Taylor, George Edward, 1905-2000

George Edward Taylor (1905-2000) was a scholar of Chinese studies and director of the Far Eastern and Russian Institute at the University of Washington from 1946 to 1969. Considered one of the founders of modern Chinese studies in the United States, Taylor recruited internationally known scholars of the Soviet Union, China, Japan, and other countries to the institute in the 1940s and 1950s, and helped attract extensive federal and foundation support for international studies at the university. As deputy director of the U.S. Office of War Information for the Pacific Region during World War II, he established the Foreign Morale Analysis Division, which tapped the expertise of leading social scientists to study Japanese value systems in order to formulate psychological warfare and military policy against the Japanese, as well as policy toward the Japanese surrender. After the war, Taylor spoke out against the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, arguing that it was not based on evidence of Japanese intentions. Taylor was an outspoken opponent of U.S. recognition of the communist government of China in the 1950s and 1960s, and a supporter of U.S. policy in Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s.

From the description of George Edward Taylor papers, 1932-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 72624570

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