Richard F. Kuisel began conducting research as a doctoral student in France when Charles de Gaulle was president. He has since held professorial appointments at UC Berkely, the University of Illinois, Stony Brook, and Georgetown, and has taught at Stanford, NYU, and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes. His work blends economic, political, and cultural history. His publications include Seducing the French: The Dilemma of Americanization and scores of articles on economic planning, Vichy, modernization, and the Marshall Plan. He has been awarded several book prizes and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Center, and German Marshall Fund of the United States.