Lincoln P. Bloomfield

For his son, the American diplomat, see Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr.

Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield
Born	1920
Died	October 30, 2013 (aged 93)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA, MPA, PhD) [1]
Subject	Foreign policy
Notable works	A World Effectively Controlled by the United Nations: A Preliminary Survey of One Form of a Stable Military Environment (1962)
Spouse	Irirangi Coates Bloomfield
Children	Pamela Bloomfield, Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr., Diana Bloomfield [1]

Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield (1920-2013) was an American academic and expert on foreign affairs who served as a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ^{[2] [1]}

Biography

Bloomfield served in the US Navy and Office of Strategic Services during World War II, ^[2] worked in the State Department in the early years of the United Nations until 1956, and in 1979 was director of global issues on the National Security Council during the Carter administration. ^{[1] [3]}

Bloomfield was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. ^[4]

Bloomfield's work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology included designing and leading war games aimed at preventing escalation to nuclear war and the development of the CASCON conflict analysis system, featuring an interactive software and database. ^{[5] [1] [6]}

Bloomfield is credited with coining the term Coalition of the Willing. ^[7] He taught for four semesters at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. ^[1]

Lincoln P. Bloomfield is the father of Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr., a former United States Defense Department, Office of the Vice President and State Department official. ^[8]

Works

Books

• International Military Forces: The Question of Peacekeeping in an Armed and Disarming World. Boston: Little, Brown, 1964.
• Khrushchev and the Arms Race: Soviet Interests in Arms Control and Disarmament, 1954-1964. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1966.
• The United Nations and U.S. Foreign Policy: A New Look at the National Interest. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.
• Controlling Small Wars: A Strategy for the 1970's. New York: Knopf, 1969.
• The Foreign Policy Process: A Modern Primer. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1982. ISBN   978-0133265040
• Prospects for Peacemaking: A Citizen's Guide to Safer Nuclear Strategy. Edited with Harlan Cleveland. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1987. ISBN   978-0262031318

Articles and essays

• "The U.N. and National Security." Foreign Affairs , Vol. 36, No. 4, July 1958, pp. 597-610. doi : 10.2307/20029314
• "Conflict Resolution: U.N. Nonfighting Forces." Naval War College Review , Vol. 20, No. 9, April 1968. JSTOR   44639288
• "Nuclear Spread and World Order." Foreign Affairs , Vol. 53, No. 4, July 1975, pp. 743-755. doi : 10.2307/20039543
• "The Arctic: Last Unmanaged Frontier." Foreign Affairs , Vol. 60, No. 1, Fall 1981, pp. 87-105. doi : 10.2307/20040991

Reports

• A World Effectively Controlled by the United Nations: A Preliminary Survey of One Form of a Stable Military Environment. Alexandria, VA: Institute for Defense Analyses, 1962.
• The Foreign Policy Process: Making Theory Relevant (International Studies Series). Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE Publications, 1974.

References

1. "Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 93". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. November 5, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
2. Bryan Marquard (November 12, 2013). "Lincoln P. Bloomfield, 93; helped create tools to contain conflict". The Boston Globe . John W. Henry . Retrieved 21 April 2019.
3. Lambert, Lane. "MIT's Prof. Lincoln Bloomfield of Cohasset dead at 93". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
4. "Membership Roster". Annual Report, September 1, 1975-August 31, 1976. New York, NY: Council on Foreign Relations. 1976.
5. Bloomfield, Lincoln P.; Moulton, Allen (2008). "MIT Cascon System for Analyzing International Conflict". Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Retrieved 28 November 2022.
6. "Collection: Lincoln P. Bloomfield papers". MIT ArchivesSpace. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
7. "'Coalition of the willing' is world's best weapon". Baltimore Sun. April 21, 2002. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
8. "Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr". The National Interest. August 20, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

External links

• A Guide to the Papers of Lincoln P. Bloomfield at MIT.
• Selected Correspondence of Lincoln P. Bloomfield