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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Political Scientist

Spouse
  
Juliette L. George

Alma mater
  
University of Chicago

Children
  
Mary L. Douglass

Awards
  
Bancroft Prize

Name
  
Alexander George


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Born
  
Alexander L. Givargis May 31, 1920 Chicago, USA (
1920-05-31
)

Institutions
  
Stanford University RAND Corporation American University

Notable awards
  
1975 Bancroft Prize 1983 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 1997 NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War 1998 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science

Died
  
August 16, 2006, Seattle, Washington, United States

Fields
  
International relations, Behavioural sciences

Books
  
Case Studies and Theo, Deterrence in American, Force and Statecraft, Forceful Persuasion, Woodrow Wilson and Colonel

Similar People
  
Gordon Alexander Craig, Ole Holsti, Paul Lauren

Alexander L. George (May 31, 1920 Chicago - August 16, 2006 Seattle) was an American behavioral scientist. He was the Graham H. Stuart Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Stanford University.

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Life

His parents were Assyrians from Urmia in north-west Persia. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Chicago, where he received his doctorate in political science in 1958.

According to David A. Hamburg he was the among the first to lead behavioral scientists into studying the "very painful and dangerous" issues of nuclear crisis management during the Cold War era and to carry knowledge directly to policy leaders. George "focused a great deal of attention on reducing nuclear danger," he added. "I regard him as a truly great scholar and human being."

Awards

  • 1975 Bancroft Prize
  • 1983 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
  • 1997 NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War from the National Academy of Sciences.
  • 1998 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
  • Works

  • Alexander L. George, Juliette L. George (1964). Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House: a personality study. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-21144-2. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
  • The Chinese Communist Army in Action; The Korean War and Its Aftermath. Columbia University Press. 1969. ISBN 978-0-231-08595-3. 
  • Alexander L. George, Richard Smoke (1974). Deterrence in American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-03838-6. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
  • Alexander L. George, Philip J. Farley, Alexander Dallin, eds. (1988). U.S.-Soviet security cooperation: achievements, failures, lessons. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-505398-2. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
  • Managing U.S.-Soviet rivalry: problems of crisis prevention. Westview Press. 1983. ISBN 978-0-86531-500-6. 
  • Alexander L. George, Philip J. Farley, Alexander Dallin, eds. (1988). U.S.-Soviet security cooperation: achievements, failures, lessons. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-505398-2. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
  • Alexander L. George, Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, eds. (1991). Avoiding war: problems of crisis management. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-1232-3. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
  • Forceful persuasion: coercive diplomacy as an alternative to war. United States Institute of Peace Press. 1991. ISBN 978-1-878379-14-6. 
  • Alexander L. George, Juliette L. George (1998). Presidential personality and performance. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-2591-0. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
  • Alexander L. George, Andrew Bennett (2005). Case studies and theory development in the social sciences. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-57222-4. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
  • On foreign policy: unfinished business. Paradigm Publishers. 2006. ISBN 978-1-59451-264-3. 
  • George, Alexander/Simons William E., 1994: The Limits of Coercive Diplomacy, Colarado/Oxford: Westview Press
  • References

    Alexander L. George Wikipedia