About Hamilton Fish Armstrong
Lived 1893 – 1973 (aged 80). Hamilton Fish Armstrong was an American diplomat, writer, politician, editor and editor in chief, known for Foreign Affairs.
Hamilton Fish Armstrong (April 7, 1893 – April 24, 1973) was an American journalist who is known for editing Foreign Affairs from 1928 to 1972.
Early life Armstrong was a member of the Fish Family of American politicians. His father was an artist and gentleman farmer. He graduated from Princeton in 1916.
Publications Books The New Balkans (1926) Where the East Begins (1929) Hitler's Reich: The First Phase (1933) Europe Between Wars? (1934) Can We Be Neutral? (with Allen W. Dulles) (1936) "We or They": Two Worlds in Conflict (1936) When There Is No Peace. New York: Macmillan (1939) Can America Stay Neutral? (with Allen W. Dulles) (1939) Chronology of Failure: The Last Days of the French Republic. New York: Macmillan (1940) The Calculated Risk (1947) Tito and Goliath (1951) Those Days (1963) Peace and Counterpeace: From Wilson to Hitler: Memoirs of Hamilton Armstrong Fish. New York: Harper & Row (1971)
Contributions Introduction to Refugees: Anarchy or Organization? by Dorothy Thompson. New York: Random House (1938), pp. ix-xi.
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Who was Hamilton Fish Armstrong?
American diplomat (1893–1973)
When was Hamilton Fish Armstrong born?
Hamilton Fish Armstrong was born on 7 April 1893 in New York City.
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Hamilton Fish Armstrong died on 24 April 1973 in New York City.
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Hamilton Fish Armstrong was a diplomat, writer, politician, editor and editor in chief.
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Hamilton Fish Armstrong was known for Foreign Affairs.
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Hamilton Fish Armstrong was American.
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