Rowe, David Nelson, 1905-1985

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Dates:
Birth 1905-10-21
Death 1985-06-03
English, Chinese,

Biographical notes:

A graduate of Princeton University with the Class of 1927, David Nelson Rowe was a member of the Princeton University faculty in the School of Public and International Affairs from 1938 to 1943

From the description of David N. Rowe correspondence, 1944-1948. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 244787535

American political scientist; special assistant to the United States ambassador to China, 1941-1942.

From the description of David Nelson Rowe papers, 1931-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870938

Biographical Note

October 21, 1905 Born in Nanking (Nanjing), China to American missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1927 AB in political science, Princeton University 1930 AM in history, University of Southern California 1935 PhD in history, University of Chicago 1935 1937 Completed postdoctoral study at Harvard University, in Chinese and Japanese language and Chinese history 1937 1938 Attended College of Chinese Studies, Peking (Beijing), China, as a Rockefeller Foundation fellow 1938 1943 Lecturer in Far Eastern affairs, Princeton University 1941 1942 Special assistant to director, Branch of Research and Analysis, Office of Strategic Services Special assistant to U.S. ambassador, Chungking (Chongqing), China 1943 Author, China's Military Potential and the Enforcement of Peace, Yale Institute of International Studies 1945 Author, China among the Powers, Harcourt Author, Collective Security in the Pacific, Institute of Pacific Relations 1945 1950 Assistant professor of international relations, Yale University 1950 1974 Professor of political science, Yale University 1951 Consultant to Stanford Research Institute 1954 Editor, China: An Area Manual, Johns Hopkins Press 1954 1955 Editor (with W. Kendall), China: A Handbook for Psywar Operators, three volumes, U.S. Operations Research 1956 Author, Recent Acquisitions of Chinese Diplomatic Archives, Academica Sinica 1958 1960 Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University 1959 Author, Modern China: A Brief History, Van Nostrand 1960 Editor, Index to Ch'ing Tai Ch'ou Pan I Wu Shih Mo, Shoe String 1964 Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve 1965 Editor (with Sofia S.F. Yen), Index to Su-lien Yin-Mou Wen-cheng, Shoe String 1965 1974 Director of graduate studies in international relations, Yale University 1968 Editor, New Nations, Shoe String 1969 Author, The New Diplomacy: International Technical Cooperation Projects of the Republic of China in African Countries, National Council of Scholars 1975 Author, Informal Diplomatic Relations: The Case of Japan and the Republic of China, Shoe String 1979 Author, U.S. China Policy Today, University of Professors for Academic Order 1980 Author, The Carter China Policy 1982 Author, Ally Betrayed: The Republic of China, Western Goals June 3, 1985 Died, Sun City, Arizona

From the guide to the David Nelson Rowe papers, 1861-1981, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Booksellers and bookselling
  • Asia
  • China
  • China
  • China
  • Communism
  • Communism
  • Propaganda, Japanese
  • Sino
  • Sino
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Compilers

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  • China (as recorded)
  • Asia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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