Marshall Poe (PhD, University of California, Berkeley) is the founder and editor of the New Books Network. Dr. Poe taught history over several decades at Harvard University, New York University, Columbia University, and the University of Iowa. He also served as an editor and writer at The Atlantic magazine. Dr. Poe's previous publications include 'A People Born to Slavery': Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476-1748, The Russian Moment in World History, The Russian Elite in the Seventeenth Century, A History of Communications, and How to Read a History Book.