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==Academic career==

==Academic career==

Among Dunning's books is ''Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty,'' twelve years in the research and writing, nearly seven hundred pages long, a History Book Club selection in 2001, published by the [[Pennsylvania State University]] Press.<ref name=romanov>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9NUYtSJaO8cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University]] Press|year=2001 |isbn=0-271-02074-1|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning explains further in the preface that though there were earlier civil wars, mostly of a local nature among princes in Russia, modern Russia begins in 1613 with the founding of the Romanov dynasty. Preceding that dynasty was the 15-year [[Time of Troubles]], a reference to the severe unrest that nearly destroyed Russia after Boris Gudunov and before the appearance of the czar Michael Romanov.<ref name=romanov/> This lengthy work is condensed to 342 pages in the 2004 volume entitled ''A Short History of Russia's First Civil War.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SXewkdStLTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Historian+Chester+S.L.+Dunning&source=bl&ots=TOklm5bbTv&sig=oDZzjANJ9u1WHRpjbja_Ks6ZTIs&hl=en&ei=lba5TNGZNsWBlAfloeSiDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=A Short History of Russia's First Civil War|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-271-02465-8|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>​

Among Dunning's books is ''Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty,'' twelve years in the research and writing, nearly seven hundred pages long, a History Book Club selection in 2001, published by the [[Pennsylvania State University]] Press.<ref name=romanov>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9NUYtSJaO8cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University]] Press|year=2001 |isbn=0-271-02074-1|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning explains further in the preface that though there were earlier civil wars, mostly of a local nature among princes in Russia, modern Russia begins in 1613 with the founding of the Romanov dynasty. Preceding that dynasty was the 15-year [[Time of Troubles]], a reference to the severe unrest that nearly destroyed Russia after Boris Gudunov and before the appearance of the czar Michael Romanov.<ref name=romanov/> This lengthy work is condensed to 342 pages in the 2004 volume entitled ''A Short History of Russia's First Civil War.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SXewkdStLTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Historian+Chester+S.L.+Dunning&source=bl&ots=TOklm5bbTv&sig=oDZzjANJ9u1WHRpjbja_Ks6ZTIs&hl=en&ei=lba5TNGZNsWBlAfloeSiDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=A Short History of Russia's First Civil War|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-271-02465-8|accessdate=January 20, 2020}}</ref>​

Another Dunning work is ''The Russian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Muscovy,'' released in 2006. Dunning indicates that the primary purpose of this work is to rescue from obscurity [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s original historical drama ''Boris Godunov''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bLQEcJZSDNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Chester+Dunning:+The+Uncensored+Boris+Godunov&source=bl&ots=wqJAk12SA1&sig=ZJZPBB-A8zSoOiTDO3t8vdXGfRM&hl=en&ei=esu5TOTHIISKlwfL3Zj8DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Uncensored Boris Godunov: The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]] Press|year=2006 |isbn=0-299-20760-9|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning maintains that Pushkin's play is a comedy, not a tragedy.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536322093520994.html|author=Stephanie Simon and Stephanie Banchero|title= "Putting a Price on Professors: A battle in Texas over whether academic value can be measured in dollars and cents"|publisher=''[[Wall Street Journal]]''|date=October 22, 2010|accessdate=October 28, 2010}}</ref>​

Another Dunning work is ''The Russian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Muscovy,'' released in 2006. Dunning indicates that the primary purpose of this work is to rescue from obscurity [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s original historical drama ''Boris Godunov''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bLQEcJZSDNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Chester+Dunning:+The+Uncensored+Boris+Godunov&source=bl&ots=wqJAk12SA1&sig=ZJZPBB-A8zSoOiTDO3t8vdXGfRM&hl=en&ei=esu5TOTHIISKlwfL3Zj8DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Uncensored Boris Godunov: The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]] Press|year=2006 |isbn=0-299-20760-9|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning maintains that Pushkin's play is a comedy, not a tragedy.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536322093520994.html|author=Stephanie Simon and Stephanie Banchero|title= "Putting a Price on Professors: A battle in Texas over whether academic value can be measured in dollars and cents"|publisher=''[[Wall Street Journal]]''|date=October 22, 2010|accessdate=October 28, 2010}}</ref>​