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{{Short description|American author and political candidate}}
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'''Robert P. Watson''' (born 1962)<ref>Birth date from [https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99027118.html Library of Congress], credited to data sheet from ''The President's Wives''</ref> is an American [[political science|political scientist]] and a historian of US politics, and the author of many books on US political and military history. He is Distinguished Professor of American History and Avron Fogelman Research Professor at [[Lynn University]].<ref name=lynn>{{cite web|url=https://www.lynn.edu/campus-directory/people/robert-watson|title=Robert Watson|work=Campus directory|publisher=Lynn University|access-date=2024-05-18}}</ref>
==Education and career==
Watson has a bachelor's degree from [[Virginia Tech]], a master's degree from the [[University of West Florida]], and a Ph.D. from [[Florida Atlantic University]].<ref name=lynn/>
Watson held a position at [[Northern Arizona University]] before moving to the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo]] in 1997 as an assistant professor of political science.<ref>{{cite journal
| date = June 1997
| doi = 10.1017/s1049096500043420
| issue = 2
| journal = PS: Political Science & Politics
| pages = 222–223
| title = People in political science
| volume = 30}}</ref> By 2006, as an associate professor of political science at [[Florida Atlantic University]], he was named the university's 2006 Distinguished Teacher of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fau.edu/provost/documents/speech-watson.pdf|title=2006 Distinguished Teacher of the Year|work=Office of the provost|publisher=Florida Atlantic University|year=2006}}</ref> He joined Lynn University in 2007.<ref name=lynn/>
==Books==
Watson is the author of books including:
* ''The Presidents' Wives: Reassessing the Office of the First Lady'' (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000; 2nd ed., 2014)<ref>Reviews of ''The Presidents' Wives'':
*MaryAnne Borrelli, ''Rhetoric and Public Affairs'', {{jstor|41940282}}
*Margaret Flanagan, ''Booklist'', [https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A59087224/AONE?u=anon~f3c6f5db&sid=googleScholar&xid=47188b98]
*Myra G. Gutin, ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', {{jstor|27552199}}
*Rhonda Kinney, ''Perspectives on Political Science'', {{ProQuest|194695298}}
*Laura Van Assendelft, ''White House Studies'', [https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A80605890/AONE?u=anon~e79c32c&sid=googleScholar&xid=2e5c57e5]
</ref>
* ''First Ladies of the United States: A Biographical Dictionary'' (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001)
* ''Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012)<ref>Review of ''Affairs of State'':
Bryn Upton, ''The Historian'', {{jstor|24456744}}
</ref>
* ''America's First Crisis: The War of 1812'' (SUNY Press, 2014)<ref>Reviews of ''America's First Crisis'':
*Gregg French, ''H-Net'', [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=41011]
*Daniel P. Murphy, ''The Journal of American Culture'', {{ProQuest|1852700078}}
*Stuart L. Butler, ''On Point'', {{jstor|26365644}}
</ref>
* ''The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II'' (Da Capo Press, 2016)<ref>Reviews of ''The Nazi Titanic'':
*John Howard Oxley, ''Warship International'', {{jstor|44893464}}
*''The Columbus Dispatch'', [https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/books/2016/06/10/book-review-nazi-titanic-wwii/23696796007/]
</ref>
* ''The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution'' (Da Capo Press, 2017)<ref>Reviews of ''The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn'':
*Jon Ault, ''H-Net'', [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=52423]
*Woody Holton, ''The Historian'', {{doi|10.1111/hisn.13075}}
*John Howard Oxley, ''Warship International'', {{jstor|44894923}}
</ref>
* ''George Washington's Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital and Nation'' (Georgetown University Press, 2021)<ref>Reviews of ''George Washington’s Final Battle'':
*Carl Abbott, ''The Journal of American History'', {{doi|10.1093/jahist/jaab144}}
*Bob Arnebeck, ''Washington History'', {{jstor|48694027}}
*Molly Nebiolo, ''Journal of the Early Republic'', {{jstor|27105434}}
</ref>
* ''Escape! The Story of the Confederacy's Infamous Libby Prison and the Civil War's Largest Jail Break'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)
* ''America's First Plague: The Deadly 1793 Epidemic that Crippled a Young Nation'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)<ref>Reviews of ''America's First Plague'':
*Fergus M. Bordewich, "‘America’s First Plague’ Review: Attack of the Yellow Jack", ''Wall Street Journal'', [https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-first-plague-review-attack-of-the-yellow-jack-3cb1eb4e]
*Dennis Cornfield, Medical History Society of New Jersey, [https://www.mhsnj.org/Book-Review]
</ref>
* ''When Washington Burned: The British Invasion of the Capital and a Nation's Rise from the Ashes'' (Georgetown University Press, 2023)
His [[edited volume]]s include:
*''American First Ladies'' (edited, Salem, 2002)<ref>Review of ''American First Ladies'':
Carla Wilson Buss, ''Reference & User Services Quarterly'', {{jstor|41241125}}
</ref>
*''The Presidential Companion: Readings on the First Ladies'' (edited with Anthony J. Eksterowicz, University of South Carolina Press, 2003)<ref>Reviews of ''The Presidential Companion'':
*Paul T. Armitstead, ''The Journal of Southern History'', {{doi|10.2307/27648495}}, {{jstor|27648495}}
*Edith Gelles, ''The North Carolina Historical Review'', {{jstor|23522848}}
*Martha Solomon Watson, ''Rhetoric and Public Affairs'', {{jstor|41939916}}
*Betty Houchin Winfield, ''The Journal of American History'', {{doi|10.2307/3659754}}, {{jstor|3659754}}
</ref>
*''Anticipating Madam President'' (edited with Ann Gordon, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003)<ref>Reviews of ''Anticipating Madam President'':
*Debra L. Dodson, ''Signs'', {{doi|10.1086/491794}}, {{jstor|10.1086/491794}}
*Barbara Morris, ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', {{jstor|27552551}}
*Judith Nies, "Ms. President", ''The Women's Review of Books'', {{doi|10.2307/4024297}}, {{jstor|4024297}}
</ref>
*''America's War on Terror'' (edited with Patrick Hayden and Tom Lansford, Ashgate, 2003; 2nd ed., 2009)<ref>Reviews of ''America's War on Terror'':
*Åshild Kolås, ''Journal of Peace Research'', {{jstor|4149602}}
*Daniel Masters, ''Journal of Strategic Security'', {{jstor|26463134}}
</ref>
*''Counting Votes: Lessons from the 2000 Presidential Election in Florida'' (edited, University Press of Florida, 2004)<ref>Review of ''Counting Votes'':
Mark Whitman, ''The Journal of Southern History'', {{doi|10.2307/27648898}}, {{jstor|27648898}}
</ref>
*''George McGovern: A Political Life, a Political Legacy'' (edited, South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2004)<ref>Review of ''George McGovern'':
Jon K. Lauck, ''Great Plains Quarterly'', {{jstor|23533702}}
</ref>
*''Debating The War On Terrorism'' (edited with Tom Langsford, Kendall/Hunt, 2005)<ref>Review of ''Debating The War On Terrorism'':
Rudolf T. Zarzar, ''International Journal on World Peace'', {{jstor|20753489}}
</ref>
*''Lincoln's Enduring Legacy: Perspectives from Great Thinkers, Great Leaders, and the American Experiment'' (edited with William D. Pederson and Frank J. Williams, Lexington Books, 2010)<ref>Review of ''Lincoln's Enduring Legacy'':
Matthew Pinsker, ''Louisiana History'', {{jstor|24396719}}
</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|http://www.robertwatson.net}}
*{{C-SPAN|90901}}
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