Nathan Leites (July 10, 1912 in

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– 1987) was an American sociologist and political scientist of Russian origins. Leites earned his doctorate in 1935 at the

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. After emigrating to the United States, he joined the

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in 1949 and earned himself a reputation as a knowledgeable analyst of the system of government of the

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. He also taught at the

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. He is considered to be the initiator of the operational code approach to the analysis of foreign relations. His selected works were published in 1977 by Sage as ''Psychopolitical analysis : selected writings of Nathan Leites''. WorldCat
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Publications

Books

* ''The Operational Code of the Politburo'' McGraw Hill, New York, 1951.According to WorldCat, the book is held in 610 libraries * ''On the Game of Politics in France'', Stanford University Press, 1959. *''Rebellion and authority; an analytic essay on insurgent conflicts'' Chicago, Markham Pub. Co.,1970 (with Charles Wolf) < According to WorldCat, the book is held in 533 libraries WorldCat item record
/ref> * '' A Study of bolshevism.'' : Glencoe, Ill., Free Press

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Articles

* Trends in Twentieth Century Propaganda, in ''Psychoanalysis and the Social Sciences,'' I, International Universities Press, New York, 1947. With Ernst Kris. * Some Psychological Hypotheses on Nazy Germany, ''Journal of Social Psychology'', XXVI, 1947; XXVII, 1948; XXVIII, 1948.

Reports

* ''The Language of Politics'', Stewart, New York, 1949. With Harold Laswell. * ''The Political meaning of the Kostov Trial in Sofia, Bulgaria, December 1949,'' The RAND Corporation, RM-371, April 1950. * ''The Operational Code of the Politburo'', The RAND Corporation, P-206, August 1950. Also published by McGraw Hill, New York, 1951. * ''Some useful passages from Lenin and Stalin'', The RAND Corporation, RM-569, March 1951. * ''Stalin as an Intellectual,'' The RAND Corporation, P-408, May 1953. Also published in ''World Politics,'' VI, 1953. * ''A Study of Bolschevism'', The RAND Corporation, R-239, May 1953. * ''The Stalinist Heritage in Soviet Foreign Policy,'' The RAND Corporation, RM-1003, May 1953. * ''The Statutes of the Communist Party: Democratic Facade and Totalitarian Reality,'' The RAND Corporation, RM-1004, May 1953.

With Elsa Bernaut

* ''Ritual of Liquidation: the Case of the Moscow Trials,'' The RAND Corporation, RM-977, February 1954. With Elsa Bernaut. * ''The Kremlin's Horizon'', The RAND Corporation, RM-3506-ISA, March 1963. * ''The "Europe" of the French'', The RAND Corporation, P-4584-ISA, June 1965. * ''The New Economic Togetherness: American And Soviet Reactions'', The RAND Corporation, R-1369-ARPA, December 1973. * ''What Soviet Commanders Fear From Their Own Forces'', The RAND Corporation, P-5958, May 1978. * ''Soviet Style in War,'' The RAND Corporation, R-2615-NA, April 1982. * ''Soviet Style in Management,'' The RAND Corporation, R-3128-NA, July 1984.

References

External links

Guide to the Nathan Leites Papers 1931-1955
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University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leites, Nathan 1912 births 1987 deaths American sociologists University of Freiburg alumni Emigrants from the Russian Empire Immigrants to Germany Immigrants to the United States 20th-century American political scientists