Armstrong, John Alexander

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ARMSTRONG, John Alexander

ARMSTRONG, John Alexander. American, b. 1922. Genres: Administration/Management, History, International relations/Current affairs. Career: Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1986 (Assistant Professor, 1954-57; Associate Professor, 1958-60; Professor, 1960-78; Executive Secretary, Russian Area Studies Program, 1959-63 and 1964-65; Acting Chairman, Western European Area Program 1967; Philippe de Commynes Professor, 1978-86). President, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1965-67; Consultant, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Dept of State, Washington, D.C., 1972-81 (member, Advisory Panel, Bureau of European Affairs, 1966-69). Publications: Ukrainian Nationalism, 1955, 1963, 1990; The Soviet Bureaucratic Elite, 1959, 1966; The Politics of Totalitarianism, 1961; Ideology, Politics and Government in the Soviet Union, 1962, 4th ed. 1979; (co-author and ed.) Soviet Partisans in World War II, 1964; The European Administrative Elite, 1973; Nations Before Nationalism, 1982. Address: 40 Water St, Saint Augustine, FL 32084, U.S.A.

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