Charles G. Cogan
Charles G. Cogan (born January 11, 1928 - December 14, 2017 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American officer, journalist , publicist , historian and political scientist . He worked for the CIA for 37 years .
Life
Cogan studied history at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts (BA 1949) and international relations at George Washington University in Washington, DC (in cooperation with the National War College ) (Master of Science 1971). In 1992 he earned a Doctor of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School .
In 1949 he volunteered at the Time news magazine in New York City. From 1949 to 1951 he worked for the Hartford Courant newspaper in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1954 he worked for the Associated Press (AP) in Richmond, Virginia.
From 1951 to 1953 he served in the United States Army in the United States and (during the Korean War ) in Korea, most recently as a lieutenant in the United States Army Signal Corps . In 1954 he moved to the CIA as an intelligence officer; between 1979 and 1984 he was responsible for the Middle East and Asia and from 1984 to 1989 CIA chief in Paris . In 1991 he left the foreign secret service.
From 1989 to 1991 he was a Research Fellow in the Intelligence and Policy Project at Harvard Kennedy School. In 1990/91 he was Study Group Leader at the Institute of Politics. From 1991 to 1995 he was a visiting scholar at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University. In 1995 he became an associate at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History . From 1996 he was an associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and an affiliate at the Center for European Affairs and from 1997 at the Harvard Kennedy School. He was u. a. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations .
Cogan was the author of numerous books. He published u. a. in French Politics and Society , Défense Nationale and Harvard French Review . He also wrote regularly for the Huffington Post .
Cogan was married and had three children.
Awards
- 1952: Distinguished Military Graduate of the US Army Signal Corps Officer Candidate School
- 1968: Intelligence Medal of Merit of the CIA
- 1971: Distinguished Graduate of the National War College
- 1981: Intelligence Medal of Merit from the CIA
- 1983: Commander of the Ouissam Alaouite Order (Morocco)
- 1989: Distinguished Intelligence Medal of the CIA
- 2003: Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
- 2006: Prix Ernest Lémonon of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques (for diplomacy à la française ) (France)
- 2007: Officer of the Legion of Honor (France)
Fonts (selection)
- Oldest Allies, Guarded Friends (1994)
- Charles de Gaulle (1996)
- Forced to Choose (1997)
- The Third Option (2001)
- French Negotiating Behavior (2003)
Web links
- Search for "Charles G. Cogan" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Charles G. Cogan at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- Article by Charles G. Cogan at the Huffington Post
- Charles G. Cogan's website
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cogan, Charles G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American publicist and intelligence officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 2017 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , Massachusetts |