Brzezinski, Zbigniew

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BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew

BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew. American (born Poland), b. 1928. Genres: International relations/Current affairs, Politics/Government. Career: Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., 1981-. Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, 1989-. Trustee, Trilateral Commission, NYC. Teacher and Researcher, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1953-60; Member, Policy Planning Council, of Dept. of State, Washington, DC, 1966-68; White House National Security Adviser, 1977-81; Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, and Director, Research Institute on International Change (formerly, Research Institute on Communist Affairs), Columbia University, NYC, 1960-89. Publications: Political Controls in the Soviet Army, 1954; The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism, 1956; (co-author) Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy, 1957; The Soviet Bloc: Unity and Conflict, 1960; Ideology and Power in Soviet Politics, 1962; (ed. and contrib.) Africa and the Communist World, 1963; (co-author) Political Power: USA/USSR, 1964; Alternative to Partition: For A Broader Conception of America's Role in Europe, 1965; Dilemmi Internazionali in Un'Epoca Tecnetronica, 1969; (ed. and contrib.) Dilemmas of Change in Soviet Politics, 1969; Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era, 1970; The Fragile Blossom: Crisis and Change in Japan, 1972; Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser 1977-1981, 1983; Game Plan: How to Conduct the U.S.-Soviet Contest, 1986; Promise or Peril: The Strategic Defense Initiative, 1986; The Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the 20th Century, 1989; Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century, 1993; The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives, 1997. Address: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St., N. W, Washington, DC 20006, U.S.A.