Walter L. Hixson is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Akron. He is the author of several books focused on the history of US foreign relations, including, American Foreign Relations: A New Diplomatic History (2016); American Settler Colonialism: A History (2013); The Myth of American Diplomacy: National identity and US Foreign Policy (2008); Parting the Curtain: Propaganda, Culture and the Cold War, 1945–1961 (1997); and George F. Kennan: Cold War Iconoclast (1989).
