Samuel P. Huntington

American political scientist (1927-2008)

Samuel Phillips Huntington (April 18, 1927 – December 24, 2008) was an American political scientist, adviser and academic. He spent most of his career working at Harvard University, where he was director of Harvard's Center for International Affairs and the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor.

Samuel P. Huntington
Huntington in January 2004
Born
Samuel Phillips Huntington

(1927-04-18)April 18, 1927
DiedDecember 24, 2008(2008-12-24) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic[1]
EducationStuyvesant High School
Alma mater
Known forThe Clash of Civilizations
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
Institutions
InfluencedFukuyama, Mearsheimer

During the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, Huntington was the White House Coordinator of Security Planning for the National Security Council.

Huntington was best known for his 1993 theory, the "Clash of Civilizations", of a post-Cold War new world order. He argued that future wars would be fought not between countries, but between cultures. Many believed Hunting was responsible for helping to shape U.S. views on civilian-military relations, political development, and comparative government.

Huntington died on December 24, 2008 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts from congestive heart failure complicated by diabetes, aged 81.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lewin, Tamar (December 28, 2008). "Samuel P. Huntington, 81, Political Scientist, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2015.

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