Mary Elise Sarotte is a post-Cold War historian.^[1] She is the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, which is part of Johns Hopkins University.^[2]

Sarotte earned an AB in history and science from Harvard University, and a PhD in history at Yale University.^[2] Her book, Not One Inch, was shortlisted for the 2022 Cundill Prize.^[3]

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Presentation by Sarotte on The Collapse, November 24, 2014, C-SPAN
Presentation by Sarotte on Not One Inch, February 4, 2022, C-SPAN
Q&A interview with Sarotte on Not One Inch, April 17, 2022, C-SPAN

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• Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973. University of North Carolina Press. 2001.
• "'Take No Risks (Chinese)': The Basic Treaty in the context of international relations". Bulletin of the German Historical Institute. Supplement 1: 109–117. 2004.
• 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe (Second Edition). Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014.^[4][5]
• Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall. New York: Basic Books, 2014.^[6]
• German Reunification: A Multinational History, eds. Frédéric Bozo, Andreas Rödder, and Mary Elise Sarotte (New York: Routledge, 2017).
• Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate. Yale University Press, 2021.