Yael Sternhell is currently an assistant professor of history and American studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Her fields of expertise are the history of the American South and the history of modern societies at war.
She holds a PhD from Princeton University, and her first book, Routes of War: The World of Movement in the Confederate South, came out at Harvard University Press in 2012.
Prior to entering academia, Sternhell spent a few years working as a journalist for Channel 1 News, and continues to contribute commentary on American politics and society to various media outlets in Israel.
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