James Mann
James Mann interviews with VOA
Born	Albany, New York, US
Genre	journalism and non-fiction
Subject	American foreign policy andChina–United States relations
Notable works	Rise of The Vulcans

James Mann (born 1946) is a Washington-basedjournalist and author. He has written a series of non-fiction books, including three aboutAmerica's relationship with China and four more aboutAmerican foreign policy. His group biography aboutGeorge W. Bush's war cabinet,Rise of The Vulcans, was aNew York Times best-seller. As a newspaper journalist, he worked for more than two decades for theLos Angeles Times, where he served asSupreme Court correspondent,Beijing bureau chief, and foreign-policy columnist. Earlier in his career, he worked atThe Washington Post, where he took part in the newspaper'sWatergate coverage.

Mann was born and raised inAlbany, New York,^[1] where both his father Jay D. Mann and his grandfather Abraham Mann were local physicians. His mother, Peggy Lebair Mann, was the coach of women's tennis at the State University of New York at Albany, as well as a longtime tennis umpire who officiated at both the U.S. Open and at Wimbledon. Mann graduated fromHarvard University in 1968 with a BA insociology. During his 33-year newspaper career, he worked for theNew Haven Journal-Courier,The Washington Post,The Philadelphia Inquirer,The Baltimore Sun, and theLos Angeles Times. He served as Chief of the Beijing bureau of theLos Angeles Times from 1984 to 1987.^[2]

His magazine articles have appeared inThe New Republic,^[3]The Atlantic Monthly,^[4]The American Prospect, andThe American Lawyer. His 1992 article, "Who Was Deep Throat?", was included inThe Atlantic Monthly's collection, "The American Idea: The Best of The Atlantic Monthly: 150 Years of Writers and Thinkers Who Have Shaped Our History".

• 1993; 1999 Edwin M. Hood Award for diplomatic correspondence, by theNational Press Club
• 1997Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
• 1999 Edward Weintal Prize for diplomatic reporting
• 2005Berlin Prize
• 2000 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein book award.
• 2000 Asia Pacific Book Award (Japan)
• 2010 Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union

• Beijing Jeep. Simon & Schuster. 1989.ISBN 978-0-671-62027-1.beijing jeep.; reprint Westview Press, 1997,ISBN 9780813333274. A case study of how one of the first American companies to enter the China market discovered the realities of how tough it is to do business there. In 2005,Fortune magazine included this book on its list of 75 all-time great books about business.
• About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship With China From Nixon to Clinton, Alfred Knopf, 1999,ISBN 978-0-679-45053-5 A history of America's often-hidden hidden diplomacy with China. This book won theNew York Public Library's Helen Bernstein and the Asia-Pacific Award; it was also short-listed as a finalist for theLionel Gelber Prize.
• Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet. Viking. 2004.ISBN 978-0-14-303489-6. A New York Times best-seller, this book was one of the finalists for the Arthur Ross book award of theCouncil on Foreign Relations.
• The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression. Penguin. 2007.ISBN 978-0-670-03825-1.; reprintPenguin Books, 2008,ISBN 978-0-14-311292-1
• The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A history of the end of the Cold War. Penguin. 2009.ISBN 978-0-670-02054-6. This book won the Ambassador Book Award of the English-Speaking Union.
• The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power. Viking. 2012.
• George W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 43rd President, 2001-2009. Henry Holt and Company, 2015ISBN 978-0-8050-9397-1
• The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era. Henry Holt and Company, 2020.ISBN 9781627797559

• Damage Bigly January 18, 2018 issue ofNew York Review Books
• discusses his bookThe China Fantasy as part of the University of Chicago'sWorld Beyond the Headlines Series
• ^[permanent dead link] "James Mann"^{[permanent dead link]}, Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies,UC Berkeley
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