Roger Morris (American writer)
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Roger Morris, born 1937, is an American
public servant, historian
, and political writer
.
in government
from Harvard University
. He entered government service in 1966 as an aide to former United States Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
. He first joined the National Security Council
staff under the administration of Democratic
President Lyndon B. Johnson
. When Republican
Richard Nixon
won the presidency in 1968, he appointed Henry Kissinger
as his National Security Advisor
, and Kissinger asked Morris to remain on the NSC staff as a senior staff member. However, Morris resigned in April 1970, when Nixon ordered the Cambodian Campaign.
Morris has served as a university lecturer, but is best known as a writer. He serves as a senior fellow of the Green Institute.
His major works include:
United States
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public servant, historian
Historian
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, and political writer
Writer
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.
Biography
Roger Morris earned his doctorateDoctorate
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in government
Government
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from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He entered government service in 1966 as an aide to former United States Secretary of State
United States Secretary of State
The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence...
Dean Acheson
Dean Acheson
Dean Gooderham Acheson was an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War...
. He first joined the National Security Council
United States National Security Council
The White House National Security Council in the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the...
staff under the administration of Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
. When Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
won the presidency in 1968, he appointed Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...
as his National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor (United States)
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor , serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues...
, and Kissinger asked Morris to remain on the NSC staff as a senior staff member. However, Morris resigned in April 1970, when Nixon ordered the Cambodian Campaign.
Morris has served as a university lecturer, but is best known as a writer. He serves as a senior fellow of the Green Institute.
His major works include:
- Uncertain Greatness: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy.
- The Devil's Butcher Shop: The New Mexico Prison Uprising, Franklin Watts, 1983.
- Haig: The General's Progress, PlayboyPlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
Press, 1982, ISBN 0872237532. Covers the remarkable rise of Alexander HaigAlexander HaigAlexander Meigs Haig, Jr. was a United States Army general who served as the United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
from boyhood to Secretary of State. - Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, 1991.
- Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America, Henry Holt, 1996, ISBN 0895263025. Detailed coverage of the rise of Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
and Hillary Clinton. - The Money and the Power: the Making of Las Vegas (with Sally Denton).
- Shadow of the Eagle, Alfred Knopf, 2006.
- The Rise and Rise of Robert Gates: The Gates Inheritance.
- The Rise and Rise of Robert Gates: The World That Made Bob.
- The Rise and Rise of Robert Gates: The Specialist.