James Mann (writer)

James Mann is an American journalist and author.

Life

Mann was born and raised in Albany, New York.^[1] He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in sociology. He worked for The Washington Post, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He served as Chief of the Beijing bureau of the Los Angeles Times from 1984 to 1987.^[2]

His work appeared in The New Republic^[3] and The Atlantic Monthly.^[4]

Awards

• 1993; 1999 Edwin M. Hood Award for diplomatic correspondence, by the National Press Club
• 1997 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
• 1999 Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting
• 1999 Edward Weintal Prize
• 2005 Berlin Prize

Works

• Beijing Jeep. Simon & Schuster. 1989. ISBN 978-0-671-62027-1. ; reprint Westview Press, 1997, ISBN 9780813333274
• About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship With China From Nixon to Clinton, Alfred Knopf, 1999, ISBN 978-0-679-45053-5
• Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet. Viking. 2004. ISBN 978-0-14-303489-6. 
• The China fantasy: how our leaders explain away Chinese repression. Penguin. 2007. ISBN 978-0-670-03825-1. ; reprint Penguin Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-311292-1
• The rebellion of Ronald Reagan: a history of the end of the Cold War. Penguin. 2009. ISBN 978-0-670-02054-6. 
• The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power. Viking. 2012.

References

External links

• discusses his book The China Fantasy as part of the University of Chicago's World Beyond the Headlines Series
• "James Mann", Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley