Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1930, Jan. 16 | Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1950 | A.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. B.H.L., Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y. |
| 1950-1951 | Fulbright Fellow, Cambridge University, England |
| 1952 | B.A. (Kellett Fellow), Cambridge University England |
| 1953-1955 | Served in U.S. Army |
| 1956 | Married Midge Rosenthal Decter |
| 1956-1958 | Associate editor, Commentary |
| 1957 | M.A., Cambridge University, England |
| 1959-1960 | Editor-in-chief, Looking Glass Library |
| 1960 | Editor-in-chief, Commentary |
| 1964 | Published Doings and Undoings: The 50s and After in American Writing. New York: Farrar, Straus |
| 1966 | Edited The Commentary Reader: Two Decades of Articles and Stories. New York: Atheneum |
| 1968 | Published Making It. New York: Random House |
| 1979 | Published Breaking Ranks: A Political Memoir. New York : Harper & Row |
| 1980 | Published The Present Danger: Do We Have the Will to Reverse the Decline of American Power. New York : Simon and Schuster |
| 1982 | Published Why We Were in Vietnam. New York : Simon and Schuster |