# Daniel Chirot
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{{Short description|American writer and academic (born 1942)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Daniel Chirot
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|November 27, 1942}}
| birth_place = [Vichy France](/source/Vichy_France)
| education = {{Ubl
| B.A. [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)
| Ph.D. [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University)
}}
| children = 2
| spouse = {{Marriage|Cynthia Kenyon Chirot|1974}}
|occupation = Historian, [Russian studies](/source/Russian_studies)
|notable_works = ''Why Not Kill Them All?: The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder'' (2006); ''The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World'' (2015); ''You Say You Want a Revolution?: Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences'' (2020)
|employer = University of Washington
}}
'''Daniel Chirot''' (born 1942) is an American historian and writer on [Russia](/source/Russian_studies). He is the Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington). Chirot is also the founder of the journal ''[East European Politics and Societies](/source/East_European_Politics_and_Societies)'', and has written and edited many books and articles.[{{cite book |editor-last=Vereecke |editor-first=Jonathan |date=2018 |title=Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series (Vol. 327) |location=Farmington Hills |publisher=Cengage Gale |pages=65–67 }}]
==Early life and education==
Daniel Chirot was born to Jewish parents in [Vichy France](/source/Vichy_France) on November 27, 1942.[{{cite magazine |last=Olasky |first=Marvin |date=November 19, 2020 |title=Parsing the politics of tyranny: Why conservatives and liberals repeatedly underestimate the revolutionaries |url=https://world.wng.org/2020/11/parsing_the_politics_of_tyranny |magazine=World Magazine |access-date=December 20, 2020 |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104043519/https://world.wng.org/2020/11/parsing_the_politics_of_tyranny |url-status=dead }}] His parents were able to evade the Nazis until the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and in 1948 Chirot and his family immigrated to the United States.[{{cite web |url= https://jsis.washington.edu/people/daniel-chirot/ |title=Daniel Chirot |author= |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=December 20, 2020 }}][{{cite news | last=Bensman | first=Todd | title=Daniel Chirot | newspaper=The Dallas Morning News | date=20 June 1999}}]
==Career==
Chirot has taught in the [Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies](/source/Jackson_School_of_International_Studies) at the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington) since 1975, and was appointed as the Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies in 1980.[{{cite web |url= https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/04/20/a-conversation-with-dan-chirot-about-his-new-book-you-say-you-want-a-revolution-exploring-radical-idealism/ |title= A conversation with Dan Chirot about his new book 'You Say You Want a Revolution,' exploring radical idealism |last=Kelley |first=Peter |date= April 20, 2020 |website=UW News |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=December 20, 2020 }}] and [genocide](/source/genocide), publishing 15 books and numerous articles in such scholarly journals as the ''[Journal of Asian Studies](/source/Journal_of_Asian_Studies)'', ''[East European Politics and Societies](/source/East_European_Politics_and_Societies)'', ''[Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism](/source/Studies_in_Ethnicity_and_Nationalism)'', ''[Journal of Democracy](/source/Journal_of_Democracy)'', ''Society'', ''[International Sociology](/source/International_Sociology)'', and ''[Perspectives on Politics](/source/Perspectives_on_Politics)''. He has been praised in publications from the ''[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)'' to the ''[International Social Science Review](/source/International_Social_Science_Review)'' for his comprehensive scholarship, lucidity, and nuance.[{{cite news |last= Zakaria |first=Fareed |date=August 21, 2015 |title= The Shape of the New, by Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/books/review/the-shape-of-the-new-by-scott-l-montgomery-and-daniel-chirot.html |work=New York Times |access-date=December 20, 2020}}][{{cite journal |last=Lepley |first=John |date=2020 |title=You Say You Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequences |journal= International Social Science Review |volume=96 |issue=3 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=146355270&site=ehost-live |access-date=November 4, 2024 }}]
Chirot served at the [United States Institute of Peace](/source/United_States_Institute_of_Peace) in Washington, D.C., as a senior fellow from 2004 to 2005, and has received grants from many organizations, including the [John Simon Guggenheim Foundation](/source/John_Simon_Guggenheim_Foundation), the [Mellon Foundation](/source/Mellon_Foundation), the [Rockefeller Foundation](/source/Rockefeller_Foundation), and the [U.S. State Department](/source/U.S._State_Department).