Gary Hess Distinguished Research Professor, History Ph.D. University of Virginia MA:   University of Virginia BA:   University of Pittsburgh Office: 139 Williams Hall Phone: 419-372-6806 Research Interests: Hess's research and teaching focus on U.S. foreign policy, especially the U.S. and Asia, and U.S. national security policy Selected Publications: Sam Higginbotham of Allahabad: Pioneer of Point Four to India (University Press of Virginia, 1967); America Encounters India (Johns Hopkins, 1971); America and Russia: Cold War Confrontation to Coexistence (Crowell, 1973); The United States' Emergence as a Southeast Asian Power, 1940-1950 (Columbia University Press, 1987); Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War (Macmillan/Pwayne, rev. ed. 1998); The United States at War 1941-1945 (Harland Davidson, rev. ed. 2000); and Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf (John Hopkins University Press, 2001) E-mail: ghess Departmental Faculty Page