Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University in Montreal. A native of Queens, New York, and a graduate of Solomon Schechter Day School there, he received his bachelor?s, master?s, and doctoral degrees in History from Harvard University. He was a member of Young Judaea, the largest Zionist Youth movement in America for many years, and worked at Camp Tel Yehudah throughout the 1980s. His two previous books were on American history: Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons, and See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate. From 1997 to 1998 he served as chairman of McGill?s history department and in March, 1999 was promoted to full professor.
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