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'''Earl Cedric Ravenal''' (born 1931) is an [[United States|American]] foreign policy analyst, academic, and writer. He is a former distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the [[CATO Institute]], and professor emeritus of the [[Georgetown University School of Foreign Service]].
'''Earl Cedric Ravenal''' (born 1931) is an [[United States|American]] foreign policy analyst, academic, and writer. He is a former distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the [[CATO Institute]], and professor emeritus of the [[Georgetown University School of Foreign Service]].


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]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=uOYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=earl+ravenal+mother+jones&hl=en&ei=jzW_TIqSIIvSsAO2m7TfDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=earl%20ravenal%20mother%20jones&f=false "So Mr. Carter, Want To Change America? Here's How?: (The Military)"], ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]''. April 1977, p.32 Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref><ref>Ravenal, Earl C. (1983-04)[http://books.google.com/books?id=3QUAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=earl+ravenal&hl=en&ei=cTe_TOSEGInmsQOFkq3qDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=earl%20ravenal&f=false "No first use: a view from the United States"] ''Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists''.April 1983, p.12. Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref>
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]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uOYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=earl+ravenal+mother+jones&hl=en&ei=jzW_TIqSIIvSsAO2m7TfDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=earl%20ravenal%20mother%20jones&f=false "So Mr. Carter, Want To Change America? Here's How?: (The Military)"], ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]''. April 1977, p.32 Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref><ref>Ravenal, Earl C. (1983-04)[https://books.google.com/books?id=3QUAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=earl+ravenal&hl=en&ei=cTe_TOSEGInmsQOFkq3qDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=earl%20ravenal&f=false "No first use: a view from the United States"] ''Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists''.April 1983, p.12. Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref>


He was a candidate for the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]'s presidential nomination in the [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984 election]],<ref>[[Brian Doherty (journalist)|Doherty, Brian]] {{cite book |title= [[Radicals for Capitalism|Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement]] |date=2007|publisher= PublicAffairs|isbn=978-1-58648-572-6 |pages= 420–421|chapter= Libertarian Zionism, The Koch Bubble, And America's Third Largest Political Party}}<!--|accessdate=2010-08-03 --></ref> and finished as runner-up to the party's eventual nominee, [[David Bergland]].<ref>(1983-09-05) [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wh8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t54FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2222,2325929&dq=earl-ravenal+libertarian+1984+president&hl=en "Libertarians select presidential ticket"], ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'', Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref><ref>[[Justin Raimondo|Raimondo, Justin]] {{cite book |title= Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement (2nd Edition) |publisher= PublicAffairs|isbn=978-1-933859-60-6 |page= 258}}<!--|accessdate=2010-11-23 --></ref>
He was a candidate for the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]'s presidential nomination in the [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984 election]],<ref>[[Brian Doherty (journalist)|Doherty, Brian]] {{cite book |title= [[Radicals for Capitalism|Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement]] |date=2007|publisher= PublicAffairs|isbn=978-1-58648-572-6 |pages= 420–421|chapter= Libertarian Zionism, The Koch Bubble, And America's Third Largest Political Party}}<!--|accessdate=2010-08-03 --></ref> and finished as runner-up to the party's eventual nominee, [[David Bergland]].<ref>(1983-09-05) [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wh8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t54FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2222,2325929&dq=earl-ravenal+libertarian+1984+president&hl=en "Libertarians select presidential ticket"], ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'', Retrieved 2010-11-23.</ref><ref>[[Justin Raimondo|Raimondo, Justin]] {{cite book |title= Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement (2nd Edition) |publisher= PublicAffairs|isbn=978-1-933859-60-6 |page= 258}}<!--|accessdate=2010-11-23 --></ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==

Revision as of 00:14, 21 September 2016

Earl Cedric Ravenal (born 1931) is an American foreign policy analyst, academic, and writer. He is a former distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the CATO Institute, and professor emeritus of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

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.[1][2]

He was a candidate for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in the 1984 election,[3] and finished as runner-up to the party's eventual nominee, David Bergland.[4][5]

Published works

  • Never again: Learning from America's foreign policy failures. Temple University Press. 1977. ISBN 978-0-87722-187-6.
  • NATO: The Tides of Discontent. University of California. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87725-523-9.
  • Designing Defense for a New World Order: The Military Budget in 1992 and Beyond. Cato Institute. 1991. ISBN 978-0-932790-86-6.
  • Foreign Policy in Uncontrollable World. Cato Institute. 1992. ISBN 978-0-932790-41-5.
  • Peace with China?: U. S. Decisions for Asia. Liveright Publishing Corporation. 1996. ISBN 978-0-87140-257-8.

References

  1. ^ "So Mr. Carter, Want To Change America? Here's How?: (The Military)", Mother Jones. April 1977, p.32 Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  2. ^ Ravenal, Earl C. (1983-04)"No first use: a view from the United States" Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.April 1983, p.12. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  3. ^ Doherty, Brian "Libertarian Zionism, The Koch Bubble, And America's Third Largest Political Party". Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement. PublicAffairs. 2007. pp. 420–421. ISBN 978-1-58648-572-6.
  4. ^ (1983-09-05) "Libertarians select presidential ticket", Anchorage Daily News, Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  5. ^ Raimondo, Justin Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement (2nd Edition). PublicAffairs. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-933859-60-6.