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Title: John Dickey Montgomery papers
Date (inclusive): 1946-1991
Collection Number: 75039
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
19 manuscript boxes
(7.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, reports, notes, interview summaries, and printed matter relating to American aid to South Vietnam and other southeast
Asian countries, economic development in various Asian and African countries, Japanese and German public opinion regarding
the purge of wartime leaders after World War II, and political, social, and economic effects of the purge on Japan and Germany.
Creator:
Montgomery, John D. (John Dickey), 1920-2008
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.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975, with incremental material received in subsequent
years.
[Identification of item], John Dickey Montgomery papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1920 February 15 | Born, Evanston, Illinois |
| 1941 | B.A., Kalamazoo College |
| 1951 | Ph.D., Harvard University |
| 1953 | Author, Purge in Occupied Japan |
| 1957 | Author, Forced to be Free |
| 1957-1959 | Chief Academic Advisor, National Institute of Administration, Saigon, Vietnam |
| 1959 | Author, Cases in Vietnamese Administration |
| 1961 | Co-author, Education and Training in Developing Countries and Traditions, Values and Socio-Economic Development |
| 1962 | Author, The Politics of Foreign Aid |
| 1963- | Professor of Public Administration, Harvard University |
| 1966 | Author, Approaches to Development: Politics, Administration and Change |
| 1969 | Co-author, Political and Administrative Development |
| 1975 | Co-author, Policy Science and Population |
| 1976 | Co-author, Values and Development: Appraising Asian Experience |
| 1979 | Co-author, Patterns of Policy: Comparative and Longitudinal Studies of Population Events |
| 1980 | Co-author, Appropriate Technology and Social Values |
| 1980- | Chairman, Department of Government, Harvard University |
| 1981 | Co-author, Technology and International Affairs |
| 1948 | M.A., Harvard University |
| 1974 | Author, Technology and Civic Life, Making and Implementing Development Decisions |
| 1991- | Director, Pacific Basin Research Center, Soka University of America |
| 1986 | Author, Aftermath: Tarnished Outcomes of American Foreign Policy |
| 1995 | Editor, with Dennis A. Rondinelli, Great Policies: Strategic Innovations in Asia and the Pacific Basin |
| 1997 | Editor, Values in Education: Social Capital Formation in Asia and the Pacific |
| 1998 | Editor, Human Rights: Positive Policies in Asia and the Pacific Rim |
| 2001 | Editor, with Alex Inkeles, Social Capital as a Policy Resource |
| 1999-2001 | Editor, Policy Sciences |
| 2008 April 3 | Died, Newton, Massachusetts |
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, reports, notes, interview summaries, and printed matter relating to American aid to South Vietnam and other southeast
Asian countries, economic development in various Asian and African countries, Japanese and German public opinion regarding
the purge of wartime leaders after World War II, and political, social, and economic effects of the purge on Japan and Germany.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
Military government
Denazification
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Economic development
Public opinion -- Germany
Africa -- Economic conditions
Economic assistance, American -- Southeast Asia
Economic assistance, American -- Vietnam
Land tenure -- Vietnam
Political purges -- Germany
Political purges -- Japan
Public opinion -- Japan
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Japan
Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions
Vietnam -- Economic conditions
Developing countries
Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-