Sarah C. M. Paine
Also known as Sarah Paine, S. C. M. Paine
Historian of grand strategy and of China, Japan and Russia at the US Naval War College.
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- Sarah C.
- M.
- Paine is an American historian of East Asia and of grand strategy at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where she joined in 2000 and was the William S.
- Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy from 2014 to 2025.
- Her books include Imperial Rivals, The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, The Wars for Asia 1911–1949, which won a 2012 PROSE award, and The Japanese Empire.
Key facts
- Born
- 19571
- Naval War College
- Associate professor from 2000, full professor from 2006; William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy and Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History, 2014 to 20251
- Books
- Imperial Rivals (1996, Barbara Jelavich Book Prize); The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 (2003); Modern China, with Bruce Elleman (2010); The Wars for Asia 1911–1949 (2012, PROSE award); The Japanese Empire (2017)1
- Education
- BA in Latin American studies, Harvard (1979); MIA, Columbia (1984); MA in Russian, Middlebury (1989); PhD in history, Columbia (1993)1
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