As head of the SHAFR Bibliographical Project, he is the editor of American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. His first book, Twelve Against Empire: The Anti-Imperialists, 1898-1900, was published in 1968 and received the Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians and John Dunning Prize from the American Historical Association. He is also the author of From the Old Diplomacy to the New, 1865-1900 (1975, 1986) and co-editor of Arms at Rest: Peacemaking and Peacekeeping in American History (1987). Recent articles include "History and Henry Kissinger" and "Patterns of Peril: Dean Acheson Joins the Cold Warriors," both published in Diplomatic History.

He is currently writing a book on Dean Acheson and American foreign policy.

Besides teaching at American University, he held numerous administrative and committee posts, chairing the Department of History 1981-1990 and the College of Arts and Sciences Educational Policy Committee 1986-1987, serving as vice-chair of the University Senate 1987-1988, and directing the University's General Education Program 1993-1997.

He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Valerie French, the chair of the American University Department of History. They have four children.

You can e-mail him at: huskerindc@rcn.com.