes d'armement, ed. Maurice Vaïsse, 267-82. Brussels: Editions Complexe, 1998.- "The French Crisis and the Dissolution of the European Payments Union, 1956-58." In Explorations in OEEC History, ed. Richard T. Griffiths, 219-27. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1997.- "Le Retour à la convertibilité monétaire en Europe occidentale et le redressement financier français." In Du Franc Poincaré à l'écu, ed. Maurice Lévy-Leboyer, Alain Plessis, Michel Aglietta, and Christian de Boissieu, 449-70. Paris: Imprimerie nationale for the Comité pour l'Histoire économique et financière, 1993.- "The Economy." In Finland: A Country Study, ed. Eric D. Solsten, 141-214. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1990.- "Introduction" and "The Economy." In Turkey: A Country Study, ed. Paul M. Pitman, xxi-xxxi, 165-237. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1988.
