GAR ALPEROVITZ

Gar Alperovitz, historian and political-economist, is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland, College Park, and President of the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives.

His most recent book, The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, was published by Knopf in July 1995. Dr. Alperovitz's other recent books include Rebuilding America (with Jeff Faux) and a third edition of Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam (originally published in 1965, Simon & Schuster). Among his previous books are Strategy and Program and Cold War Essays. He is also editor (with Roger Skurski) of American Economic Policy: Problems and Prospects.

Dr. Alperovitz lectures widely and has testified before numerous Congressional Committees. Previously he served as Legislative Director in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and as a Special Assistant in the Department of State. In addition, he is former President of The Center for Community Economic Development and of The Cambridge Institute.

Dr. Alperovitz received his Ph.D. in Political-Economy fromCambridge University, a Masters degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin. A Marshall Scholar and Guggenheim and Phi Beta Kappa Fellow he has also been a Fellow of King's College at Cambridge University, a Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution, a Guest Professor at Notre Dame University, and a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics at Harvard University.

Dr. Alperovitz's numerous articles have appeared in publications ranging from The New York Times and The Washington Post to International Security, Journal of Economic Issues, Technology Review, Social Policy, Foreign Policy, Wharton Magazine, Diplomatic History, and many other academic and popular journals. He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and featured in television presentations including Wall Street Week, CrossFire, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, Larry King Live, The Charlie Rose Show, Sunday "Today," and Meet the Press.

He is currently working on a study of political-economic systems which satisfy such fundamental criteria as: sustainability, democratic participation, liberty, equality, community, and the nurturing of less aggressive and violence-prone cultures.