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James Chace ([[October 16]], [[1931]]-[[2004]]) was an eminent [[historian]], writing on American [[diplomacy]] and [[statecraft]]. His twelve books included the critically acclaimed ''Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World'' (1998), considered to be the definitive biography of the former [[Secretary of State]] [[Dean Acheson]]. In a [[White House]] press conference, President [[George W. Bush]] referred to Chace's ''Acheson'' as one of the great books he was at the time reading. |
'''James Chace''' ([[October 16]], [[1931]]-[[2004]]) was an eminent [[historian]], writing on American [[diplomacy]] and [[statecraft]]. His twelve books included the critically acclaimed ''Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World'' (1998), considered to be the definitive biography of the former [[Secretary of State]] [[Dean Acheson]]. In a [[White House]] press conference, President [[George W. Bush]] referred to Chace's ''Acheson'' as one of the great books he was at the time reading. |
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His writings, known for elegant and even literary prose, often influenced American thought in policymaking--his coining of the phrase "the indispensible nation" to describe America was widely used when Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]] began using it in her speeches. |
His writings, known for elegant and even literary prose, often influenced American thought in policymaking--his coining of the phrase "the indispensible nation" to describe America was widely used when Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]] began using it in her speeches. |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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*''Conflict in the Middle East'' (1969 H. W. Wilson Company) - causes and consequences of the 1967 Six-Day War |
*''Conflict in the Middle East'' (1969 H. W. Wilson Company) - causes and consequences of the 1967 Six-Day War |
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*''A World Elsewhere: the new American foreign policy'' (1973 Scribner) (ISBN: 0684132257) |
*''A World Elsewhere: the new American foreign policy'' (1973 Scribner) (ISBN: 0684132257) |
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Revision as of 20:45, 2 March 2006
James Chace (October 16, 1931-2004) was an eminent historian, writing on American diplomacy and statecraft. His twelve books included the critically acclaimed Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World (1998), considered to be the definitive biography of the former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. In a White House press conference, President George W. Bush referred to Chace's Acheson as one of the great books he was at the time reading.
His writings, known for elegant and even literary prose, often influenced American thought in policymaking--his coining of the phrase "the indispensible nation" to describe America was widely used when Secretary of State Madeleine Albright began using it in her speeches.
Chace graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Classics. He began his career as a journalist, and eventually became Managing Editor at Foreign Affairs (1970-1983). He became was Editor of the World Policy Journal in 1993, where he served for 7 years. In 1990, he was appointed Professor of Government at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, in upstate New York. He later helped found and chair Bard's international affairs program in New York City.
He was a close friend and mentor of military historian and author Caleb Carr.
Publications
- Conflict in the Middle East (1969 H. W. Wilson Company) - causes and consequences of the 1967 Six-Day War
- A World Elsewhere: the new American foreign policy (1973 Scribner) (ISBN: 0684132257)
- Atlantis Lost: United States-European Relation After the Cold War (James Chace, co-editor with Earl C. Ravenal (1976 UP) ISBN: 0814713610
- Solvency, the Price of Survival: An essay on American foreign policy (1981 Random House) ISBN: 0394507541
- Endless War: How We Got Involved in Central America-And What Can Be Done (1984 Vintage Books) (ISBN: 0394727797)
- America Invulnerable: The Quest for Absolute Security from 1812 to Star Wars (1988 Summit) (by James Chace with Caleb Carr) ISBN: 0671617788
- What We Had: A Memoir (1990 Summit Books) ISBN: 0671694782
- The Consequences of the Peace: The New Internationalism and American Foreign Policy (1993 Oxford) ISBN: 0195083547
- Acheson: The Secretary Of State Who Created The American World (1998 Simon & Schuster)
- What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2001 Putnam) (by Robert Cowley, James Chace and John Lukacs) ISBN: 0399147950
- 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -The Election that Changed the Country (2004 Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
- Booknotes on American Character: people, politics, and conflict in American history (2004 Perseus Press) (contributor) ISBN: 1586482327