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  1. Rostow

    Rostow is a surname, and may apply to Elspeth Rostow , American educator and policy advisor Eugene V. Rostow , American jurist Walt Whitman Rostow , American economist See also Rostov , town in Russia Rostov on Don , city in Russia Category Surnames disambig ...   more details



  1. Elspeth Rostow

    Infobox Person name Elspeth Rostow image image size caption birth name Elspeth Vaughan Davies birth date October 20, 1917 birth place New York, New York death date December 10, 2007 aged 90 death place Austin, Texas death cause residence Austin, Texas spouse Walt Whitman Rostow children Peter Rostow, Ann Rostow Elspeth Rostow October 20, 1917 &ndash December 10, 2007 was born as Elspeth Vaughan Davies in Manhattan . She graduated from Barnard College in 1938. She received a master s degree in history from Radcliffe College in 1939 and a master s degree from Cambridge University in 1949. World War II While teaching at Barnard in 1939, she was among the founders of American studies as an academic discipline and later authored the book, European Economic Reconstruction 1948 . During World War II , she worked for the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, analyzing dispatches from the French Resistance. She had met Walt Rostow at a Paris seminar in 1937. After their marriage a decade later, the couple lived in Geneva for three years. University of Texas She brought to the University of Texas U.T. impressive academic credentials and internationally recognized expertise in the area of public policy. Citation needed date December 2007 Among her other presidential appointments, President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace , which she later chaired. Elspeth Rostow was a force at U.T. from 1969 until her death. She was initially drawn to Austin with her husband, Walt Whitman Rostow by the research value of Lyndon B. Johnson s presidential papers. Walt had served in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and was writing a book. She served as dean ..., it flourishes. In 1996, The Alcalde described Rostow as having never a hair nor a thread nor a word ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rostow, Elspeth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE ... Austin, Texas DEFAULTSORT Rostow, Elspeth Category 1917 births Category 2007 deaths Category ...   more details



  1. Walt Whitman Rostow

    Rostow image Walt Rostow 1968.jpg imagesize smallimage caption order 7th National Security Advisor ... party U.S. Democratic Party Democratic spouse Elspeth Rostow children Peter Rostow , Ann Rostow profession Economist , Political theorist and advisor religion signature footnotes Walt Whitman Rostow also known as Walt Rostow or W.W. Rostow October 7, 1916 February 13, 2003 was a United States ... , and was noted for a belief in the efficacy of capitalism and free enterprise . Rostow served as a major ... Rostow , who later became dean of the school. He wrote extensively in defense of free enterprise economics, particularly in developing nations . Rostow wrote a book Rostow s stages of growth The Stages ... s. His older brother, Eugene V. Rostow Eugene Rostow , also held a number of high government foreign policy posts. Early life Walt Rostow was born in New York City to a Russian people Russian Jewish immigrant family. His parents, Victor and Lillian Rostow, were active socialist s and their three sons, Eugene Victor Debs Rostow, Ralph Waldo Emerson Rostow and Walt Whitman Rostow, were named after Eugene V. Debs , Ralph Waldo Emerson , and Walt Whitman . Rostow entered Yale University at age .... Rostow became Assistant Chief of the German Austrian Economic Division in the United States Department ... to teach as the Harmsworth Professor of American History. Rostow became the Assistant to the Executive ... Professor of American History and Institutions . Rostow was Professor of Economic History at the Massachusetts ... Rostow showing President Lyndon B. Johnson a model of the Battle of Khe Sanh Khe Sanh area, 1968 In 1960 Rostow joined John F. Kennedy s presidential campaign, helping to coin such memorable campaign ... F. Kennedy appointed Rostow as Deputy National Security Advisor Deputy Special Assistant to the President ... Planning Council , Department of State. Rostow was appointed by Johnson in May 1964 to be U.S. Member ... Halberstam noted of Rostow s time as Assistant for National Security Affairs, He became the president ...   more details



  1. Taylor-Rostow Report

    Orphan date February 2009 The Taylor Rostow Report was a report published in November 1961 on the situation in Vietnam in relation to Vietcong operations in South Vietnam. The report was led by General Maxwell Taylor and Walt Rostow . The report called for improved training of ARVN troops, greater use of helicopters in counterinsurgency missions against North Vietnamese communists, increasing bombing of the North and increased use of US combat troops. Category Vietnam War ...   more details



  1. Lois Rostow Kuznets

    Lois Rostow Kuznets is a professor emeritus of English at San Diego State University , specializing in children s literature . Her best known book, When Toys Come Alive , studies narratives featuring living toys such as Calvin and Hobbes and Winnie the Pooh , arguing that the toys function as transitional objects that mediate between childhood and adult desires. The book won multiple awards. http childlit.sdsu.edu faculty kuznets.htm . She was also President of the Children s Literature Association . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kuznets, Lois Rostow ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kuznets, Lois Rostow Category American academics of English literature Category Living people US English academic bio stub ...   more details



  1. Eugene V. Rostow

    Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger left with Eugene Rostow, Bonn 1968 Eugene V. Victor Debs Rostow August .... Johnson . Early life Rostow was born on 25 August 1913 in Brooklyn, New York , a grandson of poor ... Emerson and Walt Whitman Rostow Walt Whitman , were named after Eugene V. Debs , Ralph Waldo Emerson , and Walt Whitman . Education Rostow attended New Haven High School and was admitted to Yale College ... an admiration and love for the best traditions of high scholarship. From 1933 to 1934 Rostow studied ... Law Journal . Career After graduation, Rostow worked at the New York City New York law firm of Cravath ... in 1944 , and became a member of the Yale Economics Department as well. During World War II Rostow ... and the Supreme Court? In 1955 Rostow became dean of Yale Law School, a post he held until ... . After leaving government service Rostow returned to Yale Law School, teaching courses in constitutional ... of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency , making Rostow the highest ranking Democrat in the Reagan administration. At his confirmation hearing in 1981, Senator Claiborne Pell asked Rostow if he thought the US could survive a nuclear war. Rostow replied that Japan not only survived but flourished ... of nuclear warheads rather than two, Rostow replied, the human race is very resilient. . . Depending ... York Viking, 2008 , 126. ref ref Nomination of Eugene V. Rostow, Hearings before the Committee on Foreign ... Rostow became Sterling Professor of Law and Public Affairs Emeritus. In 1990 Rostow had this to say ... the Geneva Convention and the Oslo Accords ref Personal In 1933 Rostow married Edna Greenberg, and they remained ..., Victor, Jessica, and Nicholas and six grandchildren. His younger brother, Walt Whitman Rostow , served ... In Memoriam Eugene V. Rostow, 1913 2002 pdf . http www.law.yale.edu outside html Public Affairs 315 yls article.htm Eugene V. Rostow 37 Dean, Scholar, Statesman , Yale Law School. http www.jstor.org pss 792783 Eugene V. Rostow, The Japanese American Cases A Disaster, 54 Yale Law Journal 489 1945 . start ...   more details



  1. Rostow's stages of growth

    3 Group B university Symbiosis School of Economics term 2011 Q3 Economics sidebar The Rostow s Stages ... growth . It was developed by Walt Whitman Rostow W. W. Rostow . The model postulates that economic ... for take off Take off Drive to maturity Age of High mass consumption Rostow s model is one of the more .... Rostow argued that economic take off must initially be led by a few individual List of recognized ... is a detailed outline of Rostow s 5 Stages Traditional society characterized by subsistence agriculture ... , have disposable income, beyond all basic needs, for additional goods Rostow claimed that these stages ... to destruction to the moon or where? ref name WWR ref name MP Rostow asserts that countries go ... may occur at varying lengths from country to country, and even from region to region. ref Rostow emphasizes ... but also and equally the uniqueness of each nation s experience. ref Theoretical framework Rostow s model ... not be able to diversify, regarding this Rostow s model states that economies may need to depend ... superior level of competitiveness in the early stages of take off. Rostow s model does not disagree ... by Rostow is that countries want to modernize and grow and that society will agree to the Economic ... print article.php?articleId 66 Rostow s Stages of Development vs. Self Sufficiency Bot generated title ... up of conditions for growth and take off. Rostow Walt Whitman Rostow said that these changes in society ... www.slideshare.net geographyalltheway ib geography develpent rostow model IB Geography Development Rostow Model Bot generated title ref The strategic factor is that investment level should be above ... to Rostow Walt Whitman Rostow capital formation depends on the productivity of agriculture and the creation ..., in Rostow s view. Government plays the driving role in development of social overhead capital .... Take off This stage is characterized by dynamic economic growth. As Rostow suggests, all is premised ... In discussing the take off, Rostow is noted to have adopted the term transition , which describes ...   more details



  1. Kuznets

    Kuznets is a Russian language surname. The word literally means Blacksmith . It may refer to Simon Kuznets Lois Rostow Kuznets smiths surname Category Occupational surnames Category Russian language surnames ru ...   more details



  1. CIA activities in the Dominican Republic

    ref A little later, Rostow referred to a problem with one of the Dominican officials. With the full ... 61 citation author Rostow, Walt contribution Telegram From the President s Special Assistant Rostow ...   more details



  1. Rostov (disambiguation)

    Rostov may refer to Rostov , also known as Rostov Veliky , a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia Rostov on Don , a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia Rostov Oblast , a federal subject of Russia FC Rostov , a Russian association football club from Rostov on Don a sunflower variety See also Rostovsky disambiguation Disambig bg de Rostow Begriffskl rung es Rostov desambiguaci n fr Rostov homonymie ko hr Rostov os it Rostov nl Rostov ro Rostov ru sr uk ...   more details



  1. Ceremonial deism

    Ceremonial deism is a legal term used in the United States for nominally religious statements and practices deemed to be merely ritual and non religious through long customary usage. Proposed examples of ceremonial deism include the reference to God introduced into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, and the phrase In God We Trust on U.S. currency. The term was coined in 1962 by the then dean of Yale Law School , Eugene V. Rostow Eugene Rostow , and has been used since 1984 by the Supreme Court of the United States to assess exemptions from the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution First Amendment to the United States Constitution U.S. Constitution . Usage by the Supreme Court The first use of the term in a Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court opinion is in William J. Brennan, Jr. Justice Brennan s dissenting opinion in cite court litigants Lynch v. Donnelly vol 465 reporter U.S. opinion 668 pinpoint court year 1984 url http supreme.justia.com us 465 668 case.html blockquote ...I would suggest that such practices as the designation of In God We Trust as our national motto, or the references to God contained in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag can best be understood, in Eugene V. Rostow Dean Rostow s apt phrase, as a form a ceremonial deism, protected from Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution Establishment Clause scrutiny chiefly because they have lost through rote repetition any significant religious content. & 91 emphasis added, citations omitted & 93 blockquote In cite court litigants Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow vol 542 reporter U.S. opinion 1 pinpoint court year 2004 url http supreme.justia.com us 542 1 case.html Sandra Day O Connor Justice O Connor , concurring in the opinion, invoked the term in her analysis of the nature of the phrase under God in the Pledge of Allegiance , saying in part blockquote There ar ...   more details



  1. Elspeth

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Infobox given name name Elspeth image imagesize caption pronunciation gender meaning region origin related names footnotes Elspeth or rarely Elspet is a feminine given name . It is the Scotland Scottish form of Elizabeth given name Elizabeth . It means chosen by God or consecrated by God . Notable people with that name include Elspeth Attwooll Elspeth Barker Elspeth Ballantyne Elspeth Buchan Elspeth Cameron Elspeth Campbell Elspeth Gibson Elspet Gray Elspeth Henderson Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote Elspeth Huxley Elspeth Kennedy Elspeth Lodge Elspeth March Elspeth Probyn Elspeth Rostow Elspeth Shaw Elspeth Wood In literature Obernewtyn Elspeth Gordie Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody 4 50 From Paddington Elspeth McGillicuddy by Agatha Christy Category Given names Category Scottish feminine given names Given name stub da Elsebeth ...   more details



  1. Orthodox Development

    . The most famous Orthodox view of development is that of Walt Whitman Rostow , which suggests economic ... way. Rostow argues that countries wherein preconditions such as entrepreneurism, trade opportunities ... in Rostovian take off model Rostow s take off model , will eventually reach a take off point and thereafter ...   more details



  1. Wundwasser

    Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Wundwasser Type studio Artist Eisregen Released 2004 Genre Dark metal Length 44 50 Label Massacre Records Last album Farbenfinsternis br 2001 This album Wundwasser br 2004 Next album Blutbahnen br 2007 Wundwasser is the fifth studio album by the German dark metal band Eisregen , released through Massacre Records in 2004. Track listing Intro Wahrheit ...? 0 30 Mein Eichensarg 5 07 Am Glockenseil 2 41 Vom Muttermord 4 59 Blutgeil 4 19 Ripper von Rostow 3 27 Hinein ins Tr nenmeer 4 58 Glas 4 23 Was vom Leben brig bleibt 4 33 Kreuznarbe 4 09 Wundwasser 5 19 Outro Ende ....? 0 19 Credits Michael Blutkehle Roth singing vocals Michael Bursche Lenz Electric guitar guitar Sebastian Berg Morbach Bass guitar bass Theresa 2T Trenks violin Daniel DF Fr bing Keyboard instrument keyboards Ronny Yantit Fimmel Drum kit drums Category 2004 albums Category Eisregen albums Category Massacre Records albums de Wundwasser Album ...   more details



  1. Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions

    The Pitt Professorship of American History and Institutions was established on 5 February 1944 from a sum of 44,000 received from the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press in 1943 and augmented by a further 5,000 in 1946. The title of the chair was changed to the Pitt Professorship of American History and Institutions in 1951. ref name Venn http venn.csi.cam.ac.uk ACAD lists aciff.html database of Cambridge University offices and officers ref The professorship is unusual in that tenure is for a period of one year only. ref name Venn ref List of Pitt Professors of American History and Institutions 1945 Dexter Perkins 1946 No election 1947 Henry Steele Commager 1948 Roy Franklin Nichols 1949 Walt Whitman Rostow 1950 John Donald Hicks 1951 Ralph Henry Gabriel 1952 Avery Odelle Craven 1953 Corwin D. Edwards 1954 John Bartlet Brebner 1955 William Thomas Easterbrook 1956 Edward Chase Kirkland 1957 Paul Abraham Freund 1958 Richard Hofstadter 1959 Eugene Victor Rostow 1960 Clinton Lawrence Rossiter 1961 Richard Palmer Blackmur 1962 John Hope Franklin 1963 John Morton Blum 1964 Daniel Joseph Boorstin 1965 Thomas Childs Cochran 1966 Peter Michael Blau 1967 James Willard Hurst 1968 William Clement Eaton 1969 Henry David 1970 Walter Galenson 1971 Henry Farnham May 1972 Morris Janowitz 1973 Eric Louis McKitrick 1974 Archibald Cox 1975 Robert William Fogel 1976 Eugene Dominick Genovese 1977 Paul Allan David 1978 Stephen Albert Thernstrom 1979 Eliot Freidson 1980 Eric Foner 1981 Douglass Cecil North 1982 Gordon S. Wood Gordon Stewart Wood 1983 Judith N. Shklar 1984 Robert Huddleston Wiebe 1985 Peter Temin 1986 Bernard Bailyn 1987 Daniel Bell 1988 Warren Forbes Kimball 1989 Nathan Rosenberg 1990 Timothy Hall Breen 1991 Vacant 1992 Carol Gilligan 1993 Michael Fitzgibbon Holt 1994 Peter Gavin Wright 1995 Dan Thomas Carter 1996 John Reed 1997 Sylvia R. Frey 1998 Stanley Lewis Engerman 1999 James Tyler Petterson References reflist Category Cambridge Professorships Pitt Category Pro ...   more details



  1. List of SS and Police Commands

    Ober Elsa Oberitalien Mitte Oberitalien West Pripet Quarnero Radom Rowno Rostow Awdejewka Salzburg Sandschak Saratow Shitomir Stalino Donezgebiet Stanislav Rostow S d Norwegen Taurien Krim Simferopol ...   more details



  1. Paul S. Riebenfeld

    Paul S. Riebenfeld was a political scientist and international jurist and layer. He served as a Zionist delegate to the Palestine Mandate Commission of the League of Nations from 1937 to 1939 as Honorary Chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Society of Zionist Lawyers an as Chairman of the Policy Committee of Jordan is Palestine International . He was a recipient of the Jabotinsky Medal awarded by the state of Israel . He was a resident of the United States when he died. For years he argued, on legal grounds, and under international law, for the legality of Jewish settlement in Judea , Samaria , and the Gaza District meaning thereby, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip . Contrary to this position, he could not unobjectionally be termed a right winger for example, he expressed the view that Palestinians were legitimate Israelis , because they were, arguably, merely Jew s and Hebrew s of Muslim religion or faith. If let alone, and peace came, the two peoples would re unite, over time, by inter marriage. References Feith, Douglas J., O Brien, William V., Rostow, Eugene V., Riebenfeld, Paul S., Halberstam, Malvina & Hornblass, Jerome Israel s Legitimacy in Law and History, Proceedings of the Conference on International Law and the Arab Israeli Conflict , ed. Edward M. Siegel, Esq. & Olga Barrekette, Center for Near East Policy Research, New York, 1993, ISBN 0 9640145 0 5 External links History of Jordan, Jordan as Palestine http www.eretzyisroel.org jkatz jordan.html Jerusalem in International Diplomacy http www.jcpa.org art jid campdavid.htm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Riebenfeld, Paul S. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Riebenfeld, Paul S. Category Zionists Riebenfield, Paul S. Category Year of death missing judaism bio stub Israel bio stub US law bio stub ...   more details



  1. Szymon Szewczyk

    2006 2007 Scafati Basket 2007 2009 Lokomotiw Rostow 2009 2010 Air Avellino Personal life His ...   more details



  1. Deputy National Security Advisor

    The Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States , serving as deputy to the President s National Security Advisor United States National Security Advisor . Among other responsibilities, the Deputy National Security Advisor serves as Executive Secretary to the National Security Council Principals Committee, and as chairman of the National Security Council Deputies Committee . ref NSPD 1 http www.fas.org irp offdocs nspd nspd 1.htm Organization of the National Security Council System , 13 February 2001 ref List of Deputies Expand list date August 2008 class wikitable Picture Name Term President Image Walt Rostow 1968.jpg 75px Walt Whitman Rostow 1961 John F Kennedy No image Carl Kaysen 1961&ndash 1963 John F Kennedy Image Lyndon Johnson and Robert Komer.jpg 75px Robert Komer 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson No image Francis M. Bator Oct. 1965&ndash Sept. 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson ref http www.state.gov www about state history vol xv persons.html Foreign Relations of the United States 1964 68, Vol. XV , 23 February 2009 ref No image Richard V. Allen 1969 Richard Nixon Image Secretary of State Alexander Haig.jpg 75px Alexander Haig 1970&ndash 1973 Richard Nixon Image Scowcroft cheney webster.gif 75px Brent Scowcroft 1973&ndash 1975 Gerald Ford No image William G. Hyland 1975&ndash 1977 Gerald Ford No image David L. Aaron 1977&ndash 1981 Jimmy Carter No image James W. Nance 1981&ndash 1982 Ronald Reagan No image Robert McFarlane 1982&ndash 1983 Ronald Reagan Image Admiral John Poindexter, official Navy photo, 1985.J John Poindexter 1983&ndash 1985 Ronald Reagan No image Donald Fortier 1985&ndash 1986 Ronald Reagan Image Peter W. Rodman.jpg 75px Peter Rodman 1986&ndash 1987 Ronald Reagan Image Colin Powell 2005.jpg 75px Colin Powell 1987 Ronald Reagan Image John Negroponte official portrait State.jpg 75px John Negroponte 1987&ndash 1989 Ronald Reagan Image Robert Gates, official DoD photo portrait, 2 ...   more details



  1. History of the United States National Security Council 1961?1963

    Security Advisor, Bundy divided his work with his Deputy, Walt Whitman Rostow Walt Rostow ... affairs, Rostow focused upon long term planning with a particular concentration on Latin American ... in Indochina. The Taylor Rostow mission to Indochina at the end of 1961 and the Taylor Rostow Report ...   more details



  1. History of the United States National Security Council 1963?1969

    Rostow, who served to the end of the administration. Indeed, scholars looking at the evolution of the NSC ... Rostow, insisted that the Council s advisory role was actually performed principally by another institution .... Upon succeeding Bundy as National Security Adviser in 1966, Rostow came to grips with the issue ...   more details



  1. Carl Kaysen

    name id 1431783 s start s legal succession box before Walt Whitman Rostow title Deputy National ...   more details



  1. Albino (chess)

    chess notation An Chess problem terminology A Albino is a chess problem in which, at some stage in the solution, a White pawn chess pawn standing on its starting square makes each of its four possible moves one square forward, two squares forward, capture to the left, and capture to the right. When a Black pawn exhibits similar activity it is instead termed a Chess problem terminology P Pickaninny . Chess diagram tright Camil Seneca , Bulletin Ouvrier des Echecs , April, 1949 8 7 6 ql 5 4 kd bd 3 nl rl 2 pl 1 bl kl a b c d e f g h A simple example of an Albino is the problem to the right, a mate in 2 White moves first and must checkmate Black in two moves against any defense . It is by Camil Seneca and was first published in the April 1949 edition of the Bulletin Ouvrier des Echecs . The first move of the solution or Chess problem terminology K key is 1.Nb1. This threatens 2.Ra3 . Black has four ways to defend against this, each of which leads to a different move of the White pawn. After 1...Bb3, the only move that mates is 2.cxb3 the pawn captures to the left . After 1..Bd3, the only mate is 2.cxd3 capturing to the right . After 1...Bb5 only 2.c3 will do forward one square 2.c4 is no good because the b4 square needs to be covered by the pawn now the White queen has been cut off . After 1...Bd5 only 2.c4 will do 2.c3 is no good, because Black could play 2...Bb3 . BR CLEAR ALL Chess diagram tright Lev Loshinsky , Moskau Rostow , 1930 8 7 kl rl bd pd pl 6 pd nl rl 5 bl kd 4 ql pd 3 nl rd nd 2 nd pl 1 bl rd a b c d e f g h The Albino pawn moves need not necessarily be in the post key play of the problem they can instead be Chess problem terminology T tries moves which almost solve a problem but which fail to a single Black defense. The mate in 2 to the right, which combines the Albino with a Pickaninny, is an example. It is by Lev Loshinsky and was published in Moskau Rostow in 1930. The key is 1.Nfd5 threatening 2. Qf4 with the variations 1...g5 2. h8 Q 1...Rxc3 Rxd5 ...   more details



  1. Path to War

    Rostow Walt Rostow Sarah Paulson Luci Baines Johnson Francis Guinan Nicholas Katzenbach Curtis L ...   more details



  1. The Wilson Quarterly

    Infobox magazine title The Wilson Quarterly image file Wilson Quarterly.png image size image caption company Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars circulation 70,000 frequency Quarterly language English category Culture , Literature , Politics , Current Events editor Steven Lagerfeld editor title Editor firstdate 1976 country flagcountry United States based Washington, D.C. website URL http www.wilsonquarterly.com issn 0363 3276 The Wilson Quarterly is a magazine published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. The magazine was founded in 1976 by Peter Braestrup and James H. Billington . The Quarterly is noted for its nonpartisan, nonideological approach to current issues, with articles written from various perspectives. Citation needed date February 2012 Designed to make the research and debates of scholars and intellectuals accessible to a general audience, it covers a wide range of topics, from science policy and literature to foreign affairs. History The debut issue of the Wilson Quarterly in Autumn 1976 established two of the magazine s signature features. Article clusters explore different facets of a subject, often with contrasting points of view. Early subjects ranged from the exploration of space to the new revisionist history of the New Deal, with writers including Walt Whitman Rostow Walt.W. Rostow , Rem Koolhaas , George F. Kennan Jr., John Updike , Carlos Fuentes , and Mario Vargas Llosa . The magazine also includes individual essays. The Wilson Quarterly s other signature feature is its In Essence section, which distills more than two dozen notable articles selected from hundreds of scholarly journals and specialized publications. The Wilson Quarterly has gone through various format changes over the years, and between 1983 and 1990 it was published five times a year. Today, as its name suggests, it is published quarterly. When Peter Braestrup left the Quarterly in 1989 to join Billington at the Library of ...   more details




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