Warren I. Cohen
SpouseNancy Bernkopf Tucker
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of United States foreign policy
Institutions

Warren I. Cohen is an American historian specializing in the diplomatic history of the United States.[1] He is Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Cohen formerly served as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations in 1984.[2]

Biography

Cohen received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1955,[3] his master's degree from The Fletcher School at Tufts University,[4] and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.[1] He taught at University of California, Riverside and Michigan State University before joining the faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His scholarship has focused on the diplomatic history of the United States, especially its engagement with China.[5][6][7] He has also written about the history of Chinese foreign policy.[8]

Cohen served as a member and chaired the United States Department of State's Historical Advisory Committee until his resignation in 1990 in protest of the department's decision to expunge the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1953 Iranian coup d'état from its official publications.[9][10][11]

He delivered the 2000 Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures at Harvard University, titled "The Asian American Century."[12]

Cohen is the editor of The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations.[13] He was married to diplomatic historian Nancy Bernkopf Tucker until her death.[14][15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Warren Cohen". history.umbc.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  2. ↑ "Warren I. Cohen | The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations". shafr.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  3. ↑ "Bookshelf". Columbia College Today. 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  4. ↑ "H-Diplo State of the Field Essay on The United States and the World". The SHAFR Guide Online. doi:10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim070050002. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  5. ↑ "America's Response to China | American Diplomacy Est 1996". americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  6. ↑ Cohen, Warren I. (2010). America's Response to China: A History of Sino-American Relations (5 ed.). Columbia University Press. JSTOR 10.7312/cohe15076.
  7. ↑ Fairbank, J. K. (September 1972). "America's Response to China. An Interpretative History of Sino-American Relations. By Warren I. Cohen. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1971. Pp. 242. 3.95, paper.)". American Political Science Review. 66 (3): 1079–1080. doi:10.2307/1957544. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1957544. S2CID 151897055.
  8. ↑ Cohen, Warren I. (1997-03-01). "China's Strategic Culture". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  9. ↑ "Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Report | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  10. ↑ "DOS: Office of the Historian: "A Burden for the Department"?: To The 1991 FRUS Statute". goodtimesweb.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  11. ↑ "Opinion | History Bleached at State". The New York Times. 1990-05-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  12. ↑ "The Asian American Century — Warren I. Cohen". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  13. ↑ Beisner, Robert L. (1994). "Veterans at Work: The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations". The Journal of American-East Asian Relations. 3 (1): 77–94. doi:10.1163/187656194X00193. ISSN 1058-3947. JSTOR 23612547.
  14. ↑ "Nancy Bernkopf Tucker (1948–2012) | Perspectives on History | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
  15. ↑ "Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, 64, specialist on China diplomacy". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
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