Hope of the Phoenix
The Reawakening and Rise of America's Humanitarian Spirit
from the Ashes of Vietnam
1975-1986
from the Ashes of Vietnam
1975-1986
James N. Purcell, Jr.
Genres: Memoir; Refugees; Public Policy; History (U.S.State Department refugee program, 1975-1986)
UPDATE-April 2015
Travel
Calendar -Jim is scheduled to meet with former U.S. Secretary of
State George P. Shultz at the Hoover Institution, not far from San Francisco, CA, at
the end of April 2015. This will be a milestone for the author for whom Secretary
Shultz has been a professional mentor. In 1976, President Nixon appointed Mr. Shultz to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) where Jim was an analyst. Later, Secretary Shultz was Jim's boss when Jim served in the
U.S. Refugee Program at State.
Travel under discussion- Jim's wife Jean is discussing with him her possible visit to the Truman Library in Independence, MO, while Jim is in California, end of April. Of special interest to them are archived papers of George Warren, whose unpublished manuscript is a resource noted in Hope of the Phoenix. George Warren assisted at the Evian Conference, Evian-les-Bains, France, 1938, a disappointing yet important initiative of President Roosevelt to discuss with European leaders their rising refugee crisis, early World War II. (The conference failure led to better work at a London meeting the next month-covered in Hope of the Phoenix). Mr. Warren also assisted Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's work to obtain approval for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Mr. Warren serrved in other refugee-related capacities, including the post-WWII Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration.
Travel under discussion- Jim's wife Jean is discussing with him her possible visit to the Truman Library in Independence, MO, while Jim is in California, end of April. Of special interest to them are archived papers of George Warren, whose unpublished manuscript is a resource noted in Hope of the Phoenix. George Warren assisted at the Evian Conference, Evian-les-Bains, France, 1938, a disappointing yet important initiative of President Roosevelt to discuss with European leaders their rising refugee crisis, early World War II. (The conference failure led to better work at a London meeting the next month-covered in Hope of the Phoenix). Mr. Warren also assisted Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's work to obtain approval for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Mr. Warren serrved in other refugee-related capacities, including the post-WWII Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration.
Peer Reviews
Incorporation of selected peer review input is 99 % finished. Reviewers' comments and questions have lent clarification and correction overall.
Book Proposal
The proposal draft for Hope of the Phoenix has been agreed with a book proposal expert.
What is the time-line for completion of the book/manuscript?
Completion date amended: The author does not want to publish an estimated completion date yet.
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