Books and clients (a partial list)

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Terrorism, War, or Disease?

Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons

Anne M. Clunan, Peter R. Lavoy, and Susan B. Martin, editors

Stanford University Press, 2008

This book, whose co-editors are associated with the Naval Postgraduate School, the National Intelligence Council, and the Department of War Studies of King's College, London, examines the tricky technical and policy issues of identifying causes and implementing responses to a biological event that might be a terrorist attack, might be an act of war, or might have natural causes.

Creating Military Power

The Sources of Military Effectiveness

Risa A. Brooks and Elizabeth A. Stanley, editors

Stanford University Press, 2007

Risa Brooks is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. Elizabeth Stanley is Assistant Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University.

Policy Analysis in National Security Affairs

New Methods for a New Era

by Richard L. Kugler

National Defense University/Potomac Books, Inc., 2006

“I thank you for your huge contributions in editing, substance, and arguments.... I have been amazed at your ability not only to follow the book's multiple intertwining logics, but also to offer many penetrating observations and suggestions on how to improve my treatment of them..... Outstanding work. I don't think there is a better editor out there.” Richard L. Kugler was Distinguished Research Professor at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the National Defense University.

Dealing with Dictators

Dilemmas of U.S. Diplomacy and Intelligence Analysis, 1945-1990

Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow, editors

MIT Press, 2006

"Finally, we want to record our heartfelt thanks for the sensitive, tactful, and efficient work of our editor, Teresa Lawson." Ernest May is the Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University. Philip Zelikow was recently Counselor to the State Department and Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission.

Seeing the Elephant

The U.S. Role in Global Security

by Hans Binnendijk and Richard L. Kugler

National Defense University/Potomac Books, Inc., 2006

"We especially thank Teresa J. Lawson for her outstanding editing of our manuscript and for her many constructive suggestions." Hans Binnendijk is Roosevelt Chair in National Security Policy and Director of the Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the National Defense University, where Richard L. Kugler is a Distinguished Research Professor.

Service to Country

Personnel Policy and the Transformation of Western Militaries

Curtis Gilroy and Cindy Williams, editors

MIT Press, 2006

"Special thanks are due to our consulting editor, Teresa Lawson, for helping us to say what we meant to say and turning a collection of articles into a book." Curtis L. Gilroy is Director of Accession Policy in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense where he oversees all active-duty military recruiting. Cindy Williams (cindywil @ mit.edu) is a senior research scientist in MIT's Security Studies program and was Assistant Director for National Security in the Congressional Budget Office.

Electing to Fight

Why Emerging Democracies Go to War

by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder

MIT Press, 2005

"Teresa Lawson was as always a marvelous editor, who helped us straighten out our ideas as well as our prose." This book won Georgetown University's Lepgold Prize for best book of the year on International Relations. It was selected, in part on the basis of editorial excellence, for the Gold Award for best book of the year in Political Science, by Foreword Magazine (review of independent presses). Ed Mansfield is Rosen Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Jack Snyder (jls6 @ columbia.edu, (212) 854-4616) is Belfer Professor of International Relations at Columbia University.

Filling the Ranks

Transforming the U.S. Military Personnel System

Cindy Williams, editor

MIT Press, 2004

"The skills of Teresa Lawson have been vital in transforming the manuscript from a collection of chapters to a cohesive book. Her advice and editing expertise were invaluable and the authors owe her a debt of gratitude." Cindy Williams (cindywil @ mit.edu) is a senior research scientist in MIT's Security Studies program and was Assistant Director for National Security in the Congressional Budget Office.

A Grand Strategy for America

by Robert J. Art

Cornell University Press, 2003

"I owe special thanks to my consulting editor, Teresa Lawson, whose skills at improving a manuscript are unparalleled. She removed needless words, fixed infelicitous phrases, caught my errors in logic, fixed inconsistencies, figured out what I wanted to say when I could not, helped with the book's organization, and cheered me on in that last final month." Robert Art (art @ brandeis.edu, (781) 736-2754) is Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations at Brandeis University.

Progress in International Relations Theory

Appraising the Field

Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman, editors

MIT Press, 2003

Transforming America's Military

Hans Binnendijk, editor

National Defense University Press, 2002

Hans Binnendijk is Roosevelt Chair in National Security Policy and Director of the Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the National Defense University.

Keeping the Edge

Managing Defense for the Future

Ashton B. Carter and John P. White, editors

Preventive Defense Project, 2000; MIT Press, 2001

"Special thanks are due to consulting editor and publication manager Teresa J. Lawson, whose ability to elicit silk purse prose from sows' ears drafts is as remarkable as it is needed." I edited, designed, and arranged for rapid private publication of this book for the Preventive Defense Project, after which the book was republished by the MIT Press. Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, and Co-Director, with former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, of the Preventive Defense Project (ashton_carter @ harvard.edu, office: (617) 495-1405). John P. White is Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer and Chair of the Kennedy School Middle East Initiative; he served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1995 to 1997 and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1978 to 1981.

QDR 2001

Strategy-Driven Choices for America's Security

Michèle A. Flournoy, editor

National Defense University Press, 2001

"We were also blessed to have found an exceptionally gifted consulting editor in Teresa J. Lawson, whose masterful initial editing measurably reduced unnecessary words while immeasurably increasing the quality of the prose that remained."

Holding the Line

U.S. Defense Alternatives for the Early Twenty-first Century

Cindy Williams, editor

MIT Press, 2000

"Teresa Lawson's structural editing transformed our disparate drafts into a cohesive book. Her organized approach to the work and her knowledge of the process of creating an edited volume kept our work on point and on schedule. I would be delighted to work with her again." Cindy Williams (cindywil @ mit.edu) is a senior research scientist in MIT's Security Studies program and was Assistant Director for National Security in the Congressional Budget Office.

Realizing Human Rights

Moving from Inspiration to Impact

Samantha Power and Graham Allison, editors

St. Martin's Press, 2000

Samantha Power (whose next book, on genocide, won a Pulitzer Prize) praised my "extraordinary contributions" in "work[ing] deliberately and delicately with each author sharpening this book." Among the authors were Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng; the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth; Aryeh Neier of the Open Society Institute; former President Jimmy Carter; former chief prosecutor of the Yugoslav and Rwandan war crimes tribunals Richard Goldstone; and human rights activists from Costa Rica, Pakistan, Kenya, and elsewhere.

The Making of Symphony Hall Boston

by Richard Poate Stebbins

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc., 2000

From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist Conflict

by Jack Snyder

Norton, 2000

"Teresa Lawson, as she always does, devised a seamlessly logical way to reorganize some egregiously misshapen chapters and save me from countless logical lapses." Jack Snyder (jls6 @ columbia.edu, (212) 854-4616) is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations at Columbia University.

America's Asian Alliances

Robert D. Blackwill and Paul Dibb, editors

MIT Press, 2000

Robert D. Blackwill later served as U.S. Ambassador to India. He has also served as deputy assistant to the president, deputy national security adviser for strategic planning, and presidential envoy to Iraq.

Preventive Defense

An American Security Strategy for the 21st Century

by Ashton B. Carter and William J. Perry

Brookings Institution Press, 1999

"Our consulting editor, Teresa J. Lawson, made structural and substantive contributions that went well beyond her nominal role." I edited this book by former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter (ashton_carter @ harvard.edu, (617) 495-1405) about major events during their time in office. The authors are now co-directors of the Preventive Defense Project at, respectively, Stanford University and Harvard University.

The Biology of Business

Decoding the Natural Laws of Enterprise

John Clippinger, editor

Jossey-Bass, 1999

"A special debt of thanks is due Teresa Lawson, my developmental editor. Her rapid assimilation of the material, as well as her efficiency, professionalism, and extraordinary powers of organization, significantly contributed to the overall quality and coherence of the manuscript." John Clippinger is presently a Senior Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School where he co-founded the Social Physics project.

The Ultimate Terrorists

by Jessica Stern

Harvard University Press, 1999

Jessica Stern is a lecturer in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where she teaches on terrorism and counter-terrorism, on which she has published widely. She previously served on the National Security Council staff.

Yeltsin's Russia

Myths and Reality

by Lilia Shevtsova

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace/Brookings Institution Press, 1999

Lilia Shevtsova wrote: “My editor, Teresa Lawson, had a very difficult job putting my book into readable and understandable English. Her commitment and dedication to this project are truly appreciated.” The author (Lilia @ carnegie.ur, 202-483-7600) is a senior associate the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in residence alternately at Carnegie's Moscow and Washington offices. I worked closely with her to rewrite the book, which had been translated from Russian, for an American audience, and it became one of Carnegie's best-selling volumes; former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union Jack Matlock praised its “remarkable clarity.”

America's Achilles' Heel

Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism and Covert Attack

by Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert Newman, and Bradley A. Thayer

MIT Press, 1998

Newsweek called this book "the bible on the subject" of nuclear and biological terrorism ("War on Terror: Ridge Against the Machine," March 18, 2002). Richard Falkenrath, whose two previous books I also edited, wrote that "Teresa Lawson ... again proved her worth as editor of the entire volume, demanding clarity and smoothing our prose." He later helped set up the office of homeland security, serving as its Senior Director for Policy and Plans and then as Deputy Homeland Security Adviser; after a period at the Brookings Institution, he became NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism.

U.S. Media Coverage of China

by Teresa J. Lawson (rapporteur)

National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, 1998

I was asked by Robert Blackwill to write the report of the proceedings of a conference of Western and Chinese journalists, officials, and academics.

Investing in Innovation

Creating a Research and Innovation Policy that Works

Lewis M. Branscomb and James H. Keller, editors

MIT Press, 1998

Lewis M. Branscomb is Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management, emeritus, at Harvard University. Among roles in government, science, and academia, he served as director of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now the Institute for Standards and Technology) and as vice president and chief scientist of IBM Corporation.

Allies Divided

Transatlantic Policies for the Greater Middle East

Robert D. Blackwill and Michael Stürmer, editors

MIT Press, 1997

Robert D. Blackwill later served as deputy assistant to the president, deputy national security adviser for strategic planning, and presidential envoy to Iraq, as well as U.S. Ambassador to India.

Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy

Containing the Threat of Loose Russian Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material

by Graham Allison, Owen R. Cote, Jr., Richard A. Falkenrath, and Steven E. Miller

MIT Press, 1996

In the acknowledgments, the authors called me “indispensable ... a seasoned veteran of CSIA's periodic collaborative campaigns who is unflagging in her efforts to get us across the finish line.” As executive editor of the book series, I edited and typeset this book and managed its publication. Steve Miller is the Director of the International Security Program at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (steven_miller @ harvard.edu, (617) 495-1411).

Russian Security after the Cold War

Seven Views from Moscow

Teresa Pelton Johnson and Steven E. Miller, editors

CSIA Studies in International Security/Brassey's, 1994

Under my former name, Teresa Pelton Johnson, I "re-translated" material by Soviet generals and military leaders, refining awkward translations into readable English while retaining the force and color of the original text; I also edited and typeset the book and managed its publication. Steve Miller is the Director of the International Security Program at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (steven_miller @ harvard.edu, (617) 495-1411).

Empowering Technology

Implementing a U.S. Strategy

Lewis M. Branscomb, editor

MIT Press, 1993

Lewis Branscomb (Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management, emeritus, at Harvard University, former chief scientist at IBM, and former head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology) wrote that I “not only greatly improved the book's clarity and readability, but guided its development under a killer schedule.”

New Nuclear Nations: Consequences for U.S. Policy

Robert D. Blackwill and Albert Carnesale, editors

Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1993

Beyond Spinoff

Military and Commercial Technologies in a Changing World

by John A. Alic, Lewis M. Branscomb, Harvey Brooks, Ashton B. Carter, and Gerald L. Epstein

Harvard Business School Press, 1992

The authors of Beyond Spinoff credited my “tireless and skillful editing ... for turning five voices into an approximation of one.” Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, and Co-Director, with former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, of the Preventive Defense Project (ashton_carter @ harvard.edu, (617) 495-1405).

Coping with Complexity in the International System

Jack Snyder and Robert Jervis, editors

Westview Press, 1993

“Teresa Johnson [Lawson] and [frequent collaborator] Miriam Avins went far beyond the efforts of normal copyediting ... on conceptual, organizational, and expository problems.... Working with them on a manuscript means getting an intensive course on how to write and think effectively.”

Soviet Nuclear Fission

Control of the Nuclear Arsenal in a Disintegrating Soviet Union

by Kurt M. Campbell, Ashton B. Carter, Steven E. Miller, and Charles A. Zraket

CSIA Studies in International Security No. 1, 1991

I edited this first book of the CSIA series (now at over 40 volumes and published by MIT Press), typeset it, engaged and supervised the cover designer and printer, and managed publication for CSIA, taking it from manuscript to bound books in under 10 days. It immediately served as the intellectual underpinning for legislation that became the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program to secure the nuclear materials and weapons of the former Soviet Union. Steve Miller is the Director of the International Security Program at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (steven_miller @ harvard.edu, (617) 495-1411). Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, and Co-Director, with former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, of the Preventive Defense Project (ashton_carter @ harvard.edu, (617) 495-1405).

Myths of Empire

Domestic Politics and International Ambition

by Jack Snyder

Cornell University Press, 1991

"Teresa Pelton Johnson provided extremely useful advice on the organization and presentation of the argument. She also did a miraculous job of editing the ... article that formed the basis of the Soviet chapter, as those who saw the 'before and after' can readily attest." Jack Snyder (jls6 @ columbia.edu, (212) 854-4616) is Belfer Professor of International Relations at Columbia University.