Michael A. Ledeen

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Michael A. Ledeen


Born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
August 01, 1941

Died
May 17, 2025


Michael Arthur Ledeen was an American scholar and neoconservative foreign policy analyst. He was a consultant to the United States National Security Council, the United States Department of State, and the United States Department of Defense. He held the Freedom Scholar chair at the American Enterprise Institute where he was a scholar for 20 years, and also held the similarly named chair at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He was very close to Italian politician Antonio Martino. Ledeen was also noted to have done work for Italian intelligence agency SISMI, having received over $100,000 in payment to offshore bank accounts for services including but not limited to training Italian intelligence operatives. Ledeen denied these allega ...more

Average rating: 3.82 · 249 ratings · 30 reviews · 28 distinct works
Machiavelli on Modern Leade...

3.71 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions
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The First Duce: D'Annunzio ...

4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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The War Against the Terror ...

3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions
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Tocqueville on American Cha...

4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions
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The Iranian Time Bomb: The ...

3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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Accomplice to Evil: Iran an...

3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Obama's Betrayal of Israel

4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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DEBACLE: AMER FAIL IRAN

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3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions
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Freedom Betrayed: How Ameri...

3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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Perilous Statecraft

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“We are imitating Nature, who is variable; and he who imitates her cannot be blamed.”
Michael A. Ledeen, Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are As Timely and Important Today As Five Centuries Ago