Fred Iklé
Fred Charles Iklé (born August 21, 1924 in Sils in Engadin / Segl ; † November 10, 2011 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was a Swiss-American political scientist and undersecretary of state.
Life
Fred Iklé was born in Switzerland and grew up in St. Gallen . He studied at the University of Zurich before he emigrated to the United States in 1946 and became Professor of Political Science at MIT .
From 1973 to 1977 Iklé was director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. From 1981 to 1987 he was Under Secretary for Defense Policy. He suggested arming the Islamist resistance fighters in the Afghan war with Stinger anti-aircraft missiles ; this was implemented with the National Security Decision Directive 166.
Together with Albert Wohlstetter , he wrote the strategy of Discriminate Deterrence in the US Department of Defense . After his retirement he worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies .
Fred Iklé was married and had two daughters. He is the cousin of the former Swiss Federal Councilor Elisabeth Kopp .
Fonts (selection)
- How nations negotiate. Harper & Row, New York 1964. German edition 'Strategy and Tactics of Diplomatic Negotiations', C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 1965. Introduction by Wilhelm G. Grewe.
- Every was must end. Columbia University Press, New York 1970.
literature
- Fred C. Iklé , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 12/1989 of March 13, 1989, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Marcel Mayer: Fred Iklé. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- CSIS Mourns the Loss of Fred C. Iklé. Obituary in: CSIS of November 11, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iklé, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iklé, Fred Charles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-American political scientist and undersecretary of state |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sils in the Engadin / Segl |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 2011 |
| Place of death | Bethesda , Maryland |