William Burr

William Burr is a senior analyst, and director of the nuclear history]] documentation project at the National Security Archive, George Washington University. He edited two of the Archive's document collections: The Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962 and U.S. Nuclear History: Nuclear Arms and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955-1968. He has taught at Washington College, the Catholic University of America, George Mason University and American University. His review and articles have appeared in Diplomatic History, the Cold War International History Project Bulletin, International Security and Cold War History, among others. During 1996-98 he served on the editorial board of Diplomatic History. He is currently a member of the Council of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).

Education

• Ph.D. in history from Northern Illinois University