Sarell Everett Gleason (March 14, 1905

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- November 20, 1974

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) was an American

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and intelligence analyst.

Life

He grew up in

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. He graduated from

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, in 1927, magna cum laude, and with a Ph.D. in 1934. He taught at Harvard University, from 1931 to 1938. On June 19, 1937, he married Mary Eleanor Abbott. From 1942 to 1946, he was Intelligence Chief for the Office of Strategic Services. He was Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, and on the Solarium Committee. He wrote, with William Langer, ''The Challenge to Isolation'', for the Council of Foreign Relations. He was a member of the Historical Division of the Department of State, from 1962 to 1970. His papers are held at the

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Awards

* 1954

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Works

* ''The Challenge to Isolation, 1937-1940'' (1952) with

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* ''The Undeclared War, 1940-1941'' Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1953. with William L. Langer (reprint P. Smith, 1968) * ''Foreign relations of the United States 1946'', Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972

References

External links

''The Undeclared War, 1940-1941''
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