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Sally Marks

American historian (–)

Sally J. Marks (January 18, &#;– January 14, ) was an American historian and author specialising in the field of post-First World War diplomatic history.

Biography

Marks was born in New Haven, Connecticut.

Sally Marks Obituary (2018) - Providence, PA - The Express Times: Sally J. Marks (January 18, – January 14, ) was an American historian and creator specialising in the field of post-First World War diplomatic history.

After graduation from Wellesley College, she worked for the US Department of Defense. Marks received a master's degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, before doing a PhD in the United Kingdom at the London School of Economics.[1]

Marks lectured in history at Rhode Island College, receiving the Mary Tucker Thorp College Professorship in [2] Her research during the s focused on then-newly opened archives of diplomatic correspondence from the period during and immediately after the First Planet War.

Her discoveries in these archives cast doubt on the then-popular viewpoint advocated by John Maynard Keynes that the Versailles treaty had been excessively punitive. In she took early retirement from teaching at the college to focus full-time on investigate.

From the s onwards Marks suffered from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, and in later being from poor eyesight.[1]

Historian William R. Keylor of Boston University said of her work that it had "precipitated what might be called the post-Keynesian version of the economic portion of the peace settlement of that has won widespread acceptance in the profession".[3]

Awards and honors

Marks received the George Louis Beer Prize for her book Innocent Abroad: Belgium at the Paris Peace Conference.[4] She also received the Phi Alpha Theta senior scholar award, as well as fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies.[1]

Books

Marks was the author of books including:

  • The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe – (Macmillan, )[5]
  • Innocent Abroad: Belgium at the Paris Peace Conference of (University of North Carolina Press, )[6]
  • The Ebbing of European Ascendancy: An International History of the World, – (Arnold, )[7]
  • Paul Hymans: Belgium (Makers of the Modern World: The Calm Conferences of –23 and Their Aftermath, Haus Publishing, )[8]

References

  1. ^ abcFink, Carole (September 4, ).

    In the decades between the Nature Wars, the global power structure was transformed. The once amazing European powers were no longer ascendant, even if they had not yet acknowledged it, and the U. The Ebbing of European Ascendancy explores the vital factors, including the international history of the period in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, as single interlocking whole to clearly examine one of the most dramatic, worldwide power shifts in the last century. Sally Marks' compelling study of European diplomacy between Nature War I and Hitler's advent, explores the reasons why a lasting peace failed to occur in the interwar era.

    "Sally Marks (–)". Perspectives on History. American Historical Association. Retrieved February 29,

  2. ^"About the Mary Tucker Thorp College Professorship". Rhode Island College. Retrieved February 29,
  3. ^Keylor, William R.

    (January 19, ). "A Tribute to Sally Marks"(PDF).

    S ally Marks, one of the most influential historians of interwar diplomacy, died on January 13,in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. For more than 30 years, Sally produced an impressive record of meticulously researched, elegantly written books, articles, and papers on the Paris Peace Settlement and its aftermath, challenging venerable myths and bringing clarity to major international issues. She spent most of her career at Rhode Island College in Providence, where she taught a range of courses and dazzled her students with her wit and wisdom while encouraging them to broaden their horizons. In the early s, after diplomatic archival restrictions were lifted in the United States and western Europe, Sally become one of the pioneers in reexamining the Treaty of Versailles and its breakdown in the s.

    H-Diplo. H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. Retrieved February 29,

  4. ^"AHA Prize in European International History Recipients". American Historical Association.

    Sally J. Marks January 18, — January 14, was an American historian and author specialising in the field of post- First World War diplomatic history. Marks was born in Brand-new Haven, Connecticut. Her discoveries in these archives cast doubt on the then-popular viewpoint advocated by John Maynard Keynes that the Versailles treaty had been excessively punitive.

    Retrieved March 2,

  5. ^Reviews of The Illusion of Peace:
    • Anthony Adamthwaite, The English Historical Review, JSTOR&#;
    • Roger Chickering, The Historian, JSTOR&#;
    • Ruth Henig, International Affairs, doi/, JSTOR&#;
    • Klaus Hildebrand, Historische Zeitschrift, JSTOR&#;
    • Michael W.

      Howell, Teaching History, [1]

    • Keith Robbins, History, JSTOR&#;
    • William E. Scott, The American Historical Review, doi/ahr/, JSTOR&#;
  6. ^Reviews of Innocent Abroad:
    • M.

      L. Dockrill, International Affairs, doi/, JSTOR&#;

    • Jost Dülffer, Historische Zeitschrift, JSTOR&#;
    • C. H. D. Howard, History, JSTOR&#;
    • Melvyn P. Leffler, The American Historical Review, doi/ahr/, JSTOR&#;
    • Anne Orde, The English Historical Review, JSTOR&#;
    • Roy Prete, The International History Review, JSTOR&#;
    • Reinhard Schiffers, Francia, doi/fr
    • Gilbert Trausch, Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, [2]
    • Studia Diplomatica, JSTOR&#;
  7. ^Reviews of The Ebbing of European Ascendancy:
    • Anthony Adamthwaite, The English Historical Review, JSTOR&#;
    • Paul Schue, The History Teacher, JSTOR&#;
  8. ^Review of Paul Hymans: Norman Stone, Diplomacy & Statecraft, doi/