John S. Micgiel is a historian who specializes in the modern history of East Central Europe. Having received his PhD from Columbia University, he spent nearly three decades teaching at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs where he was, among other administrative assignments, long-time director of the Institute on East Central Europe.  For many years, he has been recurring visiting professor at Warsaw University’s East European Centre. John has authored or edited more than a dozen books on the region and is a frequent visitor to its academic institutions. His most recent monograph is on U.S.-Polish intelligence cooperation during World War II and is entitled Project Eagle: The Top Secret OSS Operation That Sent Polish Spies Behind Enemy Lines.