James Mann

James Mann (1946-) is senior writer-in-residence at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University. He served as Chief of the Beijing Bureau of the Los Angeles Times (1984-89). He is the author of four books: Beijing Jeep (Simon & Schuster, 1989), About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship With China From Nixon to Clinton (Knopf, 1999), Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet (Viking, 2004), and The China Fantasy (Viking, 2007).