Brent Scowcroft
Brent Scowcroft (born March 19, 1925 in Ogden , Utah , † August 6, 2020 in Falls Church , Virginia ) was an American lieutenant general, military assistant to President Richard Nixon and national security advisor to US Presidents Gerald Ford and George Bush, Sr. from 1975 to 1977 and 1989 to 1993. Under President George W. Bush he was chairman of the advisory group of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (2001 to 2005).
Life
Scowcroft graduated from West Point Military Academy and received his PhD from Columbia University in 1967 . During his military career, Scowcroft held various positions in the US Air Force , the US Department of Defense , the US Air Force Academy and the West Point Military Academy. He also held the post of Deputy Air Force Attaché at the US Embassy in Belgrade . He received numerous military awards. In 1975 Scowcroft reached the military age limit and left the army with the rank of lieutenant general .
On the morning of September 11th, Scowcroft was aboard the airborne command center . He advocated the invasion of Afghanistan as a "direct strike against terrorism".
In 2003, however, he criticized the United States' policy of invading Iraq .
Prior to joining the Bush administration, Scowcroft was vice chairman of Kissinger and Associates . He was the founder and president of the International Political Forum . In addition, Scowcroft held the presidency of The Scowcroft Group , an international management consultancy.
Together with President Bush senior, Scowcroft published the book A World Transformed , in which his memoirs of the fall and fall of the Soviet Union are described.
Scowcroft was a member of the Mormon faith .
He died on August 6, 2020 at the age of 95.
The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security of the Atlantic Council is named after him.
Drowsiness in office
Scowcroft was notorious for persistently sleeping in presidential meetings. This led to the introduction of an unofficial price named after him for comparable sleep performance in the White House. While he is considered to be the first prize winner himself, no other distinguished people are known.
Awards
- In 1991 Scowcroft received the Presidential Medal of Freedom .
- In 1993, Queen Elizabeth II presented him with the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace .
- In 2007 he received the Four Freedoms Award in the Freedom from Fear category
- In 2009 Scowcroft was awarded the Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on the proposal of the Federal Minister of Defense .
- 2013 Ewald von Kleist Prize of the Munich Security Conference
Fonts
- with George Bush : A world transformed. Knopf, New York NY 1998, ISBN 0-679-43248-5 (In German: Eine neue Welt. American foreign policy in times of upheaval. Translated from the American by Stephan Fuchs. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-550-07105 -1 ).
Web links
- Brent Scowcroft: Don't Attack Saddam . In: Wall Street Journal , August 15, 2002
- Charlie Rose Interview with George Bush and Brent Scowcroft 1998 (English)
- HBO History Makers Series: A Conversation with Brent Scowcroft - Council on Foreign Relations Historymakers Event
- COUNCIL on FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Gulf War: Twenty Years Later , discussion with Brent Scowcroft on February 15, 2011 (English)
- Charlie Rose -Discussion with Brent Scowcroft- Discussion 20 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (English)
- Interview with Brent Scowcroft about the end of Communism in Eastern Europe (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Zbigniew Brzezinski , Brent Scowcroft: America and the World. Conversations on the future of American Foreign Policy . Basic Books, New York NY 2008, ISBN 978-0-465-01501-6 .
- ↑ March 8, 2003: Foreign Policy Adviser Warns of Negative Repercussions of Bush Administration 'Unilateralism'
- ↑ Brent Scowcroft, prominent elder statesman, has died. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
- ↑ atlanticcouncil.org - accessed February 20, 2019
- ↑ Christina Wilkie: Fall asleep in the Oval Office? You could win a 'Scowcroft award'. In: The Hill. May 12, 2010, accessed January 10, 2019 .
- ^ Roosevelt Institute: Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Scowcroft, Brent |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Lieutenant General, Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon, Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George Bush |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ogden , Utah |
DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 2020 |
Place of death | Falls Church , Virginia |