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John G. Stoessinger (1927–2017)

Autor von Why Nations Go to War

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John G. Stoessinger (Ph.D., Harvard) is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Global Diplomacy at the University of San Diego in San Diego, California. He has taught at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Princeton, the City University of New York, and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. In 1969 he led the mehr anzeigen International Seminar on International Relations at Harvard University, and in 1970 he received honorary doctor of law degrees from Grinnell College, Iowa, and from the American College of Switzerland. Stoessinger is the author of ten leading books on international relations. Dr. Stoessinger also served as chief book review editor of Foreign Affairs for five years and as acting director of the Political Affairs Division at the United Nations from 1967 to 1974. He is member of the Council of Foreign Relations. weniger anzeigen

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Geburtstag
1927-10-14
Todestag
2017-11-20
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA
Austria (birth)
Geburtsort
Vienna, Austria
Sterbeort
National City, California, USA
Wohnorte
New York, New York, USA
Ausbildung
Harvard University (PhD) History
Grinnell College
Berufe
professor
international relations scholar
political affairs officer, United Nations
Holocaust survivor
memoirist
public speaker (Zeige alle 7)
political scientist
Organisationen
Council on Foreign Relations
United Nations
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John George Stoessinger was born in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family. His grandparents were sent to the gas chambers during the Holocaust in World War II. However, he and his parents were saved from the Nazis by a Japanese diplomat, Chiune Sugihara, who issued three visas to "transit Russia" that allowed them to escape via Siberia to Shanghai. They lived in Shanghai for seven years. Stoessinger emigrated to the USA, attended Grinnell College, and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, the University of San Diego, and Princeton University. From 1967-1974, he served as Acting Director of the Political Affairs Division at the United Nations. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lectured extensively throughout the world.
In the 1970s, Dr. Stoessinger did favors for Anne Lament, a former lover, which resulted in his indictment as a participant in fraud. A plea bargain in 1977 allowed him to teach prisoners at the Metropolitan Correctional Center instead of serving time. He was later pardoned by President Reagan. Dr. Stoessinger was the author of 10 books on world politics, including The Might of Nations (1962), which received the Bancroft Prize for History. In 2014, he published a memoir, From Holocaust to Harvard: A Story of Escape, Forgiveness, and Freedom.

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laplantelibrary | Jan 21, 2023 |
In 1938, when John was 10 years old, he witnessed Hitler’s triumphal procession into Austria. With the introduction of the Hitler Youth, his life at school became miserable because he was Jewish. His father had disappeared long ago, and he hardly saw his mother so it was with great joy he received the news they’d be moving to Prague to stay with his grandparents to get away from Hitler’s new rules against the Jewish people. Read the rest of the review on my blog: rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://shouldireaditornot.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/from-holocaust-to-harvard-a-s...… (mehr)
 
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ShouldIReadIt | Sep 26, 2014 |
This is an excellent book, with one of the most touching epilogues I have ever read.
I also do recognize the fact that Stoellinger has experienced World War II, and therefore is a very good person to be able to review war. This is a scholarly bit of work, and there is a wealth of detail in the book. The analysis, in my view, is very good. However, hindsight is a great thing, and when I read the book, I wonder at human stupidity and greed. Could so much war and destruction have been avoided if people had acted with some wisdom and with some common sense. But, war can be a macho act, and people love to go to war for dubious reasons.

This is an excellent bit of work, with nary a word out of place.
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