Gregory F. Domber

Lecturer

Fields

  • Dr. Domber is a lecturer focused on teaching GE courses at Cal Poly. His research and teaching focus on U.S. history, American foreign policy, and the international history of the Cold War.

Contact Information

  • Office: Bldg. 47, Rm. 25M
  • Telephone: 805-756-2672
  • E-mail: gdomber@calpoly.edu
     

 

Education

  • Ph.D., The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
  • B.A., Lafayette College, Easton, Pa

Courses Taught

  • HIST 201: U.S. History to 1865 (D1 and American Institutions GE requirements)

  • HIST 202: U.S. History from 1865 (D1 and American Institutions GE requirements)

  • HIST 213: Modern Political Economy (D2 GE requirement)

  • HIST 326: U.S. Foreign Policy since 1898 (D5 GE requirement)

Publications

Manuscript in Development: “Cultivating Moderates: American Exchange Programs, Social Networks, and the Negotiated Revolutions of 1989/1990”

Books: Empowering Revolution: America, Poland, and the End of the Cold War. New Cold War History series, ed. Odd Arne Westad. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

Reviewed in: International Affairs 91, no. 3 (2015): 675-676;

Journal of American History 102, no. 3 (2015): 954-955;

Journal of Slavic Military Studies 28, no. 3 (2015): 604-605;

Polska 1944-45/1989. Studia i Materiały XIII (2015): 279-283;

H-Diplo Roundtable Review XVII, no 1 (2015): https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/ contributed-files/roundtable-xvii-1_0.pdf;

H-Poland Review (May 2016): https://networks.h-net.org/node/ 9669/reviews/125866;

The American Historical Review 120, no. 5 (2015): 1937-1938;

Slavic Review 75, no. 1 (Spring 2016): 178-179;

Pol-Int Review (June 2016): https://www.pol-int.org/en/publications/empowering-revolution-america-poland-and-end-cold-war#r4456;

Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective (online): http://origins.osu.edu/ review/poland-takes-charge-its-own-revolution; and

Sehepunkte 16, no. 5 (2016): http://www.sehepunkte.de/2016/05/27178.html;

Catholic News Service (online): http://www.catholicnews.com/services/ englishnews/2015/details-on-polands-role-in-cold-war-might-overwhelm-casual-reader.cfm.

Associate Editor. From Solidarity to Martial Law: The Polish Crisis of 1980-1981, A Documentary History. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2007.

Editor. Ku zwycięstwu „Solidarności”: Korespondencja Ambasady USA z Departamentem Stanu, styczeń-wrzesień 1989 [Solidarity’s Coming Victory: the American Embassy's Correspondence with the Department of State, January to September 1989]. Warsaw: Instytut Studiów Politycznych, 2006.

Assistant Editor. The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2002.

Articles and Chapters

 

“Pivots in Poland’s Policy Toward German Unification,” in Frederic Bozo, Andreas Rodder, and Mary E. Sarotte, eds., German Unification: An International History. Oxford: Routledge, 2016.

 

“Humanitarian Aid, Soft Power, and American Influences on the End of the Cold War in Poland,” in Artemy Kalinovsky and Craig Daigle, eds., Routledge Handbook on the Cold War. Oxford: Routledge, 2014.

 

“The National Endowment for Democracy (Narodowy Dar dla Demokracji, NED) i amerykańskie sieci poparci dla „Solidarnosci” w okresie 1984-1989,” in Swiat wobec „Solidarnosci” w okresie 1980-1989. Warsaw: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, 2014.

 

“International Pressure for a Negotiated Transition in Poland, 1981-1989,” in Kathryn Stoner and Michael McFaul, eds., Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Perspective. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

 

“‘Tear Down this Wall’: The Fall of Communism and the Emergence of Eastern Europe,” in Robert McMahon and Tom Zeiller, eds, The CQ Press Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy: A Diplomatic History. Sag Harbor, NY: DWJ Books, LLC, 2012.

 

“Ending the Cold War, Unintentionally,” in Frédéric Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, and Bernd Rother, eds., Visions of the End of the Cold War in Europe, 1945–1990. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2012.

 

“Skepticism and Stability: Reevaluating U.S. Policy Toward Poland’s Democratic Transformation in 1989,” Journal of Cold War Studies 13, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 52-82.

            Reviewed by Mary Sarotte for H-Diplo (http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/reviews/PDF/ AR330.pdf)

 

 “Transatlantic Relations, Human Rights, and Power Politics,” in Odd Arne Westad and Poul Villaume, eds., Perforating the Iron Curtain: European Détente, Transatlantic Relations, and the Cold War, 1965-1985. Copenhagen: Copenhagen University Press, 2010.

 

 “Rumblings in Eastern Europe: Western Pressure on Poland’s Moves toward Democratic Transformation,” in Frédéric Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, and Leopoldo Nuti, eds., Europe and the End of the Cold War: A Reappraisal. Oxford: Routledge, 2008.

 

“The AFL-CIO, the Reagan Administration and Solidarność,” Polish Review 52, no. 3 (2007), 277-304.

    Dissertation Title

"Supporting The Revolution: America, Democracy, and the end of the Cold War in Poland, 1981-1989."

 

 

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