Klaus Knorr

Klaus Knorr (academic)
Born	May 16, 1911 Essen, Germany
Died	25 March 1990 (Age 78) New Jersey, USA
Cause of death	cancer
Nationality	US
Alma mater	University of Tubingen, University of Chicago
German-born political scientist who was consultant to the Department of State, the Department of Defense and the CIA.  Professor at Center of International Studies In office 1960 - 1968 Employer Princeton University  Professor of Public Affairs In office 1964 - 1979 Employer Princeton University

Dr Klaus Eugene Knorr was a German-born economist and political scientist, wrote many books developing a thesis that the nuclear age had necessitated the preference of diplomatic and economic policies over military options.

Over the years, Knorr was a consultant to the Department of State, the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency and was awarded the Government's National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. He attended the spooky 1978 Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates.

Background

Klaus Knorr received a law degree at the University of Tubingen. He resisted increasing pressure to join the Nazi party and emmigrated to the US in 1937. He earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1941.

Career

Afterhis PhD, he then taught economics at Stanford University and international economics and political science, first at Yale and then at Princeton. He taught at Princeton for 28 years, edited the journal, World Politics, for a decade and was the Tod Professor of Public Affairs from 1964 until he retired in 1979. He was director of its Center of International Studies from 1960 to 1968.

In mid-1968, while the Johnson Administration was continuing to accelerate American military involvement in South Vietnam, Dr. Knorr and three associates at the Princeton center wrote a detailed proposal for the withdrawal of American and North Vietnamese forces, the introduction of an international peacekeeping force and the formation of a neutral Saigon government. The war continued for seven more years.

Publications

Knorr's books include On the Uses of Military Power in the Nuclear Age (Princeton University Press, 1966), Military Power and Potential (Lexington Books, 1970) and Power and Wealth: The Political Economy of International Power (Basic Books, 1973).

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Description
Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates	30 November 1979	1 December 1979	Spooky 1979 Washington conference

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