Robert M. Neer

Robert Neer is a historian, attorney, and entrepreneur. Visit his web page at BobNeer.com.

His historical research examines the intersection of U.S. military power, economic and cultural globalization, and international law in the 20th and 21st centuries. His book Napalm, An American Biography, the first comprehensive history of the incendiary weapon, was published in 2013 by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press to overwhelmingly positive reviews. He has been interviewed in many newspapers and magazines, NPR affiliates WBUR and WGBH Radio, Irish Radio, Russian television network RT Global, CNBC Asia, and numerous other media outlets.

Neer received his U.S. History Ph.D. in 2011 from Columbia and has taught at the university ever since, first as a Core Lecturer in History from 2011 to 2014, and later as a summer lecturer teaching Empire of Liberty: A Global History of the U.S. Military. He received his M.Phil degree in 2007, and his J.D. and M.A. degrees in 1991, all from Columbia.

Between 1991 and 2005 he founded, developed and sold media businesses in London, Los Angeles, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Boston. He is a member of the State Bar of California.

Neer is a co-founder, co-editor and frequent contributor to BlueMassGroup.com, the most widely read independent political blog in New England, with about 1.25 million unique annual readers.

In 2007, he wrote Barack Obama for Beginners: An Essential Guide, distributed by Random House: the best selling title in the 23-year history of its publisher For Beginners books.

Neer graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude in 1986 with a major in U.S. History.

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