Accidental Encounters With History (and Some Lessons Learned)

Through a linked series of highly personal essays on foreign affairs and the world scene, Lincoln Bloomfield draws on his extraordinary career during the past half century.

Lincoln Palmer Bloomfield graduated in 1941from Harvard, where he later received a Ph.D. He served in the US Navy during World War II, in the State Department for eleven years and later in the Carter White House as director of global issues for the National Security Council. As a political science professor at MIT he directed MIT’s arms control project and pioneered development of political gaming, published eleven books plus numerous articles and news commentaries, hosted a national TV program, advised US and foreign governments, and lectured in thirty-five countries. He lives in Cohasset, MA with his wife, a former New Zealand diplomat.