John McCallum

John McCallum is the Earl S. Johnson Instructor in History. He holds a BA in history from Northwestern University and an MA and PhD in history from the University of Chicago. John recently completed his dissertation entitled “Democratic Violence and the Moral Legacies of the ‘Good War’: US Political Culture in an Age of Global Conflict, 1937-1950.” John’s broader research interests include moral sentiments and violence, total war, human rights, the United States in 20th-century global history, and the history of democracy and the state.