Leng, Russell J. 1938-

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LENG, Russell J. 1938-

PERSONAL: Born May 21, 1938; son of Percival King (a fund raiser) and Judith E. (a homemaker; maiden name, Tennyson) Leng; married Priscilla M. Stevens (an accountant), August 9, 1969; children: Steven, Susanna. Education: Middlebury College, B.A., 1960; American University, Ph.D., 1967. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Protestant. Hobbies and other interests: Skiing, swimming, wind surfing, cello.

ADDRESSES: Home—16 Morningside Dr., Middlebury, VT 05753. Office—Department of Political Science, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753; fax: 802-443-2450. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, professor of political science and director of Program in International Politics and Economics, beginning 1966, now James Jermain Professor of Political Economy and International Law. Military service: U.S. Army, 1960-62; became first lieutenant.

MEMBER: International Association for Conflict Management, International Studies Association, Peace Science Society.

WRITINGS:

Interstate Crisis Behavior, 1816-1980: Realism vs. Realpolitik, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 1993.

Bargaining and Learning in Recurring Crises: The Soviet-American, Egyptian-Israeli, and Indo-Pakistani Rivalries, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2000.

Contributor to periodicals, including Conflict Management and Peace Science and Peace and Change.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

American Political Science Review, June, 2001, review of Bargaining and Learning in Recurring Crises: The Soviet-American, Egyptian-Israeli, and Indo-Pakistani Rivalries, p. 520.

Choice, January, 1994, review of Interstate Crisis Behavior, 1816-1980: Realism vs. Realpolitik, p. 866.

International Affairs, April, 2001, review of Bargaining and Learning in Recurring Crises.

Journal of Peace Research, July, 2001, Mats Hammarstrom, review of Bargaining and Learning in Recurring Crises, p. 539.

Political Science Quarterly, spring, 2001, Joseph Lepgold, review of Bargaining and Learning in Recurring Crises, p. 135.