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Tom Nichols (born 1960) is a professor at the U.S. Naval War College, at the Harvard Extension School, a Sovietologist, and a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion.[1][2][3] He is a senior contributor at The Federalist and the author of seven books.[4] Previously he was a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[1] He also worked for Senator John Heinz as personal staff for defense and security affairs.[1]

He was a member of the Never Trump movement and one of "the most eloquent conservative voices against President Trump."[5] During the 2016 presidential campaign, Nichols wrote "an epic tweetstorm" arguing that conservatives should vote for Hillary Clinton, whom he detested, because Trump was "too mentally unstable" to serve as commander-in-chief.[5]

Nichols is an undefeated five-time Jeopardy! champion and one of that game's all-time top players.[6] He is the father of libertarian writer Shoshana Weissman.[7][8][9]

Publications

Books[4]
  • The Sacred Cause: Civil-Military Conflict over Soviet National Security, 1917-1992 (1993, Cornell University Press) ISBN 0801427746
  • The Russian Presidency: Society and Politics in the Second Russian Republic' (1999, Palgrave Macmillan) ISBN 0312293372
  • Winning the World: Lessons for America's Future from the Cold War (2002, Praeger) ISBN 0275966631
  • Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War (2008, University of Pennsylvania Press) ISBN 0812240669
  • Tactical Nuclear Weapons and NATO (2012, Military Bookshop) ISBN 1584875259
  • No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security (2013, University of Pennsylvania Press) ISBN 0812245660
  • The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters (2017, Oxford University Press) ISBN 0190469412

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tom Nichols". The Federalist. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "Tom Nichols". J! Archive. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Thomas M. Nichols, Ph.D." U.S. Naval War College. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Thomas M. Nichols (author page)". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Kennedy, Dan (February 6, 2017). "Some calming thoughts on Trump coverage from a #NeverTrump conservative". Media Nation. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Death of Expertise (product description)". Oxford University Press. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  7. ^ "Twitter post, March 30, 2017". Twitter. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Twitter post, Feb. 27, 2017". Twitter. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Twitter post, Feb. 1, 2017". Twitter. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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