Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Born in New York City,[3] Tucker earned a Bachelor of Arts at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1970, Certificate of the East Asian Institute and Master of Arts in Chinese history at Columbia University in 1973, a Master of Philosophy in American East Asian relations at Columbia University in 1976, and a Ph.D in American East Asian relations at Columbia in 1980.[2]

After earning her doctorate, Tucker was on Colgate University's faculty for seven years before she went to Georgetown University. She wrote several books, the first of which changed historians' views of how the Cold War originated in Asia. Additionally, she edited and contributed to other books and wrote articles and essays that appeared in academic journals.[3]

Tucker was married to Warren Cohen, a historian.[3]

In February 2016, Columbia University Press announced creation of the Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Books on American East Asian Relations series in honor of Tucker and her husband. The series is designed "to publish high-quality, rigorously researched works in the academic fields in which Tucker was involved." Tucker donated money toward that goal before her death, and Cohen subsequently completed the plans.[4]

• Patterns in the Dust: Chinese-American Relations and the Recognition Controversy,1949-1950. New York.: Columbia University Press. 1983. ISBN 978-0231053624.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Uncertain Friendships: Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States: 1945-1992. Cambridge, Massachusetts.: Macmillan/Twayne. 1994. ISBN 978-0805792249.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Strait Talk: US-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis with China. Cambridge, Massachusetts.: Harvard University Press. 2009. ISBN 9780674031876.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s. New York: Columbia University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-231-15924-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)[2]