Mary Elise Sarotte (born 1968) is an American post-Cold War historian.[1] She is the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, which is part of Johns Hopkins University.[2]

Mary Sarotte
Sarotte in 2010
Born1968 (age 55–56)
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Yale University (PhD)
OccupationHistorian
Notable workNot One Inch

Sarotte earned an AB in history and science from Harvard University, and a PhD in history at Yale University.[2] Her book, Not One Inch, was shortlisted for the 2022 Cundill Prize.[3]

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External videos
  Presentation by Sarotte on The Collapse, November 24, 2014, C-SPAN
  Presentation by Sarotte on Not One Inch, February 4, 2022, C-SPAN
  Q&A interview with Sarotte on Not One Inch, April 17, 2022, C-SPAN
  • Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973. University of North Carolina Press. 2001.
  • "'Take No Risks (Chinese)': The Basic Treaty in the context of international relations". Bulletin of the German Historical Institute. Supplement 1: 109–117. 2004.
  • 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe (Second Edition). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014.[4][5]
  • Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall. New York: Basic Books, 2014.[6]
  • German Reunification: A Multinational History, eds. Frédéric Bozo, Andreas Rödder, and Mary Elise Sarotte (New York: Routledge, 2017).
  • Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate. Yale University Press, 2021.

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  1. ^ Boston Globe, retrieved 25 September 2019
  2. ^ a b Johns Hopkins University
  3. ^ "US$75k Cundill History Prize shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  4. ^ European History Quarterly, doi:10.1177/0265691412451813w
  5. ^ New York Times
  6. ^ Journal of Cold War Studies, retrieved 25 September 2019
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