Scope and Content Note
Peter W. Rodman (1943-2008) was a public official and foreign policy expert who served in five Republican presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon through George W. Bush. His papers span the years 1964-2009 and are organized into twelve series: General Correspondence , Government File , Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom , Center for Strategic and International Studies , Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies , Henry Kissinger Post-Government , Speeches and Writings , Subject File , Printed Matter , Miscellany , Oversize , and Digital File .
Correspondence is distributed throughout the papers. In addition to the General Correspondence there are sizable correspondence files in the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom , Center for Strategic and International Studies , and Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies series. Included are reading files of outgoing mail designated as chronological files by Rodman and his staff. Correspondents include Peter Braestrup, Philip M. Crane, Arthur T. Downey, John O'Sullivan (1942- ), Gilford Glazer, Guido Goldman, Henry Kissinger, Winston Lord, James Pinkerton (1958- ), Colin L. Powell, Steven R. Rivkin, Eugene V. Rostow, W. R. Smyser, R. Emmett Tyrrell, and Mark L. Wolf.
The bulk of the Government File relates to travel arrangements for official travel to foreign countries by American presidents and secretaries of states. Another file in the series focuses on Rodman's stint as National Security Council counselor during 1987-1990.
Rodman was a senior editor for the National Review during the period 1991-1999. This editorship is documented in the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom series as well as in Speeches and Writings . Also part of the Speeches and Writings are files relating to two of Rodman's published books, More Precious than Peaceand Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush.The Digital File consists of born-digital files relating to Presidential Command, including book proposals and draft chapters.
Rodman was a student and protegee of national security advisor and secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Rodman assisted Kissinger with his memoirs after their service in the Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations and this collaboration is documented in the Henry Kissinger Post-Government series.