Sarah C. Paine Last updated March 27, 2025 Biography Paine graduated with an B.A. magna cum laude in Latin American studies at Harvard College in 1979. She spent ten years acquiring her Ph.D. in Russian and Chinese history at Columbia University ,which included five years of research and language study in China,Taiwan,Russia,Japan,and Australia. [ 1] [ 2] She has received two Title VIII fellowships from the Hoover Institution , [ 3] two Fulbright fellowships,and other fellowships from Japan,Taiwan,and Australia. [ 1] She began her career at the Naval War College as an associate professor in 2000,was promoted to full professor in 2006,and since 2014 is the William S. Sims University Professor of History and Grand Strategy and is also the Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History . [ 4]
Personal life She is married to Bruce A. Elleman,who is the William Vi Pratt Professor of International History at the U.S. Naval War College. [ 5] She has two brothers –John B. Paine III,and Thomas M. Paine. [ 6]
Selected publications Author "Japan caught between maritime and continental imperialism",in Hal Brands ,The Makers of Modern Strategy:From the Ancient World to the Digital Age (Princeton University Press,2023,pages 415–439). The Japanese Empire:Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War (Cambridge University Press,2017). The Wars for Asia 1911–1949 (Cambridge University Press,2012). 2012 Winner of the PROSE award for European &World History [ 7] and longlisted for the Lionel Gelber prize . [ 8] The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895:Perceptions,Power,and Primacy (Cambridge University Press,2003).Imperial Rivals:China,Russia,and Their Disputed Frontier,1858–1924 (M.E. Sharpe,1996). Winner of the 1997 Barbara Jelavich Book Prize . [ 9] Co-author with Bruce A. Elleman:
Modern China:Continuity and Change,1644 to the Present (Prentice Hall,2010).Editor Nation Building,State Building and Economic Development:Case Studies and Comparisons (M.E. Sharpe,2010).Co-editor with Bruce A. Elleman:
Naval Power and Expeditionary Warfare:Peripheral Campaigns and New Theatres of Naval Warfare (Routledge,2011).Naval Coalition Warfare:From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom (Routledge,2008).Naval Blockades and Seapower:Strategies and Counter-Strategies 1805–2005 (Routledge,2006). [ 4] Notes 1 2 Paine, S.C.M. (2017). The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War . Cambridge University Press. pp. ii. ↑ Paine, S.C.M. (2012). The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949 . Cambridge University Press. pp. xi. ↑ Paine, S.C.M. (2012). The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949 . Cambridge University Press. pp. xiii. 1 2 "Sarah C. M. Paine, Ph.D." U.S. Naval War College. ↑ Sarah C. M. Paine - WW2, Taiwan, Ukraine, & Maritime vs Continental Powers , retrieved 2024-01-30 ↑ Paine, S.C.M. (2003). The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 – Perceptions, Power, and Primacy . Cambridge University Press. pp. xi. ↑ "2012 Winner of the PROSE award for European & World History" . Association of American Publishers. ↑ Medley, Mark (4 February 2013). "Lionel Gelber Prize longlist revealed" . National Post . Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. ↑ "Barbara Jelavich Book Prize" . Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
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