Edward N. Luttwak
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4 November 1942 Arad, Romania |
| Known for | Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook |
Edward Nicolae Luttwak (born 4 November 1942) is a political scientist known for his works on grand strategy, military history, and international relations. He provides consulting services to governments and international enterprises including various branches of the U.S. government and the U.S. military.
Luttwak was born into a Jewish family in Arad, Romania, and raised in Italy and England. After elementary school in Palermo, Sicily, he attended Carmel College and Quintin Grammar in England, where he also received basic training in the British Army, and then the London School of Economics where he graduated in analytical economics in 1964.
After working for the British, French, and Israeli militaries, he moved to the United States in 1972 for graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, where he received his doctorate in 1975. He had held an academic post at the University of Bath before moving to United States where he taught at John Hopkins and Georgetown University.
He has served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the United States Department of State, the United States Navy, United States Army, United States Air Force, and several NATO defense ministries. Working for OSD/Net Assessment, he co-developed the current maneuver-warfare concept, working for the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), he introduced the "operational level of war" concept into U.S. Army doctrine, wrote the first manual for the Joint Special Operations Agency, and co-developed the Rapid-Deployment Force concept (later U.S. Central Command) for the Office of the Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs.
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