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Parssinen, Terry

Meet Terry Parssinen

Professor, History

Phone: (813) 257-3370
Email: tparssinen@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: Q
Building: PH Room: 342

Education

1963 Grinnell College, B.A.
1965 Brandeis University, M.A.
1968 Brandeis University, Ph.D.

Courses Taught

History of the Middle Ages
The Second World War
Narcotic Drugs in Modern Society

Professional and Community Activities

Dr. Parssinen has published Secret Passions, Secret Remedies: Narcotic Drugs and British Society, 1820-1930, and Webs of Smoke: Smugglers, Warlords, Spies and the History of the International Drug Trade. Using memoirs and recently discovered documents, Dr. Parssinen has published the first-ever book on the little-known plot that collapsed following the Munich conference of 1938: The Oster Conspiracy of 1938: The Unknown Story of the Military Plot to Kill Hitler and Avert World War II.