Sam C. Sarkesian

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Sam C. Sarkesian

Sam Charles Sarkesian (born November 7, 1927 in Chicago , Illinois , † September 26, 2011 there ) was an American officer ( Lieutenant Colonel ) and political scientist . He was a professor at Loyola University Chicago .

Life

Sarkesian studied at The Citadel (BA 1951) military college in Charleston, South Carolina and later earned an MA (1962) and Ph.D. (1969) in Political Science from Columbia University in New York.

He served in the 10th Special Forces Group of the US Army in the Korean War ; with the 11th Airborne Division he was in the FRG and with the 1st Infantry Division in the Vietnam War. In 1970 he retired; his last rank was Lieutenant Colonel .

Sarkesian was an instructor in the Social Science Department of the US Military Academy in West Point, New York and later Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago in Illinois, where he became Chairman of the Department of Political Science . a. on military regimes in Africa; he published numerous books and specialist articles.

Sarkesian was u. a. Member of the American Political Science Association (APSA). From 1982 to 1989 he was Chairman and President of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS) in Chicago. He was also President of the Study Group on Armed Forces and Society of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).

He was married and had three children.

Awards

Military medals

Further awards

Fonts (selection)

  • The Professional Army Officer in a Changing Society . Nelson-Hall, Chicago 1975, ISBN 0-911012-62-1 .
  • (Ed.): Revolutionary Guerrilla Warfare . Precedent Publishing, Chicago 1975, ISBN 0-913750-05-0 .
  • with James H. Buck: Comparative Politics: An Introduction . Alfred, Sherman Oaks 1979, ISBN 0-88284-067-3 .
  • (Ed.): Defense Policy and the Presidency: Carter's First Years Boulder. Westview Press, Boulder 1979, ISBN 0-89158-273-8 .
  • Beyond the Battlefield: The New Military Professionalism . Pergamon Press, New York 1981, ISBN 0-08-027178-2 .
  • America's Forgotten Wars: The Counterrevolutionary Past and Lessons for the Future . Greenwood Press, Westport 1984, ISBN 0-313-24019-1 .
  • The New Battlefield. The United States and Unconventional Conflicts (= Contributions in Military Studies . No. 54). Greenwood Press, New York 1986, ISBN 0-313-24890-7 .
  • with John Allen Williams (Ed.): The US Army in a New Security Era . Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder 1990, ISBN 1-55587-191-7 .
  • with John Allen Williams, Fred B. Bryant : Soldiers, Society, and National Security . Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder 1995, ISBN 1-555-87273-5 .
  • with Robert E. Connor, Jr : The US Military Profession into Twenty First Century. War, Peace and Politics . Frank Cass Publishers, London 1999, ISBN 0-7146-4919-8 .
  • with John Allen Williams, Stephen J. Cimbala : US National Security. Policymakers, Processes, and Politics . 4th edition, Lynne Rienner Publishers, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-58826-856-3 .

literature

  • James Duffy, John Hevelin, Suzanne Osterreicher: International Directory of Scholars and Specialists in Third World Studies . Crossroads Press, Los Angeles 1981, ISBN 0-918456-40-1 , p. 419.

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personal data
SURNAME Sarkesian, Sam C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sarkesian, Samuel Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 2011
Place of death Chicago