Walter Moss is Professor of History at Eastern Michigan University, where he has taught history since 1970. He attended Xavier University in Cincinnati and received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University. He is the author of A History of Russia, 2 vols. (2nd ed.: 2002-2005) and Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. He is co-editor along with Terry and Upshur of The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History. He also co-authored Growing Old and edited Humanistic Perspectives on Aging. He has written over 100 book reviews and several articles on Russian history, literature, and philosophy and has traveled on many occasions to Russia, the former Soviet Union, and other parts of Europe. He is currently working on a book on the major global changes of the twentieth century.
