Arnold Brackman
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Arnold Charles Brackman was an American journalist
and author
.
Brackman was born in New York City
and received his journalism degree from New York University
. He became a correspondent for the news agency United Press International
and reported on topics of Asia. He was later employed by The Christian Science Monitor
and The New York Times
. Brackman lived in Brookfield Center, Connecticut
, prior to his death.
Brackman established his reputation as a journalist and author from his writings on Asian countries, primarily those in Southeast Asia
, and on archaeology
. He was a reporter at the Tokyo military tribunals
in which Imperial Japanese leaders were tried for crimes committed during World War II
. He was quoted calling the 1858 joint presentation of Alfred Russel Wallace
and Charles Darwin
to the Linnean Society of London
"one of the great watersheds in the history of Western civilization".
He was married to Agnes Brackman, and the couple had one daughter.
In 1969, Brackman published 'The Communist Collapse in Indonesia', a radically right-wing and nearly pro-Suharto description of the events leading up to and following the military coup in 1965.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author
Author
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.
Brackman was born in New York City
New York City
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and received his journalism degree from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. He became a correspondent for the news agency United Press International
United Press International
United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...
and reported on topics of Asia. He was later employed by The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...
and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Brackman lived in Brookfield Center, Connecticut
Brookfield Center Historic District (Brookfield, Connecticut)
The Brookfield Center Historic District in Brookfield, Connecticut is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991...
, prior to his death.
Brackman established his reputation as a journalist and author from his writings on Asian countries, primarily those in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
, and on archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
. He was a reporter at the Tokyo military tribunals
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East , also known as the Tokyo Trials, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, or simply the Tribunal, was convened on April 29, 1946, to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimes: "Class A" crimes were reserved for those who...
in which Imperial Japanese leaders were tried for crimes committed during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He was quoted calling the 1858 joint presentation of Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist...
and Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
to the Linnean Society of London
Linnean Society of London
The Linnean Society of London is the world's premier society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history. It publishes a zoological journal, as well as botanical and biological journals...
"one of the great watersheds in the history of Western civilization".
He was married to Agnes Brackman, and the couple had one daughter.
In 1969, Brackman published 'The Communist Collapse in Indonesia', a radically right-wing and nearly pro-Suharto description of the events leading up to and following the military coup in 1965.