Daniel Wirls
Daniel Wirls is a Professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Merrill College. He formerly held a position as the Department Chair in Politics for the University of California at Santa Cruz from 2005-2010 and many years ago worked at Council for a Livable World.
He has written three books including, Irrational Security; The Politics of Defense from Reagan to Obama (2010), The Invention of the United States Senate (2004), and Buildup; The Politics of Defense in the Reagan Era? (1992). Wirls contributed chapters to numerous publications including Inside Defense: Understanding U.S. Military Policy in the 21st Century (2008), James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government (2003), and The Elections of 2000 (2001). Additionally, he published the article “How Was the Cold War Won” in The Non Proliferation Review (March 2010).
Wirls received his B.A. in Political Science from Haverford College. He holds a M.A. and Ph.D from the Department of Government at Cornell University.
