Robert P. Watson
Robert P. Watson is an American political scientist and a historian of US politics, and the author of many books on US political and military history. He is Distinguished Professor of American History and Avron Fogelman Research Professor at Lynn University.
Education and career
Watson has a bachelor's degree from Virginia Tech, a master's degree from the University of West Florida, and a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University.Watson held a position at Northern Arizona University before moving to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo in 1997 as an assistant professor of political science. By 2006, as an associate professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, he was named the university's 2006 Distinguished Teacher of the Year. He joined Lynn University in 2007.
Books
Watson is the author of books including:The Presidents' Wives: Reassessing the Office of the First Lady First Ladies of the United States: A Biographical Dictionary Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal America's First Crisis: The War of 1812 The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution George Washington's Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital and Nation Escape! The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break America's First Plague: The Deadly 1793 Epidemic that Crippled a Young Nation When Washington Burned: The British Invasion of the Capital and a Nation's Rise from the AshesHis edited volumes include:
- American First Ladies
- The Presidential Companion: Readings on the First Ladies
- Anticipating Madam President
- America's War on Terror
- Counting Votes: Lessons from the 2000 Presidential Election in Florida
- George McGovern: A Political Life, a Political Legacy
- Debating The War On Terrorism
- ''Lincoln's Enduring Legacy: Perspectives from Great Thinkers, Great Leaders, and the American Experiment''