J. C. Hurewitz
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Jacob Coleman Hurewitz was born in Hartford, Connecticut
, on November 11, 1914 and died on May 16, 2008.
He was a professor emeritus in the political science department at Columbia University
.
Hurewitz, who graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1936, then did his graduate work at Columbia, making what was then an unusual decision to concentrate on the Middle East. He worked for the Near East section of the Office of Strategic Services
during World War II
, then worked successively at the State Department, as a political adviser on Palestine
to the President’s cabinet and for the United Nations
secretariat. Professor Hurewitz began studying Middle Eastern politics in 1950, before the field had emerged as an academic discipline. From 1970 until 1984, Professor Hurewtiz was director of the Columbia university's Middle East Institute, when he retired. In 1972, Hurewitz established the Columbia University Seminar on the Middle East, which he continued to chair until he was nearly 90.
His publications influenced many other historians. For example, William Roger Louis
wrote in his book “The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951” (Clarendon, 1984) that “my views on Arab nationalism and Zionism, and on the United States and the Middle East, have been influenced by the sensitive and dead-on-the-mark observations of J. C. Hurewitz.”
Professor Emeritus J.C. Hurewitz, 93, died on May 16, 2008, of pneumonia
.
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, on November 11, 1914 and died on May 16, 2008.
He was a professor emeritus in the political science department at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
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Hurewitz, who graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1936, then did his graduate work at Columbia, making what was then an unusual decision to concentrate on the Middle East. He worked for the Near East section of the Office of Strategic Services
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, then worked successively at the State Department, as a political adviser on Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
to the President’s cabinet and for the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
secretariat. Professor Hurewitz began studying Middle Eastern politics in 1950, before the field had emerged as an academic discipline. From 1970 until 1984, Professor Hurewtiz was director of the Columbia university's Middle East Institute, when he retired. In 1972, Hurewitz established the Columbia University Seminar on the Middle East, which he continued to chair until he was nearly 90.
His publications influenced many other historians. For example, William Roger Louis
William Roger Louis
William Roger Louis, CBE FBA , also known as Wm. Roger Louis, or Roger Louis, informally, is a distinguished historian at the University of Texas at Austin...
wrote in his book “The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951” (Clarendon, 1984) that “my views on Arab nationalism and Zionism, and on the United States and the Middle East, have been influenced by the sensitive and dead-on-the-mark observations of J. C. Hurewitz.”
Professor Emeritus J.C. Hurewitz, 93, died on May 16, 2008, of pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
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Books
- Soviet American Rivalry In The Middle East, New York Columbia Univ Press (1969), ASIN B0023XB3IA
- The Struggle for Palestine, ACLS Humanities E-Book (2008), ISBN 978-1597404655
- Soviet-American Rivalry in the middle East, Praeger for The Academy of Political Science (1972), ASIN B00128M7W8
- Oil, the Arab-Israel Dispute, and the Industrial World, Columbia University, Westview Press, ISBN 0891580433
- Persian Gulf: After Iran's Revolution, Foreign Policy Assn, ISBN 0871240548
- Diplomacy in the Near and Middle East A Documentary Record: Volume 1, 1535 - 1914; Volume 2 1914 - 1956, D. Van Nostrand Company Inc. (1956), ASIN B000TLT4ES
- The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics: A Documentary Record, Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged; Volume 2, British-French Supremacy, 1914–1945, Yale University Press (1979), ISBN 978-0300022032
- Middle East politics: The military dimension, Westview Press (1982), ISBN 978-0865315464
- Middle East Dilemmas, Harper & Brothers (1953), ISBN 0846217139
- Changing military perspectives in the Middle East, Rand Corp. (1970), ASIN B0006C9IIC
- The road to partition: The Palestine problem, 1936–1948, Norton (1950), ASIN B0006ASFPQ