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Title: Alex N. Dragnich papers
Date (inclusive): 1859-2008
Collection Number: 77109
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Serbo-Croatian
Physical Description:
80 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes, 1 phonotape reel
(33.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, reports, studies, memoranda, legal and government documents, diaries, newspapers, photographs, and
sound recording, relating to the history, politics, and government of Serbia and Yugoslavia, relations between Croatia and
Serbia, activities of the Hrvatski Domobran in the United States, the communist party of Yugoslavia, the trial of Draza Mihailovic,
and Serbian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Dragnich, Alex N.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
[Identification of item], Alex N. Dragnich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
American political scientist; senior propaganda analyst, United States Department of Justice, 1942-1944; research analyst,
United States Office of Strategic Services, 1944-1945; cultural attaché and public affairs officer, United States Embassy
in Yugoslavia, 1947-1950.
| 1912, February 22 | Born, Republic, Washington |
| 1938 | BA, University of Washington (Phi Beta Kappa) |
| 1939 | MA, University of California (Berkeley) |
| 1939 | Author, The Assumptions of Democracy in the Light of Biological and Psychological Criticisms |
| 1942-44 | Senior propaganda analyst, U.S. Department of Justice |
| 1944-45 | Research analyst, U.S. Office of Strategic Services |
| 1945 | Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley) |
| 1945 | Author, The Development of Parliamentary Government in Serbia, 1869-1889 |
| 1945-47 | Assistant Professor of Political Science, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1947-1950 | Cultural Attache and Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy at Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| 1949 | Co-author, Yugoslavia, 1949 |
| 1950-52 | Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University |
| 1952- | Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University |
| 1954 | Author, Tito's Promised Land |
| 1955-56 | Ford Fellow, Harvard University |
| 1956 | Co-author, The Fate of East Central Europe |
| 1958 | Author, International Communism in Yugoslavia |
| 1959-1960 | Chester Nimitz Professor, U.S. Naval War College |
| 1961 | Author, Major European Governments |
| 1966 | Co-author, Government and Politics |
| 1974 | Author, Serbia, Nikola Pasic, and Yugoslavia |
| 1979-1980 | Book publications editor, Hoover Institution |
| 1982 | Author, Politics and Government |
| 1983 | Author, The First Yugoslavia |
| 1984 | Author, The Saga of Kosovo |
| 1989 | Author, Development of Parliamentary Government in Serbia |
| 1992 | Author, Serbs and Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia |
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, reports, studies, memoranda, legal and government documents, diaries, newspapers, photographs, and
sound recording, relating to the history, politics, and government of Serbia and Yugoslavia, relations between Croatia and
Serbia, activities of the Hrvatski Domobran in the United States, the communist party of Yugoslavia, the trial of Draza Mihailovic,
and Serbian émigré affairs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Yugoslavia
Serbs -- United States
Serbia -- Politics and government
Yugoslavia -- Politics and government
Croats -- United States
Communism -- Yugoslavia
Mihailović, Draža, 1893-1946
Hrvatski Domobran
Savez komunista Jugoslavije