Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1918, June 4 | Born, Anderson Township, Clark Co., Ill. |
| 1939 | A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1939-1940 | Henry Prize Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England |
| 1941 | M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Married Marjorie Wilson |
| 1941-1942 | Junior fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1942-1943 | Cryptanalyst, Department of the Navy |
| 1943-1946 | Chief, Current Intelligence Branch, Office of Strategic Services |
| 1946-1949 | Research historian, Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army |
| 1949 | Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1949-1951 | Intelligence analyst, Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1951 | Published Washington Command Post (Washington: Department of the Army. 413 pp.) |
| 1951-1953 | Attaché, United States embassy, London, England |
| 1954-1958 | Intelligence analyst, Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1955 | Member, United States delegation, Four Power Heads of State Conference, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1958-1962 | Director, United States Naval Auxiliary Communications Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
| 1962-1966 | Deputy director for intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1966-1969 | Special advisor, United States embassy, Bonn, Germany |
| 1969 | Awarded distinguished intelligence medal by Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1969-1973 | Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department |
| 1973 | Awarded career intelligence medal by Central Intelligence Agency |
| 1973-1986 | Director, world power studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1974 | Appointed adjunct professor of international relations, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1975 | Published World Power Assessment (Boulder: Westview Press. 173 pp.) |
| 1976 | Published Secrets, Spies, and Scholars (Washington: Acropolis Books. 294 pp.) |
| 1977 | Founded National Intelligence Study Center, Washington, D.C. Published World Power Assessment 1977 (Boulder: Westview Press. 206 pp.) |
| circa 1978 | Director, Committee on the Present Danger, Washington, D.C. |
| 1979 | Founded Coalition for Asian Peace and Security, Washington, D.C. |
| circa 1979 | Elected vice president, Committee for a Free China, Washington, D.C. President, SIFT, Inc., Washington, D.C. |
| 1980 | Published World Power Trends and U.S. Foreign Policy (Boulder: Westview Press. 228 pp.) |
| circa 1980 | Adjunct professor, Defense Intelligence School, Washington, D.C. |
| 1981 | Published The CIA Under Reagan, Bush, and Casey (Washington: Acropolis Books. 351 pp.) Republished as The CIA: Reality Versus Myth, 1982 |
| circa 1982 | President, Committee for a Free China, Washington, D.C. |
| 1983 | Published with Herbert Block The Planetary Product in 1982 (Washington: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University. 31 pp.) |
| 1984 | Published with Yonah Alexander Terrorism: The Soviet Connection (New York: Crane Russak. 162 pp.) |
| circa 1984 | Appointed director of advisory council, Interaction Systems, Inc., McLean, Va. |
| 1986- | Chairman, United States Global Strategy Council, Washington, D.C. |
| 1988 | Published Metastrategy (New York: Crane Russak 145 pp.) and Tzereu ot Roosvelta do Reigena (New York: Liberty Publishing House. n.p.) |
| 1989 | Published Chiang Ching-kuo Remembered: The Man and His Political Legacy (Washington: United States Global Strategy Council. 197 pp.) |
| 1992 | Published Foreign Policy Failures in China, Cuba, and Nicaragua: A Paradigm (Washington: United States Global Strategy Council. 246 pp.) |
| 1993 | Published The Power of Nations in the 1990s (Washington: University Press of America. n.p.) |
| 1996, Mar. 15 | Died, Arlington, Va. |