David Holloway, Stanford University

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Department of History Professor Stanford, California david.holloway@stanford.edu Office: (650) 723-1737

Bio/Research

Holloway’s research during the Cold War focused on East-West relations with particular reference to nuclear weapons. Since then he has devoted more attention to the international history of nuclear weapons. He has written on the history and sociology of science in the Soviet Union. He has also...

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Bio/Research

Holloway’s research during the Cold War focused on East-West relations with particular reference to nuclear weapons. Since then he has devoted more attention to the international history of nuclear weapons. He has written on the history and sociology of science in the Soviet Union. He has also worked on technical and policy issues related to national security policy. His Stalin and the Bomb: the Soviet Union and Atomic Energy 1939-1956 (Yale University Press, 1994) won the Vucinich and Shulman prizes of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and was selected by the New York Times as one of the 11 best books of 1994. His current research deals with the international history of nuclear weapons.

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