James Mann (writer)
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James Mann (born 1946) is an American journalist, and senior writer-in-residence at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.[1]
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[edit] Life
He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in sociology. He worked for The Washington Post, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He served as Chief of the Beijing Bureau of the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to 1989.[2]
His work appeared in The New Republic,[3] and Atlantic Monthly.[4]
[edit] Awards
- 1993; 1999 Edwin M. Hood Award for diplomatic correspondence, by the National Press Club
- 1997 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
- 1999 Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting
- 1999 Edward Weintal Prize
- 2005 Berlin Prize
[edit] Works
- Beijing Jeep. Simon & Schuster. 1989. ISBN 9780671620271. http://books.google.com/books?id=zss6RUl6UDYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=beijing+jeep&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=h7jcTO3eBcSwhQfd0NXPAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.; reprint Westview Press, 1997, ISBN 9780813333274
- About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship With China From Nixon to Clinton, Alfred Knopf, 1999, ISBN 9780679450535
- Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet. Viking. 2004. ISBN 9780143034896. http://books.google.com/books?id=wcljXYTZVnUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=James+Mann&hl=en&ei=g7fcTIGRA4uIhQfs14nJBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- The China fantasy: how our leaders explain away Chinese repression. Penguin. 2007. ISBN 9780670038251. http://books.google.com/books?id=uo8XwpB1fPYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Jim+Mann%22&hl=en&ei=P4WpToC2I6Lb0QG-osz_DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.; reprint Penguin Books, 2008, ISBN 9780143112921
- The rebellion of Ronald Reagan: a history of the end of the Cold War. Penguin. 2009. ISBN 9780670020546. http://books.google.com/books?id=pTgIFpLuD6kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Jim+Mann%22&hl=en&ei=P4WpToC2I6Lb0QG-osz_DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Author's website
- "An interview with author James Mann". Asia Times. Mar 17, 2007. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IC17Ad01.html.
- Interview with Mann on "New Books in History."
- James Mann discusses his book The China Fantasy as part of the University of Chicago's World Beyond the Headlines Series.
- "James Mann", Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
- http://www.paulagordon.com/shows2/mann/index.html
- Booknotes interview with Mann on Beijing Jeep, February 4, 1990.
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