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John Tone is a Professor of History at the Georgia Institute of Technology, specializing in Spanish and Cuban military history as well as the history of disease and medicine. He has served as the interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, chair of the School of Economics and the School of History and Sociology, and associate dean for undergraduate studies in the same college. His notable works include 'Fatal Knot: Guerrilla War Navarre Defeat Napoleon Spain' (1995), 'La guerrilla española' (1999), and 'War Genocide Cuba' (2006), the latter receiving the Society for Military History Prize for Best Book on a Non-US Subject in 2008. Tone's current research focus centers on the history of yellow fever, and he has received grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Philosophical Society. He teaches courses in European History, including the French Revolution, as well as courses on intellectual history, modern Spain, modern Cuba, and the history of disease and medicine.
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