Michael ledeen biography
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Ledeen, Michael A. 1941–
(Michael Arthur Ledeen)
PERSONAL:
Born August 1, 1941, in Los Angeles, CA; son of J. Louis (an engineer) and Martha (a teacher) Ledeen; married Barbara Schlacter (a government official), July 16, 1973; children: three. Education: Pomona College, B.A., 1962; University of Wisconsin, M.S., Ph.D., 1969.
ADDRESSES:
E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO, began as instructor, became assistant professor of history, 1967-73; University of Rome, Rome, Italy, visiting professor, 1973-77; U.S. State Department, Washington, DC, special advisor to the secretary of state, 1981-82, consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1982-86, consultant to under-secretary of political affairs, 1982-86, consultant to national security advisor to the president, 1982-86; American Enterprise Institute, resident Scholar in the Freedom Chair. Speaker on foreign policy at universities and other organizations. Associated with television and radio programs, including Public Broadcasting Service's News Hour, CNN's Larry King Live and Newsmaker, and C-Span's Bradley Lecture Machiavelli for Moderns.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Received fellowships from Foreign Area Fellowship Program, 1965, and Social Science Research Council, 1
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Michael Ledeen
American historian and foreign policy analyst
Michael Arthur Ledeen (;[1] born August 1, 1941) is an American historian[2] and neoconservative[3] foreign policy analyst. He is a former consultant to the United States National Security Council, the United States Department of State, and the United States Department of Defense. He held the Freedom Scholar chair at the American Enterprise Institute where he was a scholar for 20 years, and now holds the similarly named chair at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He was very close to Italian politician Antonio Martino.[4] Ledeen was also noted to have done work for Italian intelligence agency SISMI, having received over $100,000 in payment to offshore bank accounts for services including but not limited to training Italian intelligence operatives. Ledeen denies these allegations but admits he did do work for SISMI and was paid for it. [5]
Academic career
[edit]Ledeen holds a Ph.D. in History and Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison where he studied under the historian George Mosse. His doctoral dissertation eventually became Universal Fascism: The Theory and Practice of the Fascist International, 1928–1936, first published in 1972. T
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