Andrew J. Polsky
is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Hunter College and the author of two books, The Rise of the Therapeutic State and Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War.
About
After earning his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University, Andrew J. Polsky joined the Hunter College Department of Political Science in Fall 1984 and remained a member of the department until he retired in January 2026.
Polsky is the author of two books, The Rise of the Therapeutic State (Princeton University Press, 1991) and Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War (Oxford University Press, 2012). He is also the editor of The Eisenhower Presidency: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century (Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington Books, 2015).