A Guide to the Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers, 1989-1992 Nuechterlein, Donald E., Papers, 1989-1992 10798-a

A Guide to the Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers, 1989-1992

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Accession Number 10798-a

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10798-a

Title

Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers 1989-1992

Physical Characteristics

This collection contains ca. 80 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Donald E. Nuechterlein Papers, 1989-1992, Accession # 10798-a, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the Library by Donald E. Nuechterlein of Charlottesville, Virginia on May 20, 1992.

Biographical/Historical Information

Nuechterlein, a political scientist, taught international relations at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville from 1968 until the end of 1988. He was a visiting professor at St. Antony's College in Oxford, England, from September to December 1982. He is the author of five books on international relations, including National Interests and Presidential Leadership: The Setting of Priorities (Western Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1978) and America Overcommitted: U. S. National Interests in the 1980s (University of Kentucky Press, 1985).

Scope and Content Information

This collection of ca. 80 items, 1989-1992, consists chiefly of newspaper columns written by Don Nuechterlein, along with a few reader responses. Included are columns on world affairs, American foreign policy, the war on the international drug cartel, and his own retirement from U. S. government service, written chiefly for The Daily Progress , as well as for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Roanoke Times & World-News . Letters, 1989, commenting on Neuchterlein's columns include ones from William T. Stevens (January 22) re his column "Restraining Military is Not Retreat," D. Armour Hillstrom (February 14) re his column "Voters Discipline Congress, Denying Some Needed Raises," and Victor Junke (October 7) re his column "Canadian Confederate Confronts Destabilization" and related articles. There are also two cassettes with interviews of Nuechterlein with WINA Radio of Charlottesville on November 1, 1991 and January 2, 1992.