Samuel P. Huntington

Samuel P. Huntington (born April 18, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 24, 2008, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.) was an American political scientist, consultant to various U.S. government agencies, and an important political commentator in national debates on U.S. foreign policy in the late 20th and early 21st century. Huntington earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1946 and then served in the U.S. Army. Afterward he attended the University of Chicago, where he received...