Lincoln P. Bloomfield

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Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield
Born1920
DiedOctober 30, 2013 (aged 93)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Harvard University (BA, MPA, PhD) [1]
Subject Foreign policy
Notable worksA World Effectively Controlled by the United Nations: A Preliminary Survey of One Form of a Stable Military Environment (1962)
Children Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr.

Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield (1920-2013) an American academic and expert on foreign affairs who served as a professor of political science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [2] [3]

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Biography

Lincoln P. Bloomfield is the father of Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr., a United States Defense Department and State Department official.

Bloomfield served five United States Secretaries of State, held an administrative State Department position in the early years of the United Nations, and was director of global issues on the National Security Council during the Carter administration.

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

Bloomfield's work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology led to the development of the CASCON conflict analysis system. [5] He taught for four semesters at the Graduate Institute of International Studies. [6]

Works

Books

Articles and essays

Reports

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References

  1. "Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 93". 6 November 2013.
  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. "Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 93". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. November 5, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  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. "Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 93". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-17.