Grant Golub
Assistant Professor of American History
Department of National Security and Strategy, SSL
BIO
Grant Golub is an Assistant Professor of American History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. He received his Ph.D. in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in May 2023. He specializes in U.S. grand strategy, diplomatic and international history, the domestic determinants of American foreign policy, transatlantic relations, and how executive branch agencies shape U.S. strategy and policy. He is currently working on his first book, which examines Henry Stimson and the War Department during World War II. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at Defense Priorities, a Washington, DC foreign policy think tank.
A graduate of Princeton University and LSE, Grant was previously an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. He was also a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at the Notre Dame International Security Center, and a Junior Fellow with the International Policy Scholars Consortium and Network (IPSCON) hosted by the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS. His academic work has been published in the Journal of Strategic Studiesand The International History Review. His commentary can be found in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The National Interest, Business Insider, Responsible Statecraft, and other outlets.
contact
grant.golub.civ@armywarcollege.edu
651 Wright Ave, Room 3008
Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013
Recent Publications
ACADEMIC ARTICLE
“The Eagle and the Lion: Reassessing Anglo-American strategic planning and the foundations of U.S. strategy to World War II”
Journal of Strategic Studies (online July 31, 2022)
STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
ACADEMIC ARTICLE
“The Proper and Orthodox Way of War: Henry Stimson, the War Department, and the Politics of U.S. Military Policy During World War II”
The International History Review 44:6 (2022), 1248-1268
STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
COMMENTARY
“America’s Allies Are More Dependent on Washington Than Ever Before”
Real Clear Defense (June 13, 2023)
ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES
COMMENTARY
“Washington already fought a cold war with Beijing. It was a disaster”
Chicago Tribune, June 10, 2022
STRATEGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES
COMMENTARY
“The enduring lessons for Joe Biden from Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, and George Shultz”
Washington Post, October 25, 2021
DEMOCRACY AND DEFENSE