- Gary Sick
Gary G. Sick (born 1935) is an American academic and analyst of
Middle East affairs, with special expertise onIran , who served on the U.S. National Security Council under three presidents. He has authored three books, and is perhaps best known to the wider public for voicing support for elements of theOctober surprise conspiracy theory regarding theIran Hostage Crisis and the 1980 Presidential Election.Biographical profile
Sick is a retired captain in the U.S. Navy. He received a B.A. from Kansas University in 1957, and later earned a Master of Science degree at
George Washington University (1970), followed by a PhD inpolitical science atColumbia University (1973).Sick served on the staff of the National Security Council under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan, and was the principal
White House aide forPersian Gulf affairs from 1976 to 1981, a period which included theIranian revolution and the Hostage Crisis.After leaving government service, Sick served as Deputy Director for International Affairs at the
Ford Foundation from 1982 to 1987, and is the executive director of the "Gulf/2000 Project " at Columbia University (1993-present). He is currently an adjunct professor of International Affairs at Columbia's School of International & Public Affairs, and a senior research scholar at SIPA's Middle East Institute. In addition to his professional duties, he sits on the board of directors ofHuman Rights Watch , and serves as founding chair of the Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch/Middle East.ee also
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William J. Casey Writings
* "All Fall Down: America's Tragic Encounter With Iran" (Random House, 1985)
* "October Surprise: America's Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan" (Random House/Times Books, 1991)
* "The Persian Gulf at the millennium: essays in politics, economy, security, and religion" (St. Martin's Press, 1997)External links
* [http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Gulf/2000_Project Disinfopedia: Gulf/2000 Project]
* [http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/academics/directory/ggs2-fac.html Columbia University biography]
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