Alfred Connor Bowman (December 18, 1904 – August 2, 1982) was an American lawyer and military leader who was a key figure in the

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after

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, especially the areas of

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and

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. He also helped develop plans for military occupation of

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in 1950 while serving as chief of the army's Military Government Division.

Life and career

Bowman was born in

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. He received his A.B. and J.D. degrees from the

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. He practiced law during the 1930s as the house counsel for a corporation, then served as deputy city attorney of

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. During World War II he served in the

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, working with General Patton in North Africa and moving north into Italy. After the war he administered government in occupied Italy,

specifically. He worked towards accord between Italian Republican, Yugoslav, and Allied Forces. Bowman advocated a preference for using Italian and Italian place names while in Trieste despite the diversity and 'melting pot' nature of the city. James Joyce's brother,

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, was his translator at this time. Later, in the 1950's he was in the Office of the Judge Advocate General (OTJAG) for the First Army and investigated the Texas City Disaster. Bowman died in Los Angeles in 1982.

Bibliography

Bowman, Alfred Connor. ''Zones Of Strain: A Memoir Of The Early Cold War''. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1982.

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Overview of the Alfred Connor Bowman papers
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Life and career

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