CURRICULUM VITAE University of Idaho

NAME: Spence,

Richard Brian

DATE: 14 January 2010

RANK OR TITLE: Professor of History DEPARTMENT: History OFFICE LOCATION AND CAMPUS ZIP: Admin.305-B, 3175 CELL: E-MAIL: DATE OF FIRST EMPLOYMENT AT UI: 1986 DATE OF TENURE: July 1, 1991 DATE OF PRESENT RANK OR TITLE: 1999 EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL: Ph.D., 1981, University of California, Santa Barbara Dissertation: Yugoslavs, The Austro-Hungarian Army, and the First World War: The Interaction of War, Revolution and Nationalism. Adviser: Dr. Dimitrije Djordjevic. Ph.D. Committee Members: Dr's. Joachim Remak, Peter Merkl, George Haddad Areas of Graduate Preparation: Modern Europe Modern Russia The Balkans and Eastern Europe Modern Middle East M.A., 1976, University of California, Santa Barbara (208) 301-4131 [email protected] OFFICE PHONE: (208) 885-6228

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B.A., 1973, California State University, Bakersfield WORK EXPERIENCE: Teaching and Research Appointments: 1999-present, Professor of History, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 1991-99, Associate Professor of History, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 1986-91, Assistant Professor of History, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 1985-86, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington 1981-85, Visiting Lecturer in History, University of California, Santa Barbara 1981, Instructor (History, Educational Degree Planning), Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, Minnesota 1980, Instructor, Adult Education Program (History, World Affairs), Santa Barbara City College 1977-80, Teaching Assistant (Western Civilization, Modern American History), University of California, Santa Barbara Academic Administrative Appointments: Jan. 2006-Pres., Chair, Department of History Fall 2001-Acting Chair, Department of History 1994-2000, Chair, Department of History

Non-Academic Employment: 1980-83, Bibliographic Assistant/Consultant, American Bibliographic Center-Clio Press, Santa Barbara, California. 1979, Researcher and Editorial Assistant, Guide to the Nikic Collection for the Study of Balkan

Peoples (University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980).

Consulting: 2008, Article peer reviewer for Revolutionary Russia.

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2008, Consultant/Interviewee, documentary film Trap for the Tsar, Russian Cultural Foundation, Moscow. 2007, Consultant for documentary film, Shturm Zimnego: Oproverzhenie (2007), Russian Cultural Foundation, Moscow. 2007, Consultant, The Moura Mysteries (2008), Bergmann Films, London. 2007, Consultant, Douglas Williams productions, Toronto, Canada. 2006, Consultant/Interviewee, documentary film, Lev Trotskii: Taina mirovoi

revoliutsii (2007), Russian Cultural Foundation, Moscow.

2005, MS evaluator for Hopeless Cases: The Hunt for the Red Scare Terrorist Bombers, University Press of America. 2001, Pre-Revision Evaluation for Derfler, An Age of Conflict, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. 2000, Pre-Revision Evaluation of Preston and Wise, Men at Arms. 1999, Consultant and Participant for BBC-4 Radio Program, Russian Banking Scheme. 1996, MTS Productions, Chicago, Illinois, Documentary Film on Ian Fleming). 1995, History Channel/A&E Network, New York, New York. Consultant and On-Air Commentator for Broadcast of Reilly: Ace of Spies Television Series. 1983, Hobby Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. 1976, Simulations Publications, Inc., New York, New York, historical background for games The Russian Civil War, and The Great War in the East. TEACHING: Courses Taught: Russia to 1894 Russia since 1894 The Russian Revolution (Honors Seminar) Eastern Europe since 1774 Modern Germany 20th Century Europe History of the Middle East Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust History of Genocide Military History The Great War (Seminar)

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The Second World War The World Wars, 1900-1950 The Great Dictators: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini U.S. History Since 1865 World Civilization (all periods, including Honors sections) Western Civilization (all periods, including Honors sections) Historical Research Methods International Studies Seminar Secret Societies and Conspiracies in History (Honors and Regular) History of Modern Espionage The Occult: Its Presence and Influence in History (Honors Seminar) Other: March-June 2007, Mentor for Extended Learning Internship, Moscow High School

HONORS AND AWARDS: 2009, University of Idaho Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence 2006, Nominated for University of Idaho Award for Advising Excellence 2003, University of Idaho, ASUI Outstanding Faculty Award 2002, University of Idaho Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence 2002, Nominated for University of Idaho, ASUI Outstanding Faculty Award 1999, University of Idaho Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence 1997, Nominated for UI Outstanding Faculty Award. 1996, University of Idaho NROTC Faculty Excellence Award. 1994, University of Idaho NROTC Faculty Excellence Award.

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1993, University of Idaho Annual Award for Teaching Excellence. 1990, University of Idaho Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence. 1989, Fellowship in Military History, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, May 28-June 29. 1985, Outstanding Professor of the Year in the Humanities, Student Mortar Board, University of California, Santa Barbara. SCHOLARSHIP: Books: Author: 2008, Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence and the Occult (Los Angeles: Feral House), 288 pp. 2002, Trust No One: The Secret World of Sidney Reilly (Los Angeles: Feral House) 542 pp. (Nominated for Koret Jewish History Prize) 1991, Boris Savinkov: Renegade on the Left (Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1991), v, 540 pp. Distributed by Columbia University Press. Editor: 1992, General editor, (with L. Nelson), Scholar, Patriot, Mentor: Essays in Honor of D.V.

Djordjevic, (Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1992), xi, 422 pp. Distributed by
Columbia University Press. Refereed Journal Articles: 2010, Catching Louis Fraina: Loyal Communist, U.S. Government Informant or British Agent?, submitted to American Communist History. 2008, Hidden Agendas: Spies, Lies and Intrigue Surrounding Trotskys American Visit, January-April, 1917, Revolutionary Russia, Vol. 21, #1 (June 2008), 33-55.

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2006, Senator William E. Borah: Target of Soviet and Anti-Soviet Intrigue, 1922-29, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, Vol. 19, #1 (Spring 2006), 134-155. 2004, Englishmen in New York: The SIS American Station, 1915-21,Intelligence and National

Security, Vol. 19, #3 (Autumn 2004), 511-537.

2002, The Strange Case of Sergius Riis: A Spy in the Interwar Baltic , International Journal of

Intelligence and Counter Intelligence, Vol. 15, # 2 (June 2002), 222-242.

2000, Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley and British Intelligence in America, 1914-18, International

Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, Vol. 13, #3 (Fall 2000), 359-371.

2000, Interrupted Journey: British Intelligence and the Arrest of Leon Trotsky, April 1917, Journal of

Trotsky Studies, accepted August 1998. In July 1999 JTS suspended its publication schedule.
Accepted and Published in Revolutionary Russia, Vol. 13 #1 (June 2000), 1-28. 1999, The Tragic Fate of Xenophon Kalamatiano; Americas Man in Moscow, International Journal

of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence, Vol. 12, #3 (Fall 1999), 346-374.

1998, Useful Brigand: Ataman S.N. Bulak-Balakhovich, 1917-1921, Revolutionary Russia, Vol. 11, #1 (June 1998), pp. 17-36. 1996, Sidnei ReilliMaster Shpionazha: Novyi vzgliad na ero rol v Zagovore Lokkarta,

Otechestvennaia Istoriia, #5 (Fall 1996), pp. 44-59.

1996, K.A. Jahnke and the German Sabotage Campaign in the United States and Mexico, 19141918, The Historian, Vol. 59, #1 (Fall 1996), pp. 89-112. 1995, Sidney Reillys Lubianka Diary, 30 October-4 November 1925, Revolutionary Russia, Vol. XIII, #2 (December 1995), pp. 179-194. 1995, Sidney Reilly in America, 1914-1917, Intelligence and National Security, Vol. X, #1 (January 1995), pp. 92-121. 1993, White against Red in Uriankhai: Revolution and Civil War on Russia's Asiatic Frontier, 1917-

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21, Revolutionary Russia, Vol. VI, #1 (June 1993), pp. 97-120. 1991, The Terrorist and the Master Spy: The Political Friendship of Boris Savinkov and Sidney Reilly, Revolutionary Russia, Vol. 4, #1 (June 1991), pp. 111-131. 1987, A General in Politics: General Stephan Freiherr Sarkotic von Lovcen and Croatian Nationalism,

Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, Vol. XVII, #1-2 (November 1990), pp. 1-9.
1986, The Savinkov Affair Reconsidered, East European Quarterly, Vol. XXIV, #1 (March 1990), pp. 21-45. 1985, Lost to the Revolution: The Russian Expeditionary Force in Macedonia, 1916-1918, East

European Quarterly, Vol. XIX, #4 (January 1986), pp. 417-437.

Chapters in Books/Anthologies ( R = Refereed Chapter): 2009, Aleister Crowley, Sidney Reilly, Basil Zaharoff: Their Influence on the Creation of James Bond and His World, in Jack Becker, Freedonia Paschall and Robert Weiner (eds.), James Bond and Popular Culture: The Films Are Not Enough, Cambridge Scholars Press (forthcoming 2009-10). 1999, Democratization, Militarism and Paramilitarism in Post-Soviet Ukraine, in Constantine Danopoulos and Daniel Zirker (eds.),The Military and Society in the Former Eastern Bloc (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999),pp. 137-156. R 1996, Sidney ReillyMaster Spy: A Re-Appraisal of His Role in the Lockhart Plot, in Steven Weingartner (ed.), A Weekend with the Great War: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Great

War Inter-conference Seminar (Cantigny First Division Foundation: Wheaton, Illinois, 1996),
pp. 126-144, 276-280. R * Although substantially the same as the above Otechestvennaia Istoriia article this chapter as revised incorporates additional material and comes to slightly different conclusions. 1996, Servants or Masters?: The Military in the New Russia, in Constantine Danopoulos and Daniel Zirker (eds.), Civil-Military Relations in Soviet and Yugoslav Successor States (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996), pp. 13-34. R 1992, Die Bosniaken Kommen!: The Bosnian-Hercegovian Formations of the Austro-Hungarian Army,

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1914-1918, in Scholar, Patriot, Mentor: Essays in Honor of D.V. Djordjevic (Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1992), pp. 299-314. 1985, The Yugoslav Role in the Austro-Hungarian Army, 1914-1918, in Bela Kiraly and N.F. Dreisziger (eds.), East Central European Society in World War I, War and Society in East

Central Europe, Vol. XIX (Highland Lakes, NY: Atlantic Research and Publications, 1985). R
Works for Hire and Commissioned Publications: 2010, Perfidious Albion: An Introduction to the Secret History of the British Empire,

New Dawn, Special Issue #11 (2010), pp. 21-34.

2009, The Mysteries of Trebitsch Lincoln: Con-Man, Spy, Counter-Initiate?, New Dawn, #116 (Sept. Oct. 2009), pp. 65-72. 2009, Green Dragon: The Myth and Reality of an Asian Secret Society, New Dawn, #112 (Jan.-Feb. 2009), pp. 67-72. 2008, Chasing Agent Crowley, Dazed & Confused Online, July-August 2008. 2008, The Military Intelligence Division, for American Espionage: An Historical

Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, forthcoming, 2009).

2008, Red Star over Shambhala: Soviet, British and American Intelligence and the Search for Lost Civilization in Central Asia, New Dawn, #109 (July-August 208), pp. 53-58. 2008, Iskusstvo zadavat voprosy, Pravye mysli, Pravaya.ru (6 Feb. 2008). 2008, The Bloody Baron von Ungern-Sternberg: Madman or Mystic, New Dawn, #108 (MayJune 2008), 31-36. 2007, The Magus Was a Spy: Aleister Crowley and the Curious Connections between Intelligence and the Occult, New Dawn, #105 (Nov.-Dec. 2007), 25-30. 2000, Sidney Reilly, New Dictionary of National Biography.

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1999, Russias Operatsiia Trest: A Reappraisal, Global Intelligence Monthly (April 1999),19-24, 28. 1994, Senator Borah and the Ace of Spies, Idaho Research (Spring 1994), pp. 16-18. 1993, Fear and Loathing in Bosnia-Hercegovina: Historical Roots of the Current Crisis, Martin

Institute Newsletter, Vol. III, #1 (June 1993), pp. 1-2.

1991, The Baltic States Fight for Independence, 1917-1920, Great Events from History II: Human

Rights (Salem Press, 1991), 6 pp.

1988, Boris I of Bulgaria, in Great Lives in History, Vol. III (Salem Press, 1989), pp. 370-374. 1988, The Military Balance in Central America, Occasional Paper published by the Coalition for Central America, Moscow, Idaho, 7 pp. 1984, Tactical Successes, Strategic Failures: An Operational Analysis of the Eastern Front, AugustDecember 1914, The Wargamer, #37 (1984), pp. 6-9. 1983, Bitter End: The Relief of Budapest, 1945, Simulation and Historical Analysis, 10 pp. (Tokyo: Hobby Japan, Inc., 1983). 1978, The Great War in the East: Historical Background, (New York: Simulations Publications, Inc., 1978), 16 pp. Reprinted in: Strategy and Tactics, #192 (JulyAugust 1998). 1978, Tannenberg and the Opening Battles in the East, August-November 1914, Strategy and

Tactics, #69 (July-August 1978), 4 pp.

1976, The Russian Civil War, Strategy and Tactics, #57, pp. 29-35. Book Reviews: 1979-2008, Twenty-six book reviews, all of works dealing with Russian, Eastern European or Military History.

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Works/Projects in Progress: Books: (With Walter Bosley) The Empire of Pan: Murder, Magick and Mystery in the Golden

State. The Secret History of the Russian Revolution (working title). Our Man in Moscow: Xenophon Kalamatiano and the Clash of American and Soviet Intelligence, 1917-1925.
Articles: Daughter of the Revolution: The Tragic Fate of May Peters. My Real Name is Fabian Lloyd: The Secret Lives of Arthur Cravan. The Tsars Other Lieutenant: Boris Brasol and the Making of Modern Anti-Semitism.

Professional Meetings (since 1990): 2009, Presenter, Aleister Crowley, Sidney Reilly, Basil Zaharoff: Their Influence on the Creation of James Bond and His World, 30th Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association, Feb. 2009, Albuquerque, NM. 2008, Commentator, Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. 1997, Presenter,Anti-Bolshevik, Patriot or Freebooter?: The Many Faces of General S.N. BulakBalakhovich, 1917-1921, Second International Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe, Vilnius, Lithuania. 1995, Presenter,Red Terror or White Provocation?: The Wall Street Bomb of 1920, American Historical Association/ Pacific Coast, Maui, Hawaii. 1994, Presenter, A Most Dangerous Man: Kurt Albert Jahnke and the German Sabotage Campaign

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in the United States and Mexico, 1914-1918, Great Plains Military History Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota. 1994, Presenter, Sidney ReillyMaster Spy: A Reappraisal of His Role in the Lockhart Plot, 4th Great War Society Interconference, Wheaton, Illinois. 1992, Presenter,White Against Red in Uriankhai: Revolution and Civil War on Russias Asiatic Frontier, 1917-1922, Western Slavic Association Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Presentations and Other Creative Activities: Public Lectures/Forums: 2008, On the Trail of the Beast: Uncovering Aleister Crowleys Intelligence Connections, University of Idaho Interdisciplinary Colloquium presentation, 9 Sept. 2008, Public reading from Secret Agent 666, University of Idaho Library, 15 April 2008. 2008, Panelist, public forum on Middle East, University of Idaho, 3 April 2008. 2007,Address, discussion (with Gen. Oleg Kalugin). Tea with Reilly, International Spy Museum, Washington, DC, 22 February 2007. 2006, Panelist, public forum on Iraq, 21 Sept. 2006. 2002, Three part interview on Radio Liberty Russian Service (Vladimir Abarinov), Sidney Reilly: The Spy Who Went into the Cold. 1987-2002: 22 Public Lectures, including addresses to classes in History, Political Science, and Interdisciplinary Studies (Film), Phi Alpha Theta, UI Womens Center, Rotary and Lions Clubs, UI Alumni Association, Faculty Forum and Faculty Roundtable, Faculty Forum (two), Sun Valley Arts Center. Topics included Russian Politics, Sidney Reilly, Bosnian Crisis and the Holocaust. Panelist/Moderator on 6 public forums on topics ranging from the Yugoslav Crisis, to the

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Gulf War, to American Race Relations and Page-to-Stage. Taught One Community Enrichment Course on Contemporary Soviet Society (1989).

SERVICE: Major Committee Assignments (since 1987): University: Registrars Course Planning Reports Group University Curriculum Committee Provosts Dual Enrollment Study Committee Borah Committee (including term as chair) Research Council Small Travel Grant (chair) Seed Grant Evaluation Committee Graduate Recruitment Truman Scholarship Committee Honors Program (Past and Current, Chair, Fall 2003) Sabbatical Leave Evaluation Faculty Council (interim) University Committee for General Education Disability Affairs Committee Officers Education Committee (Chair) Library Affairs Committee Honors Program Committee (Chair) College: International Studies Program Board of Administrators L&S Executive Committee L&S Scholarship Committee J. C. Smith Committee (Chair) Humanities Chairs (NEH) Martin Peace Institute Fellow MPI Committees and Subcommittees

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Chair of Chair Evaluation Committees (2) Department: Recruitment Tenure and Promotion (including committees outside home Department) Scholarship Professional and Scholarly Organizations: Great War Society Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society