Matthew Dallek is a his­to­ri­an and pro­fes­sor of polit­i­cal man­age­ment at George Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty. The author of The Right Moment and Defense­less Under the Night, his writ­ing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, Los Ange­les Times, Politi­co, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. He lives in Wash­ing­ton, DC.