Melvyn P. Leffler

| birth_place = New York City, New York, United States | occupation = | nationality = American | education = Cornell University (BS)
Ohio State University (PhD) | awards = Bancroft Prize (1993)
George Louis Beer Prize (2008) | spouse = | children = 1 daughter and son | parents = Louis Leffler
Mollie Leffler | caption = Leffler in 2011 }} Melvyn Paul Leffler (born May 31, 1945) is an American historian and educator, currently Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He is the winner of numerous awards, including the Bancroft Prize for his book ''A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration and the Cold War'', and the American Historical Association’s George Louis Beer Prize for his book ''For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War.'' Provided by Wikipedia