David Fromkin

David Fromkin ( born 1932 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States) is an American lawyer, historian and author.

Life

Fromkin received his university degree of belonging to the University of Chicago, University of Chicago Law School and worked as a lawyer. During the primaries of the Democratic Party in the presidential election of 1972 he was the foreign policy adviser to the candidate Hubert H. Humphrey. As a lawyer, he served the highest U.S. military court both as a consultant for the prosecution as well as advisor to the defense. He was a partner in the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Today Fromkin is a professor of history, international relations and law at Boston University. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Publications

• The Question of Government: An Inquiry into the Breakdown of Modern Political Systems. Scribner, New York City, 1975, ISBN 0 - 684-13845 -X.
• The Independance of Nations. Praeger, New York City 1981, ISBN 0-03-059777-3.
• A Peace to End All Peace. Creating the Modern Middle East from 1914 to 1922. Penguin, London, 1989, ISBN 0-14-015445-0. A Peace to End All Peace. The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East. 20th Anniversary Edition. Henry Holt and Co., New York City 2009, ISBN 978-0-8050-8809-0.

• German: Europe's Last Summer: The seemingly peaceful weeks before the first World War. Blessing, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89667-183-9.

Websites

• Website of the Boston University to Fromkin ( en. )