Seth Cropsey is an American political figure and former

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official. He is the president of the Yorktown Institute, which describes itself as "a think tank dedicated to securing American liberty, prosperity, and self-governance under the

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." He is a former

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officer.

Early life and education

He is the son of Joseph Cropsey and father of Gabriel, noted Straussian

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and professor at the

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. Cropsey graduated from Harvard-St. George School in

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and St. John's College and received his M.A. from Boston College.

Career

From 1977 to 1980, he was a reporter for '' Fortune'' magazine. In 1981, Cropsey was speechwriter and assistant to Secretary of Defense

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. Between 1982 and 1984, Cropsey was Director of Policy at the

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. He was Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy during both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush Presidential administrations, and in 1991, was the principal Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities. Between 1994 and 1998, Cropsey was director of

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's Asian Studies Center and a professor at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1999 to 2001 he was a visiting fellow at the

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. He worked as an advisor to the law firm

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in 2002, and was a registered

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with that firm. Crospey was a signatory of the ''Letter to President Bush on the War on Terrorism''. On December 9, 2002, Cropsey joined the

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Administration as the director of the

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. His works have been published in ''

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'', '' Foreign Affairs'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' and the inaugural '' Joint Force Quarterly''. He is the author of ''Mayday: The Decline of American Naval Supremacy''.

Affiliations

, visiting fellow, 1998–2001 * Hudson Institute *

Bibliography

Books

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Critical studies and reviews of Cropsey's work

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References

External links

Hudson Institute biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cropsey, Seth 1948 births Living people Boston College alumni George W. Bush administration personnel Hudson Institute Naval War College Review people St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni The Heritage Foundation