Michael Bess
Author of Choices Under Fire: Moral Dimensions of World War II
About the Author
Michael Bess is Chancellor's Professor of History at Vanderbilt University and the author of Choices Under Fire and The Light-Green Society. He received a Guggenheim fellowship and a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to conduct the research for this book.
Works by Michael Bess
Make Way for the Superhumans: How the science of bio enhancement is transforming our world, and how we need to deal… (2016) 11 copies
Realism, Utopia, and the Mushroom Cloud: Four Activist Intellectuals and their Strategies for Peace, 1945-1989--Louise… (1993) 4 copies
Family Historical Record 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Bess, Michael Demaree
- Birthdate
- 1955
- Gender
- male
- Places of residence
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Education
- Reed College (BA|Philosophy)
University of California, Berkeley (MA|History)
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D|History) - Occupations
- Chancellor’s Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
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- Works
- 9
- Members
- 164
- Popularity
- #129,117
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 24
- ISBNs
- 19
- Languages
- 1
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