HERSPRING, Dale R.

HERSPRING, Dale R. American, b. 1940. Genres: Politics/Government. Career: U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, foreign service officer, 1971-91, including assignments as arms control specialist for Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, consular officer at U.S. embassy in Warsaw, Poland, political-military affairs officer at U.S. embassy in Moscow, USSR, deputy director of Office of East European Affairs, director of Office of Security Analysis, senior staff member of Policy Planning Council of the Secretary of State, and senior adviser for Soviet and academic affairs to the chief of naval operations; National War College, professor, 1991-2000; Kansas State University, Manhattan, professor of political science and head of department, 1993-. Georgetown University, adjunct professor, 1982-93; University of Maryland at College Park, adjunct professor, 1988-89; Columbia University, adjunct professor at Harriman Institute for the Advanced Study of the Soviet Union, 1990-91; George Washington University, adjunct professor, 1992-93. Publications: East German Civil-Military Relations: The Impact of Technology, 1949-1972, 1973; (ed. with I. Volgyes) Civil-Military Relations in Communist Systems, 1978; (with R. Laird) The Soviet Union and Strategic Arms, 1984; The Soviet High Command, 1964-1969: Politics and Personalities, 1990; Russian Civil-Military Relations, 1996; Requiem for an Army: The Case of the East German Military, 1998. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]