Pash, Sidney

Sidney Pash

Dr. Sidney Pash
Professor, History 
Office: Butler 254
Phone: 910-672-1583
Email: spash@uncfsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., May 2001. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

  • Major Field: United States History
  • Minor Field: Modern Japanese History
  • Dissertation: “Deterrence and the Origins of the Pacific War.”
  • Advisor: Lloyd C. Gardner

M.A., June 1995. University of California, Riverside

  • Major Field: United States History
  • Minor Field: Modern European History

B.A., cum laude, History, June 1988. University of California, Los Angeles

Employment

Assistant/Associate Professor/Professor of History. Fayetteville State University,

Fayetteville, North Carolina. August 2001-Present.

Adjunct Instructor. Campbell University, Ft Bragg/Pope Airfield, North Carolina. Fall 2014 to present.

Fulbright Scholar. The University of Tokyo, Japan Women's University, Kyoritsu Women's University, Tokyo, Japan. 2010-2011.

Adjunct Instructor. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Newark, and Piscataway, New Jersey.

1997-1998 academic year, summer 1999 and 2000, and 2000-2001 academic year.

Adjunct Instructor. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey. Summer 1996.

Instructor. AMVIC (AEON) English School, Gifu, Japan. August 1989-October 1990

Publications (Peer Reviewed)

Books

The Currents of War A New History of American-Japanese Relations, 1899-1941. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2014.

G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash, eds. The United States and the Second World War: New Perspectives on Diplomacy, War, and the Home Front. New York: Fordham University Press, 2010.

Articles

“W.E B. Du Bois and Japan: From Japanophile to Apologist.” Japan Women’s University Journal of American and English Literature(March 2016): 21-36.

“The China Card: Sino-American Relations and the Origins of the Pacific War.” Center for Pacific and American Studies 12 (Spring 2012):63-78.

“Military Deterrence and the Origins of the Pacific War.” The New England Journal of History 63, (Spring 2007): 15-33.

“The Revolutionary Summer and the Onset of the Pacific War.” The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians 14, (April 2006):88-105.

Book Chapters

“Pearl Harbor and Japan Ascendant,” chapter 11 in Piehler, G. K., & Grant, J. (Eds.). Oxford Handbook of World War II. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023.

“Public Opinion, War, and Peace,” in Da Cruz, Da Cruz, and Dowdle, eds. American Politics: Transformation and Change. Boston: Pearson, 2004.

Invited Book Reviews

Review of Asian American Spies: How Asian Americans Helped Win the Allied Victory. By Brian Hayashi(New York: Oxford University Press, 2021). English Historical Review 138(June 2023) 695-697.

Review of Prelude to Pearl Harbor: Ideology and Culture in US-Japanese Relations, 1919-1941. By John Gripentrog (Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021). American Historical Review 127: 1(March 2022): 479-480.

Review of Divergent Memories: Opinion Leaders and the Asia Pacific War. By Gi-Wook Shin and Daniel Sneider(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2016). Michigan War Studies 2017:86.

Scholarly Reference Works

” World War II.” Encyclopedia of Military Science. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, August 2013.

“Deterrence.” Encyclopedia of Military Science. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, 2013.

“Advisors, Foreign Military.” Encyclopedia of Military Science. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, August 2013.

“War Planning.” Encyclopedia of Military Science. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, August 2013.

“Frigates.” Encyclopedia of Military Science. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, August 2013.

“Naval Strategy.” Encyclopedia of Military Science. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, August 2013.

“Diplomatic Relations.” One Day in History: December 7, 1941. Washington DC: Smithsonian, 2006.

“Toyoda Teijiro.” One Day in History: December 7, 1941. Washington DC: Smithsonian, 2006.

“American Isolationism, 1898-1945.” Americans at War. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

“William McKinley.” Americans at War. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

“The New Deal.” Americans at War. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

“The Pearl Harbor Investigation.” Americans at War. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

“World War I Economy.” Americans at War. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

“World War II Economy.” Americans at War. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

“Public Opinion.” Americans at War. Woodbridge: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

“Edward O. Reischauer.” Encyclopedia of American Lives. New York: Scribner’s, 2003.

“The Economics of Imperialism.” Encyclopedia of Colonialism. Santa Barbara: East River Books, 2003.

“The Japanese Military in the Twentieth Century.” Magill’s Guide to Military History. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.

“The Khmer-Thai Wars of 1353-1444.” Magill’s Guide to Military History. Pasadena: Salem Press 2001.

“The Khmer-Cham Wars of 1050-1203.” Magill’s Guide to Military History. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.

“The Siamese-Burmese Wars of 1587-1777.” Magill’s Guide to Military History. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.

“The Siamese-Cambodian Wars of 1587-1717.” Magill’s Guide to Military History. Pasadena: Salem Press, 2001.

Grants and Fellowships

External

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Center for Asian Studies. Minority-Serving Institution Course Development Grant, May-June 2024.

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Center for European Studies. European Union Study Grant, May-August 2023.

The U.S-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Exchange COIL and Mobility Grant, June 2022.

National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute, May-June,2014.

Friends of the Princeton University Library Research Grant, July 2012.

US Department of State, Fulbright Scholar, September 2010-July 2011.

Internal

College Learning Assessment Grant, fall 2014-spring 2015.

Global Understanding Course Travel Award, spring 2014.

Hybrid Course Design Grant, spring 2013.

Writing Across the Curriculum Grant, spring-fall 2012.

Charles Chesnutt Fellow, spring-fall 2009.

College Learning Assessment Grant, fall 2008-spring 2009.

Honors and Awards

Department of Government and History, Teacher of the Year, April 2019.

Wynton J Hadley Excellence in Teaching Award, Fayetteville State University School of Education, May 2016.

Conference Presentations

“WEB Du Bois: From Japanophile to Apologist.” North Carolina Association of Historians Annual Conference, University of North Carolina Pembroke, April 2017.

“Military Deterrence and the Origins of the Pacific War.” Interdisciplinary Forum on Military Studies. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 2000.

“The Revolutionary Summer and the Origins of the Pacific War.” Mid Atlantic World History Conference, October 2000.

"Stanley Hornbeck, Deterrence Diplomacy, and the Coming of the Pacific War." Warren Susman Memorial Conference. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 1997.

University Presentations

“The Origins of the Pacific War.” FSU Authors Transform our Community. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, April 2016.

“The Struggle for Turkish Neutrality in World War II.” Global Literacy Week Colloquium. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, October 2012.

“Pearl Harbor Conspiracy.” Department of Government and History Lecture Series. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, October 2011.

“Sino-American Relations.” Department of Government and History Lecture Series. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, April 2008.

The Diplomacy of Ralph Bunche.” African-American History Month Lecture Series. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, February 2003.

“Should the United States go to War with Iraq?” Fayetteville State University Dormitory Lecture Series. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, January and February 2003.

“Diplomatic Policy after September 11.” Fayetteville State University Faculty Development Symposium Conference. “September 11 in the Historical, Political and Social Context,” Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, September 2002.

Panelist for “The Struggle Against Terrorism and the Search for its Roots.” Department of Government and History Lecture Series. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, September 2001.

International University Presentations

“The Civil Rights Revolution, 1945-1965.” Baotou Teacher’s College, Baotou, China, and Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, China, May 2014.

"The Vietnam War: Its Origins and Consequences." The University of Tokyo Relay Lectures in American History, The University of Tokyo, Meguro Ku, Tokyo, Japan, June 2011.

"Antebellum Slavery." Aoyoma Gakuin University, Shibuya Ku, Tokyo, Japan, June 2011.

“The China Card: Sino-American Relations and the Origins of the Pacific War, 1933-1941.” The University of Tokyo Center for Pacific and American Studies Seminar Series, The University of Tokyo, Meguro Ku, Tokyo, Japan, April 2011.

“The Foundations of American Foreign Relations.” Kyoritsu Women’s University Introduction to American Studies Lecture Series, Kyoritsu Women’s University, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo, Japan, January 2011.

“A History of Prewar American-Japanese Diplomatic Relations.” Tokyo Jogakkan University Lecture Series, Tokyo Jogakkan University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan, November, 2010.

Public Presentations

“The Failure of Containment and the Coming of the Pacific War.” Rendezvous with Destiny: Florida and World War II. Tallahassee, Florida, December 2021. Available at https://thefloridachannel.org/videos/12-7-21-history-speaks-the-failure-of-containment-and-the-coming-of-the-pacific-war/

“The Civil Rights Revolution, 1945-1965.” Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, North Carolina, January 2016, February 2017, 2020, 2022, and 2023.

“Pacific Diplomacy in the 1930s.” Harold C. Deutsch World War II History Roundtable, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota, September 2016.

Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPbAt3qsObE

“Five Historians Reflect on World War II: What We Know, What We Still Need to Learn, and What We May Never Know.” Fordham University, Manhattan Campus, New York, New York, November 2012.

“The Lessons of United States Relations with Turkey.” Terry Sanford High School Global Studies Dinner, Ft. Bragg, NC., May 2012.

“The Foundations of Modern Japan.” Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina January 2010 and January 2012.

“The United States and the Middle East from Truman to Nixon.” Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina, April 2010.

“The Meiji Restoration.” Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina, February 2009.

“The Era of the Ruling Families: Japan from 500-1500 AD.” Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina, January 2009.

“Ralph Bunche.” Ferguson-Easley Elementary School, Fayetteville, North Carolina, February 2007.

International Public Presentations

"Undergraduate Education in the United States." Educational Information Service, Fulbright Japan, Tokyo American Center, Minato Ku, Tokyo, Japan, May 2011.

“Containment, Rollback, and War: Japanese American Relations, 1899-1941.” Tohoku Association of American Studies, Lecture Series on American Studies, The United States of America, Its Present and Future, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, February 2011.

Panel Chair/Moderator

Moderator for “Regional Perspectives: Separatism and War.” North Carolina Association of Historians Annual Conference, University of North Carolina Pembroke, April 2017.

Moderator for “Service and Sacrifice.” Fayetteville State University African American History Month Lecture Series. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, March 2006.

Panel Chair for “A Bridge Between Minds.” Celebrating Tagore. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, April 2004.

Panel Chair for “Asia.” Regional Joint Meeting of Historians of the Carolinas and Phi Alpha Theta. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, April 2002.

Moderator for “Probing for Positive Change.” Fayetteville State University African American History Month Lecture Series. Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina February 2002.

International Panel Chair/Moderator

Commentator for the Nanzan American Studies Summer Seminar. Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, August 2011.

Commentator for “History, Memory, and Reconciliation.”(English Title). University of Tokyo Center for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo, Meguro Ku, Tokyo, Japan, November 2010.

Master’s Thesis Committee Service

Committee member for Robert E. Lee Tedder, “The 509TH Parachute Infantry Regiment.”

Committee member for Eileen Farley, “Israel, the United States, and the Atomic Bomb.”

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses

“Special Topics in History.” Course focused on United States-Japanese relations from the 1850s to the 1990s.

“Studies in Twentieth Century United States History.” Course focused on the New Deal, World War II and Roosevelt-era diplomacy.

“Special Topics in History.” Course focused on 20th century United States diplomatic history.

“Studies in Twentieth Century United States History.” Course focused on United States involvement in Vietnam from World War II to the 1990s.

“Studies in United States Foreign Relations.” Course focused on post-World War II United States-Middle East relations.

“Special Topics in History.” Course focused on Populist, Progressive, and New Deal reform.

“Antebellum Reform.” Course focused on various reform movements with a special emphasis on Charles Finney and the Second Great Awakening, communitarian reformers, and abolition.

“Revolution and American Identity.” Course focused on the origins and outcome of the American Revolution.

“Studies in United States Foreign Relations.” Course focused on the historiography of American diplomatic history.

Upper Division

“The United States as a World Power.” Developed course to meet the needs of approximately 40 returning students primarily in the sciences and engineering.

“Japan’s Rise to World Power.” Course covered the Tokugawa period to the 1960s.

“Oral History” Course teaches basic oral history techniques as well as the ongoing history of the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of the student conducted oral histories.

“History of Modern East Asia.” Course covers Japanese and Chinese history from the 17th century to the post-World War II period.

“North Africa and the Middle East.” Course offers a survey of the history of North Africa and the Middle East from the birth of Islam to the present.

“Modern European History.” Course covers selected topics in European history from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.

“The Rise of Modern America, 1914 to the Present.” Course covered United States history from the 1890s to the 1970s with emphasis on reform, military, and diplomatic history.

“American Diplomatic History.” Course offered an overview of United States diplomatic history from the Revolution to the present with an emphasis on the 20th century.

“Problems in American History” Course examines the History of World War II in Asia and the Pacific.

“Senior Seminar.” First version of course focused on United States involvement in Vietnam from World War II to the 1990s. Second version of course examined United States’ counterinsurgency strategy and tactics during the Philippine Insurrection, the Vietnam War, and Iraq. Third version examined United States’ counterinsurgency strategy and tactics during the Vietnam War and war in Afghanistan. Current version reflects course redesign in which students write a research paper on a topic within the history of American foreign relations.

Lower Division

“The United States to 1865." Course covered the pre-Columbian period to Reconstruction.

“The United States since 1865.” Course covered the period from Reconstruction to 1975.

“Twentieth Century World History.” Course surveyed selected topics in world history from the 1860s through the end of the Cold War.

“World History to 1600.” Course surveyed selected topics in world history from the Paleolithic period to 1600.

“World History since 1600.” Course surveyed selected topics in world history from 1600 through the end of the Cold War.

“Modern Western Civilization.” Course surveyed selected topics in European history from 1500 through the end of the Cold War.

Fulbright Japan Courses

Graduate

“North/ South American Studies (University of Tokyo).” Course surveyed twentieth-century United States history with a particular emphasis on the Vietnam War.

“Readings in 20th century United States History (University of Tokyo).” Course functioned as a traditional graduate-level “readings class” and examined topics from the Progressive period through the Vietnam War.

Undergraduate

“American Thoughts and Ideas (University of Tokyo).” Course examined major concepts and ideas in post-Reconstruction US history including populism, imperialism, isolationism, and internationalism, as well as more defined topics such as the New Deal, the Civil Rights Movement, and the War on Poverty and Great Society.

“The Foundations of American Society (University of Tokyo).” Course surveyed both historiographical and primary source material on the history of religion, immigration, race, and governance in America.

“American Studies I and II (Kyoritsu Women’s University).” Course surveyed African-American History from the 17th century through the 20th century.

“American Culture I and II (Japan Women’s University).” Course surveyed African-American History from the 17th century through the 20th century.

Online and Hybrid Course Development and Teaching

  • History of Modern East Asia
  • History of the Modern Middle East
  • The Rise of Modern America
  • American Diplomatic History
  • Problems in American History
  • Problems in European History
  • The United States to 1865
  • The United States since 1865
  • World History since 1600

Cooperative Online International Learning(COIL)

Course Development and Teaching

  • World History since 1600(Baotou Teachers’ College, Inner Mongolia Normal University, and
  • Setsunan University).
  • US History since 1865(Setsunan University).
  • History of Modern East Asia(Setsunan University).
  • Senior Seminary(Setsunan University).
  • Service to Department, University, and Community
  • Fayetteville State University, Faculty Senate Member, fall 2022 to present.
  • Fayetteville State University. Faculty Governance Committee member, fall 2022-present.
  • Pre-publication review of K.K. Kawakami and US-Japan Relations for Lexington Books, fall 2022.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Awards for Faculty Reviewer, 2021.
  • Fordham University Press Peer Reviewer, winter 2019.
  • Pre-publication review of Into the Cauldron: Terror, Tension and the Ambassador’s Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor(at author’s request) spring 2018.
  • University-Wide Core Curriculum Committee, fall 2018-spring 2020.
  • Department of Government and History, Undergraduate Coordinator, spring 2015 to fall 2022.
  • SHAFR, Society for the History of American Foreign Relations, Reviewer, 2014.
  • North Carolina Association of Historians, President, 2013-2014.
  • University of Missouri Press, Peer Reviewer, fall 2013.
  • Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Scholar Discipline Committee
  • Reviewer, fall 2013, fall 2014, fall 2015.
  • North Carolina Association of Historians, Executive Committee Member at Large, 2012-2025.
  • Department of Government and History Faculty Evaluation Committee Chair, fall 2012-Present.
  • Japan-US Educational Commission (Tokyo), Candidate Interviewer, November 2010.
  • Department of Government and History Ad-Hoc Committee on Program Evaluation, 2007.
  • Task Force on Global Literacy, spring 2006.
  • Supplemental Instructor Program, fall 2005-present.
  • University of North Carolina Curriculum Development Committee-UNC in Washington
  • Program, fall 2004.
  • College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Newsletter Committee, 2003.
  • Cumberland County Schools Career Shadowing Program, March 2002.
  • Department of Government and History Speakers Committee, 2001-2003.
  • College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Development Committee, 2001-2003.
  • Department of Government and History Technology Committee, 2001.