James G. Blight

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academic historian international relations scholar political scientist

James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → historian → international relations scholar → political scientist →
coAuthor	Bruce J. Allyn → David A. Welch → Janet M. Lang → Peter Kornbluh → Philip Brenner →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of Wisconsin–Madison →
employer	Balsillie School of International Affairs → Brown University → University of Waterloo → Watson Institute for International Studies →
fieldOfWork	U.S. foreign policy → conflict prevention → history of the Cold War → international relations → nuclear crisis management →
focusesOn	policy-relevant historical analysis of crises → prevention of catastrophic conflict →
genre	non-fiction →
hasAcademicAdvisor	Herbert Butterfield →
hasResearchPartner	Janet M. Lang →
knownFor	pioneering the critical oral history method in international history →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	critical oral history →
notableFor	research on U.S.–Cuba relations → research on the Cuban Missile Crisis → work on catastrophic conflict prevention →
notableWork	Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse → On the Brink: Americans and Soviets Reexamine the Cuban Missile Crisis → Sad and Luminous Days: Cuba’s Struggle with the Superpowers after the Missile Crisis → The Armageddon Letters → The Shattered Crystal Ball → Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived →
occupation	author → professor →
placeOfWork	Providence, Rhode Island → Waterloo, Ontario →
positionHeld	C. Douglas Dillon Professor of International Affairs → Chair in Foreign Policy Development at the Balsillie School of International Affairs →
researchFocus	U.S.–Cuba relations after the Cuban Revolution → U.S.–Soviet relations during the Cold War → high-level decision making in international crises → nuclear war risk reduction →
spouse	Janet M. Lang →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy → Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century →	author