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James David Atkinson
DR. JAMES DAVID ATKINSON was an Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, having been a member of its faculty since 1946. He served in the Military Intelligence Branch of the Army...view moreDR. JAMES DAVID ATKINSON was an Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, having been a member of its faculty since 1946. He served in the Military Intelligence Branch of the Army during World War II, providing him with a basic understanding of the tactics used by Communists.
He served as director of a special course in Psychological Warfare conducted by the Georgetown University Graduate School for the Armed Services from 1950-1954. He served as research associate in the Georgetown Center for Strategic Studies, headed by Admiral Arleigh Burke.
During the latter part of the Truman administration, Dr. Atkinson served as a consultant to the Psychological Strategy Board, the Operations Research Office, the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy and other department agencies. During the summers of 1959-1960, he was a member of the faculty of the National War College for the Defense Strategy Seminars. He lectured at various times at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the Army War College, the Air War College, the Strategic Intelligence School, the Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, and also at the National Defense College of Canada for 2 different years.
Dr. Atkinson was the author of numerous articles concerning foreign policy and military affairs and contributed to a number of books, including Soviet Total War, published by the House Committee of Un-American Activities and to which a large number of scholars throughout the United States contributed.
ARLEIGH ALBERT BURKE (1901-1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), the lead ship of her class of Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyers, was commissioned in his honor in 1991.view less