Charles G. "Chuck" Cogan (January 11, 1928 – December 14, 2017)[1] was an American academic and intelligence officer who served in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1954 to 1991.[2]
Chuck Cogan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles G. Cogan January 11, 1928 Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 14, 2017 (aged 89) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, DPA) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | International affairs Strategic studies |
| Institutions | Harvard University Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Operations |
Background
editCogan was born in Melrose, Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Harvard University and served in the United States Army during the Korean War.[3]
From 2006 until his death, he was an associate at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.[4] At the CIA, Cogan's roles included chief of the Near East and South Asia Division in the CIA's Directorate of Operations (1979–1984)[5] and Paris station chief (1984–1989).[6] He graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1992 with a Doctor of Public Administration degree.
Cogan died in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2017.[3]
Books
edit- Oldest Allies, Guarded Friends: the United States and France Since 1940, Praeger 1994, ISBN 0-275-95116-2.
- Charles de Gaulle: A Brief Biography with Documents, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1996, ISBN 0-312-12804-5.
- Forced to Choose: France, the Atlantic Alliance, and NATO - Then and Now, Praeger, 1997, ISBN 0-275-95704-7.
- The Third Option: the Emancipation of European Defense, 1989-2000, Praeger, 2001, ISBN 0-275-96948-7.
- French Negotiating Behavior: Dealing with La Grande Nation (USIP Press, 2003).
- La République de Dieu, Editions Jacob-Duvernet, 2008, ISBN 978-2-84724-183-9.
References
edit- ^ "CHARLES COGAN's Obituary on New York Times". New York Times.
- ^ "Home". www.drcharlesgcogan.net. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "Charles Cogan Obituary (2017) - New York Times". www.legacy.com. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ^ "Charles G. Cogan". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. January 3, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ^ Charles Cogan, Desert One and Its Disorders, The Journal of Military History 67.1 (2003) 201-216
- ^ "Account, Charles Cogan". atlantico.fr. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013.