Background
Kennedy, Paul Michael was born on June 17, 1945 in Wallsend, England. Arrived in United States, 1983. Son of John Patrick and Margaret (Hennessy) Kennedy.
Kennedy, Paul Michael was born on June 17, 1945 in Wallsend, England. Arrived in United States, 1983. Son of John Patrick and Margaret (Hennessy) Kennedy.
Bachelor, Newcastle University, England, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, England, 1970. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1983.
Doctorate (honorary), University Ohio, 1989. Doctorate (honorary), University New Haven, 1989. Doctorate (honorary), University Newcastle, 1991.
Doctorate (honorary), Long Island University, 1993. Doctorate (honorary), Union College, 1994. Doctorate (honorary), Alfred University, 1994.
Doctorate (honorary), University East Anglia, 1994. Doctorate (honorary), Connecticut College, 1999. Doctorate (honorary), University Leuven, 2001.
Lecturer history University East Anglia, England, 1970-1974, reader England, 1974-1982, professor England, 1982-1983. Dilworth professor history Yale University, New Haven, since 1983, director, International Security Studies, since 1990. DeVane lecturer, 1992-1993.
Lewis lecturer Princeton University, 1990. Ford's lecturer Oxford University, 1984. Gabriel Silver lecturer Columbia University, 1988.
Brodie lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1993. 1st annual Nobel Peace lecturer, Oslo, 1992. Bruno Keisky lecturer, Vienna, 1994.
Roskill Memorial lecturer, Cambridge, 1997. Research assistant Senior Basil Liddell Hart, 1966-1970. Visiting fellow Insurance for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1979.
Co-director of Secretariat to report on United Nations in Its Second-Half Century, 1993-1996.
Author The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, 1987, Strategy and Diplomacy, The War Plans of the Great Powers, The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism, The Realities Behind Diplomacy, Preparing for the Twenty-first Century. Editor Grand Strategies in War and Peace, 1991. Co-editor The Pivotal States: A New Framework for United States Policy in the Developing World, 1999, From War to Peace: Altered Strategic Landscapes in the Twentieth Century, 2000.Syndicated columnist, Tribune Media Services.
Fellow: British Academy, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal History Society. Member: Association American Historians.
Jogging, soccer, hillwalking, old churches.
Married Catherine Urwin, September 2, 1967 (deceased June 1998). Children: James, John, Matthew. Married Cynthia Farrar, August 18, 2001.