Editing Hamilton Fish Armstrong (section)

== Career ==
He began a career in journalism at the business department of ''[[The New Republic]]''.<ref name=":2" /> During the [[First World War]], he was a [[military attaché]] in [[Serbia]], sparking a lifelong interest in American relations with foreign states. Armstrong retained an interest in the Balkans region throughout his career, publishing three books and upwards of ten ''Foreign Affairs'' articles on the Balkans.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> He was also involved in American–Jugoslav societies.<ref name=":0" /> 

In 1922, at the request of editor [[Archibald Cary Coolidge]], Armstrong became managing editor of ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', the journal of the newly formed [[Council on Foreign Relations]]. Armstrong changed the name of the magazine from the ''Journal of International Relations'', which he found  “unnecessarily dull” into ''Foreign Affairs''.<ref name=":0" /> Armstrong recruited his sisters, Helen and Margaret, to re-draw the logo.<ref name=":0" /> After Coolidge's death in 1928, Armstrong became editor, retiring from the position only in 1972, the fiftieth year of publication of the journal. 

Armstrong was an internationalist and proponent of open markets.<ref name=":2" /> During the Great Depression, he criticized isolationists and argued for America's engagement with the world.<ref name=":2" /> In the 1930s, Armstrong persistently warned about the rise of dictatorships in Europe, in particular Nazism.<ref name=":2" /> He authored six books condemning dictatorship, including the 1937 bestseller ''We or They''.<ref name=":2" /> He argued against neutrality in the years leading up to World War II.<ref name=":2" /> Armstrong was a prominent supporter of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1936 presidential campaign.<ref name=":2" /> 

In 1933, Armstrong interviewed Adolf Hitler shortly after he was named Chancellor of Germany. It was one of Hitler's first interviews with a foreign journalist. During his interview, Armstrong injected multiple times when Hitler was answering. After the interview, Armstrong expressed dissatisfaction about Hitler and concern about what Hitler boded for world politics.<ref name=":2" /> Armstrong wrote early of the repression of political opposition underway in Germany, as well as the persecution of Jews.<ref name=":2" /> 

Armstrong was executive director of the Council on Foreign Relations.<ref name=":0" />

Armstrong wrote many books, including the early ''Hitler's Reich: The First Phase'' (published in July, 1933, by The Macmillan Company).

He died after a long illness on April 24, 1973, at the age of 80.