Earl Ravenal

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Earl Cedric Ravenal
Born(1931-03-29)March 29, 1931
DiedAugust 31, 2019(2019-08-31) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Academic work
InstitutionsWalsh School of Foreign Service
Johns Hopkins University

Earl Cedric Ravenal (March 29, 1931 – August 31, 2019) was an American foreign policy analyst, academic, and writer. He served as a distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the

Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
.

Ravenal was raised in

Cambridge University in England. He attended the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Middle Management Program. Ravenal earned his MA and PhD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where he taught prior to his appointment to Georgetown University.[1]

Ravenal served as a division director in the Office of United States Secretary of Defense from 1967 to 1969, under Secretaries of Defense Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford.[2][3]

In addition to writing several books on the topic of U.S. foreign policy, Ravenal wrote over 200 articles and papers for various publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs.[1]

He was a candidate for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in the 1984 election,[4] finishing second to the party's eventual nominee, David Bergland.[5][6]

Ravenal died on August 31, 2019, at his secondary residence in Trappe, Maryland.[1]

Published works

  • Never again: Learning from America's foreign policy failures. Temple University Press. 1977. .
  • NATO: The Tides of Discontent. University of California. 1985. .
  • Designing Defense for a New World Order: The Military Budget in 1992 and Beyond. Cato Institute. 1991. .
  • Foreign Policy in Uncontrollable World. Cato Institute. 1992. .
  • Peace with China?: U. S. Decisions for Asia. Liveright Publishing Corporation. 1996. .

References

  1. ^ a b c "Obituaries: Earl C. Ravenal". The Star Democrat. September 13, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "So Mr. Carter, Want To Change America? Here's How?: (The Military)", Mother Jones. April 1977, p. 32 Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  3. ^ Ravenal, Earl C. (1983) "No first use: a view from the United States" Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. April 1983, p. 12. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
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  5. ^ (1983-09-05) "Libertarians select presidential ticket"[permanent dead link], Anchorage Daily News, Retrieved 2010-11-23.
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