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Zachary Shore is a historian of international conflict. He focuses on understanding the enemy.  Dr Shore is Professor of History at the Naval Postgraduate School and Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He earned his doctorate in modern history at Oxford, performed postdoctoral research at Harvard, and held a fellowship at Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. In the fall of 2024, he was awarded the inaugural Berthold Beitz Fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin.

He is the author of six books and numerous articles. Some of his writings have appeared in Time Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, Discourse, and scholarly venues such as The American Historical Review, The Journal of Cold War Studies, The Journal of Contemporary History, Intelligence and National Security, and elsewhere.

NPS Experience: 2006 - Current: Professor

Research Interests:
Zachary Shore's work stands at the intersection of history, decision making, and policy. Through six books and numerous articles he has asked how leaders make decisions about their enemies and how this in turn affects international conflict. The overarching aim is to develop a history of judgment in foreign affairs. His hope is that this work will not only advance our understanding of particular historical periods but will also provide some guidance to contemporary decision makers.
 

Teaching Interests:

1.    20th-Century International History
2.    History of American Foreign Policy
3.    World War II
4.    The Vietnam War
5.    Interwar Era International Affairs
6.    Grad School Survival Skills

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