Background
Zimmermann, Warren was born on November 16, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert Walter and Barbara (Shoemaker) Zimmermann.
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"We were sure that we would win, that we should score the first great triumph in a mighty world-movement."--Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 Americans like to think they have no imperial past. In fact, the United States became an imperial nation within five short years a century ago (1898-1903), exploding onto the international scene with the conquest of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, and (indirectly) Panama. How did the nation become a player in world politics so suddenly-and what inspired the move toward imperialism in the first place? The renowned diplomat and writer Warren Zimmermann seeks answers in the lives and relationships of five remarkable figures: the hyper-energetic Theodore Roosevelt, the ascetic naval strategist Alfred T. Mahan, the bigoted and wily Henry Cabot Lodge, the self-doubting moderate Secretary of State John Hay, and the hard-edged corporate lawyer turned colonial administrator Elihu Root. Faced with difficult choices, these extraordinary men, all close friends, instituted new political and diplomatic policies with intermittent audacity, arrogance, generosity, paternalism, and vision. Zimmermann's discerning account of these five men also examines the ways they exploited the readiness of the American people to support a surge of expansion overseas. He makes it clear why no discussion of America's international responsibilities today can be complete without understanding how the United States claimed its global powers a century ago.
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Zimmermann, Warren was born on November 16, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert Walter and Barbara (Shoemaker) Zimmermann.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1956. Bachelor/Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1958.
Joined Office Foreign Service, 1961. Consular and political officer American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela, 1962-1964. Student Serbo-Croation language Foreign Service Institute, 1964-1965.
Political officer American Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1965-1968. Soviet policy analyst Bureau Intelligence & Research, Department State, 1968-1970. Speechwriter to secretary of state Department State, Washington, 1970-1973.
Student Russian language Foreign Service Institute, Department State, 1973. Deputy chief, political section American Embassy, Moscow, 1973-1975. Special assistant policy planning Bureau European Affairs, Department State, 1975-1977.
Counselor political affairs Am Embassy, Paris, 1977-1980. Deputy chairman United States delegate Madrid Conference Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1980-1981. Deputy chief mission American Embassy, Moscow, 1981-1984.
Deputy United States delegate with rank of ambassador negotiations on nuclear/space arms race with Soviet Union, Geneva, 1985-1986. Chairman United States delegate with rank of ambassador Vienna meeting Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1986-1989. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-1992.
Director Bureau Refugee Programs Department State, Washington, 1992-1994. Senior fellow Rand Corporation, 1994. Senior fellow Rand, 1994, senior consultant, since 1995.
Former distinguished fellow New School Social Research. Professorial lecturer Johns Hopkins School Advanced International Studies, 1994-1996. Distinguished fellow School Public Affairs, University Maryland, 1995.
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor columbia University, 1996-2000. Visiting fellow council Foreign Relations, New York City, 1984-1985. Chief United States delegate negotiations Hotline Upgrade Agreement with Soviet Union, 1983-1984.
Carnegie teaching fellow Yale University, 1958-1959.
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With United States Army, 1959. Member Council Foreign Relations, International Institute Strategic Studies, American Academy of Diplomacy.
Married Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Chubb, April 18, 1959. Children: Corinne Alsop, Warren Junior, Elizabeth Zimmermann Metcalfe.