Patrick J. Hearden (born September 17, 1942) is the Professor of History at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He specializes in the history of American foreign policy. He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1971 Published works Architects of Globalism: Building a New World Order During World War II, Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 2002. The Tragedy of Vietnam, New York: Pearson Longman, 1991. Roosevelt Confronts Hitler: America’s Entry into World War II, DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1987. Independence and Empire: The New South’s Cotton Mill Campaign, 1865-1901, DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1982. References Living people University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Cold War historians 1942 births Historians of American foreign relations 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers