Stuart D. Goldman

Stuart D. Goldman is an American historian and author. His most recent book is Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory that Shaped World War II, about the little-known battle of Nomonhan/Khalkin Gol/ and published by the US Naval Institute Press. He has also published numerous articles in World War II magazine.

Goldman got his BA in History from the City University of New York – Brooklyn College and then went to Colgate University for his MA.He received his PhD from Georgetown University during which he wrote a dissertation on The forgotten war: the Soviet Union and Japan, 1937-1939.

More recently, Goldman returned to the National War College for a Masters in National Security Strategy.

Goldman taught History at Wilson College from 1969 to 1971 and Pennsylvania State University between 1971 and 1978.He then became a specialist in Russian and Eurasian political and military affairs at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, where he worked for 30 years. During the time, he published scores of analytical memoranda and CRS reports.

Goldman has been a scholar in residence at the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research since 2009.

He lives in Rockville, MD and Hudson, FL.