Table Of ContentPioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice 15
Editor
Dan Caldwell
Alexander L. George:
A Pioneer in Political
and Social Sciences
With a Foreword by Dan Caldwell
Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science,
Engineering, Practice
Volume 15
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Dan Caldwell
Editor
Alexander L. George:
A Pioneer in Political
and Social Sciences
With a Foreword by Dan Caldwell
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Editor
Dan Caldwell
Department ofPolitical Science
Pepperdine University
Malibu,CA, USA
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for publication in this volume. A book website with additional information on Alexander
Georgeandhismajorbookcoversisat:http://afes-press-books.de/html/PAHSEP_George.htm.
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To Alexander L. George and those he dearly
loved:
Juliette L. George
Lee Lawrence George
Mary Lombard Douglass
John William Douglass
Juliette Elizabeth Douglass
Benjamin Sherrod Douglass
Acknowledgements
Theeditorofthisseries,HansGünterBrauch,andIfirstmetwhenIwasagraduate
studentandhewasapostdoctoralfellowatStanfordUniversityfortyyearsago.We
both had the great privilege of working with Alexander L. George, truly a pioneer
in the political and social sciences.
Professor George passed way in 2006, but left a legacy of scholarship in a
number of different fields including political psychology, propaganda analysis,
deterrence, crisis management and prevention, case study methodology, and
bridging the gap between academics and policymakers.
InMarch2016,Dr.BrauchinvitedmetoassembleaselectionofProf.George’s
majorwritings,andIgratefullyacceptedhisinvitation.Idecidedtonotonlyinclude
his writings, but to include several essays about him, including essays by his wife
and co-author (Juliette L. George), daughter (Mary Lombard Douglass), and col-
league (Janice Gross Stein). I am grateful to each of them for contributing these
essaysthatprovideanideaofwhatawonderfulpersonAlexwas.Ihavealsoadded
my own essay concerning my own relationship with Professor George.
In selecting the essays for this volume and for his advice and counsel, I would
liketothankProf.PaulGordonLauren,aformerstudentandfriendofProf.George
as well as the co-author of Force and Diplomacy.
I would also like to thank Mary Lombard Douglass, the daughter of Alex and
JulietteGeorge,whowasinmanywaystheco-editorofthisvolume.Sheprovided
allofthephotographsinthisbook,andherson,BenjaminDouglass,scannedthem
for the book.
I would also like to thank the journals and publishers which gave their
permission for the re-publication of Prof. George’s writings.
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viii Acknowledgements
Last, I would like to thank Hans Günter Brauch, the editor of this series for
initiatingthisproject,andalsoforhiseditorialsuggestionsandcomments.Bothheand
SpringerVerlagdeservecreditfortheirvisioninestablishingthisseriestopreservethe
writingsandthememoryoftrueacademicpioneerssuchasAlexanderL.George.
Malibu, CA, USA Dan Caldwell
January 2018 Pepperdine University
Contents
Part I About Alexander L. George
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dan Caldwell
2 Recollections of Alex George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Juliette L. George
3 Reflections on My Father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Mary Lombard Douglass
4 Alexander George as Architect, Engineer
and Community-Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Janice Gross Stein
5 Biographical and Bibliographical Information and Memorial
Resolution by the Academic Senate of Stanford University
About Alexander L. George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Stanley A. Renshon, Juliette George and Dan Caldwell
Part II Works by Alexander L. George
6 Prediction of Political Action by Means of Propaganda
Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Alexander L. George
7 Excerpt from Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Alexander L. George and Juliette L. George
8 The ‘Operational Code’: A Neglected Approach to the Study
of Political Leaders and Decisionmaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Alexander L. George
9 The Case for Multiple Advocacy in Making Foreign Policy . . . . . . 133
Alexander L. George
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10 Case Studies and Theory Development: The Method
of Structured, Focused Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Alexander L. George
11 Deterrence and Foreign Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Alexander L. George and Richard Smoke
12 Findings and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Alexander L. George and William R. Simons
13 The Need for Policy Legitimacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Alexander L. George
14 The Two Cultures of Academia and Policymaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Alexander L. George
About the Author .. .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 283
About the Editor... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 285
Description:Alexander L. George was one of the most productive and respected political scientistsof the late twentieth century. He and his wife, Juliette George, wrote one of the firstpsychobiographies, and Professor George went on to write seminal articles and booksfocusing on political psychology, the operati
