Stephen Knott

Stephen Knott
Born
Stephen F. Knott

1957
Paxton, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
EducationBoston College
Assumption University
Academic work
InstitutionsAshland University
United States Naval War College
Websitestephenfknott.com

Stephen F. Knott (born 1957) is an American professor of history and national security. He is the Thomas and Mabel Guy Professor in American History and Government at Ashland University and an emeritus Professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. Prior to accepting his position at the Naval War College, Knott was co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Early life and education[edit]

Knott was born in Paxton, Massachusetts, in 1957. He graduated from Assumption College in 1979 and began work at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in October, 1979. He left the Library in 1985 to pursue a Ph.D. in political science at Boston College, which he was awarded in 1991. Knott has taught at the University of New Hampshire, at Quinnipiac University, and the United States Air Force Academy, where he was part of the first group of permanent civilian faculty at the academy.

Career[edit]

In 2001, he joined the research faculty at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, conducting oral history interviews for the Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush oral history projects,[1] as well as teaching in UVA's Department of Politics.[2] He also helped launch the Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project in December 2004,[3] where he was responsible for conducting the bulk of the interviews between that date and the summer of 2007. He became a professor of National Security Affairs at the United States Naval War College in July 2007 until his retirement in December 2022. Knott is the author or co-author of ten books dealing with the American presidency and the history of the early American Republic, as well as essays and op-eds in newspapers including The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal and numerous academic journals. He has delivered many public lectures, a number of which have appeared on CSPAN.[4]

Books[edit]

  • Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy, The University Press of Kansas, October 2022[5][6]
  • Editor, American Foreign Policy to 1899: Core Documents, Ashbrook Press, October 2021.
  • The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal, The University Press of Kansas, November 2019.[7][8][9]
  • Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged America, Co-author, Sourcebooks, September 2015.[10][11]
  • The Evolution of the Executive and Executive Power in the American Republic, Co-author, Foreign Policy Research Institute E-Book, November 2014.
  • Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics, The University Press of Kansas, March 2012.[12][13][14]
  • At Reagan’s Side: Insiders’ Recollections from Sacramento to the White House,  Co-author, Rowman and Littlefield, May 2009.
  • The Reagan Years, Co-author, Facts on File, April 2005.
  • Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth, The University Press of Kansas, February 2002.[15][16][17]
  • Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency, Oxford University Press, April 1996.[18][19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Intelligence Operations and the American Presidency with Dr. Stephen Knott". Naval War College Foundation.
  2. ^ "Ashbrook professor: Don't judge a president during a crisis". Wooster Daily Record.
  3. ^ "Ronald Reagan Oral History Project: First Morning Session". Miller Center. 26 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Stephen F. Knott". C-SPAN.org.
  5. ^ "Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy". Washington Independent Review of Books.
  6. ^ Savage, Sean J. (4 May 2023). "Knott, Stephen F. Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy: Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2022. 276 Pages. $34.95 (Hardcover)". Congress & the Presidency. 50 (2): 255–256. doi:10.1080/07343469.2023.2208477. ISSN 0734-3469.
  7. ^ "BOOK REVIEW: 'The Lost Soul of the American Presidency'". The Washington Times.
  8. ^ Ewing, Connor M. (October 2020). "Stephen F. Knott: The Lost Soul of the American President: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2019. Pp. xvii, 290.)". The Review of Politics. 82 (4): 645–647. doi:10.1017/S0034670520000510. ISSN 0034-6705.
  9. ^ Doherty, Brendan J. (1 September 2020). "The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal". Political Science Quarterly. 135 (3): 508–510. doi:10.1002/polq.13076. ISSN 0032-3195.
  10. ^ Rogers, Alec D. (25 April 2016). "Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance that Forged America". Journal of the American Revolution.
  11. ^ Salsman, Richard M. (22 December 2016). "The U.S. Founding: Washington's allies and Opponents: Review Essay of John Ferling's Jefferson and Hamilton, Stephen Knott and Tony Williams's Washington and Hamilton, Thomas Fleming's The Great Divide, and Carson Holloway's Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration". Reason Papers. 38 (2): 89–100.
  12. ^ Anderson, Terry H. (1 June 2013). "Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics". Political Science Quarterly. 128 (2): 355–356. doi:10.1002/polq.12041. ISSN 0032-3195.
  13. ^ Korb, Lawrence J. (January 2013). "Stephen F. Knott: Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2012. Pp. ix, 236.)". The Review of Politics. 75 (1): 155–158. doi:10.1017/S0034670512001234. ISSN 0034-6705.
  14. ^ Seaton, Paul S. (2 October 2014). "A Review of "Rush to Judgment: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics": Stephen F. Knott Lawrence: University Press of Kansas 219 pp., $21.00 ISBN: 978-0-7006-1831-6 Publication Date: 2012". Perspectives on Political Science. 43 (4): 231–235. doi:10.1080/10457097.2014.900327. ISSN 1045-7097.
  15. ^ "Stephen F. Knott. Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth. (American Political Thought.) Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 2002. Pp. x, 336. $34.95". The American Historical Review. December 2002. doi:10.1086/ahr/107.5.1554.
  16. ^ Eicholz, Hans L. (2003). "Review of Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth". The Independent Review. 8 (1): 124–129. ISSN 1086-1653. JSTOR 24562601.
  17. ^ "Book Review | Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth, by Stephen F. Knott". The Independent Institute.
  18. ^ Johnson, Loch K. (March 1997). "Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency. By Stephen F. Knott. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 258p. $27.50". American Political Science Review. 91 (1): 191–192. doi:10.2307/2952294. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 2952294.
  19. ^ Lucas, Scott (1 July 1998). "Knott, Stephen E. Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996". Journal of Conflict Studies. ISSN 1715-5673.
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