Mary Elise Sarotte

Mary Elise Sarotte

Professor Mary Elise Sarotte has authored five books and co-edited a sixth. Her most recent book, Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate, was shortlisted for both the Cundill History Prize and the Duke of Wellington History Medal; received the Arthur Ross Prize Silver Medal; won the Pushkin House Prize for Best Non-Fiction Book on Russia; and is now appearing in multiple European and Asian countries, including a best-selling updated version for German speakers. One of her earlier books, The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall, became an Economist, Financial Times, and BBC History Book of the Year. Its predecessor, 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe—also a Financial Times Book of the Year—won both the Ferrell Prize and the Shulman Prize for best book on Soviet foreign relations.

Dr. Sarotte received her AB in History and Science at Harvard and her PhD in European History at Yale. A former Humboldt Scholar, Sarotte has twice received Berlin Prizes from the American Academy in Berlin.

 

Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

Friday Feb. 21, 2025 • 6:00 pm

Edwards Hall 112

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