Marcus G. Raskin (1934–2017)
Author of The Viet-Nam reader; articles and documents on American foreign policy and the Viet-Nam crisis
About the Author
Marcus Goodman Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 30, 1934. He studied politics at the University of Chicago and later graduated from the university's law school. After law school, he worked on the staff of Representative Robert W. Kastenmeier in Washington. Raskin was part of a group show more that wrote The Liberal Papers, a book of essays that examined the future of liberal politics. He joined the staff of McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy's national security adviser, in 1961. He was moved to the Bureau of the Budget in 1962. In 1963, Raskin and Richard J. Barnet started the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank that became a source of research about nuclear disarmament, the Vietnam War, economic inequality, civil rights, and national security. Raskin stepped down as director of the institute in 1978, but continued to write, fund-raise, and formulate ideas for social action. He co-wrote several books including Washington Plans an Aggressive War: A Documented Account of the United States Adventure in Indochina written with Richard J. Barnet and Ralph Stavins and The Four Freedoms Under Siege written with Robert Spero. He died from heart failure on December 24, 2017 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Marcus G. Raskin
The Viet-Nam reader; articles and documents on American foreign policy and the Viet-Nam crisis (1964) 64 copies
The Four Freedoms under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State (2006) 11 copies
Visions and revisions : reflections on culture and democracy at the end of the century (1995) 4 copies
Abolishing the War System : The Disarmament and International Law Project of the Institute for Policy Studies and the… (1992) 3 copies
The Common Good: Its Politics, Policies and Philosophy (Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political… (2019) 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Raskin, Marcus Goodman
- Birthdate
- 1934-04-30
- Date of death
- 2017-12-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Places of residence
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Education
- University of Chicago (JD|1957)
University of Chicago (AB|Liberal Arts|1954)
Juilliard School of Music - Occupations
- social critic
political activist
philosopher - Organizations
- Institute for Policy Studies (co-founder)
The Nation (magazine)
George Washington University
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Statistics
- Works
- 16
- Members
- 173
- Popularity
- #123,688
- Rating
- 4.5
- ISBNs
- 30