John Mueller Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies
Mershon Center and Political Science
220D Mershon Center
614.247.6007
bbbb@osu.edu
http://psweb.sbs.ohio-state.edu/faculty/jmueller/
Education
A.B., University of Chicago (1960)
M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, Political Science (1963)
Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, Political Science (1965)
Teaching/Research
Dr. Mueller’s research interests include international politics, foreign policy, defense policy, public opinion, democratization, economic history, post-Communism, terrorism, musical theater, and dance history.
Selected Books
Atomic Obsession (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them (Free Press, 2006)
The Remnants of War (Cornell University Press, 2004)
Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery (Princeton University Press, 1999) (Ukrainian translation 2003)
Quiet Cataclysm: Reflections on the Recent Transformation of World Politics (HarperCollins, 1995)
Policy and Opinion in the Gulf War (University of Chicago Press, 1994)
Retreat from Doomsday: The Obsolescence of Major War (Basic Books, 1989)
Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films (New York: Knopf, 1985)
A Foggy Day, a musical comedy created by incorporating songs by George and Ira Gershwin into a play by P.G. Wodehouse and Ian Hay (1984), more than 125 sold out performances each season at the Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada (1998, 1999)
War, Presidents and Public Opinion (Wiley, 1973)
Selected Articles
"This Just In: War Has Almost Ceased to Exist" (Political Science Quarterly, forthcoming)
"The Longterm Political and Economic Consequences of 9/11," in The Impact of 9-11: The Day That Changed Everything? ed. by Matthew H. Morgan (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming)
"Inflating Terrorism," in Threat Inflation: The Theory, Politics, and Psychology of Fear Mongering in the United States, ed. by Jane K. Cramer and A. Trevor Thrall (Routledge, forthcoming)
"Are We Correctly Assessing and Addressing Terrorist Threats?" in Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism, ed. by Stuart Gottlieb (Congressional Quarterly Press, forthcoming)
"Faulty Correlation, Foolish Consistency, and Fatal Consequence: Democracy, Peace, and Theory in the Middle East," in Democratic Peace and Promotion: Critical Perspectives, ed. by Steven H. Hook (Kent State University Press, forthcoming)
"Reacting to Terrorism: Probabilities, Consequences, and the Persistence of Fear," in Coping with Contemporary Terrorism: Origins, Escalation, and Responses, ed. by Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson (SUNY Press, forthcoming)
"How Dangerous Are the Taliban?" (Foreign Affairs, April 15, 2009)
"Is International Terrorism a Significant Challenge to National Security?" in Controversies in Globalization: Contending Approaches to International Relations, ed. by Peter M. Haas and John A. Hird (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2009)
“Cost-Benefit Assessment of United States Homeland Security Spending,” with Mark G. Stewart (Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, 2009)
"The Iraq War and the Management of American Public Opinion," in Intelligence and National Security Policy Making in Iraq: British and American Perspectives, ed. by James Pfiffner and Mark Phythian (Manchester University Press, 2008)
"Terrorphobia: Our False Sense of Insecurity" (American Interest, May/June 2008)
"Security, Muscularity, and Morality: Three Comments on Etzioni," (American Behavioral Scientist, May 2008)
"Band of Brigands: The Criminality of Modern Warfare" (Lapham's Quarterly, Winter 2008)
"Extrapolations from a Book about Nothing," in Cultural Politics and the Politics of Culture: Essays to Honor Alexander Stephan, ed. by Helen Fehervary and Bernd Fischer (Peter Lang, 2007)
"Apocalypse Later" (National Interest, Nov./Dec. 2007)
"Radioactive Hype" (National Interest, Sep./Oct. 2007)
"The Terrorism Industry: The Profits of Doom," in Playing Politics with Terrorism: A User’s Guide, ed. by George Kassimeris (Hurst, 2007)
"Fear Not: Notes from a Naysayer" (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2007)
"What If We Leave? When nightmare scenarios are used to justify endless war, it’s time to wake up" (American Conservative, 2007)
"Vietnam and Iraq: Strategy, Exit, and Syndrome," in Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, lessons, legacies, and ghosts, ed. by John Dumbrell and David Ryan (Routledge, 2007)
"Is There A Still a Terrorist Threat? The Myth of the Omnipresent Enemy" (Foreign Affairs, 2006; roundtable followup discussion on "Is There A Still a Terrorist Threat?" with James Fallows, Jessica Stern, Fawaz Gerges, and Paul Pillar on Foreign Affairs website)
"Some Reflections on What, If Anything, ‘Are We Safer’ Might Mean," lead essay and discussion, with Clark Kent Irwin, Veronique de Rugy, and Timothy Naftali (Cato Unbound website, 2006)
"Terrorism, Overreaction, and Globalization," in No More States? Globalization, National Self-Determination, and Terrorism, ed. by Richard N. Rosecrance and Arthur A. Stein (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006)
"Accounting for the Waning of Major War," in The Waning of Major War: Theories and Debates, ed. by Raimo Väyrynen (London and New York: Routledge, 2006)
"The Cost of War," dialog with Christopher Gelpi (Foreign Affairs, Jan./Feb. 2006)
"The Iraq Syndrome" (Foreign Affairs, Nov./Dec. 2005)
"Force, Legitimacy, Success, and Iraq" (Review of International Studies, (2005). Special issue also published as Force and Legitimacy in World Politics, ed. by David Armstrong, Theo Farrell, and Bice Maiguashca (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005)
"Six Rather Unusual Propositions about Terrorism" (Terrorism and Political Violence, 2005)
"Response" (Terrorism and Political Violence, 2005). Reply to comments about the "Six Propositions" article by Richard Betts, Daniel Byman, and Martha Crenshaw
"Ordering the New World," in Redefining Sovereignty: The Use of Force After the Cold War, ed. by Michael Bothe, Mary Ellen O'Connell, and Natalino Ronzitti (Transnational Publishers, 2005)
"Simplicity and Spook: Terrorism and the Dynamics of Threat Exaggeration" (International Studies Perspectives, 2005)
"What Was the Cold War About? Evidence from Its Ending" (Political Science Quarterly, 2004-05)
"A False Sense of Insecurity?" (Regulation, Fall 2004)
Honors and Awards
Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research for War, Presidents and Public Opinion, given by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut (2008)
Joseph P. Lepgold Prize for Best Book on International Relations for The Remnants of War from Georgetown University (2004)
Senior Guest Researcher, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway (2001)
Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution (1997)
War, Presidents and Public Opinion named one of "Fifty Books That Significantly Shaped Public Opinion Research, 1946-1995" by the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Public Opinion Quarterly (1995)
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 1990)
Guggenheim Fellowship for Deterrence, Stability and the Potential Obsolescence of Major War (1988)
de la Torre Bueno Prize, Dance Perspectives Foundation, to Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films (1983)
National Science Foundation Grant for Public Expectations About War (1974-75)
National Science Foundation Grant for Public Opinion in Wartime (1967-70)
Listed in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East, Contemporary Authors, Who’s Who in 20th Century America, Who’s Who in the Midwest.
More than 100 interviews per year on war, terrorism and public opinion for such major news outlets as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, CNN, and Fox News.
Mershon Project
Atomic Obsession: Reactions and Overreactions to Terrorism (under contract with Oxford University Press)
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