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Turner, Stansfield
Born: 1923 AD
Currently alive, at 84 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Admiral, General, Military Officer
Currently alive, at 84 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Admiral, General, Military Officer
1923 - Stansfield Turner, born on the 1st of December in Highland Park, Illinois. He was an Admiral and Director of Central Intelligence. He is currently a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy . He is a Christian Scientist.
1946 - Attained a commission in the United States Navy in June.
1947 - Attended Amherst College, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.
1972 - 1974 - He served as president of Naval War College, where he successfully introduced a radical improvement of that College's curriculum, introducing educational approaches based on his experience as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
1977 - 1981 - He commanded the Southern region of NATO and was subsequently Director of Central Intelligence.
2005 - He has written several books, including, Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence, in which he advocates disbanding the CIA.
2006 - In the January issue of GQ magazine, former President Jimmy Carter reported that he hired a psychic to help locate a US plane that had been lost in Central Africa.
1946 - Attained a commission in the United States Navy in June.
1947 - Attended Amherst College, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.
1972 - 1974 - He served as president of Naval War College, where he successfully introduced a radical improvement of that College's curriculum, introducing educational approaches based on his experience as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
1977 - 1981 - He commanded the Southern region of NATO and was subsequently Director of Central Intelligence.
2005 - He has written several books, including, Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence, in which he advocates disbanding the CIA.
2006 - In the January issue of GQ magazine, former President Jimmy Carter reported that he hired a psychic to help locate a US plane that had been lost in Central Africa.
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Terrorism and Democracy by Stansfield Turner (Hardcover - Jun 25, 1991) |
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Caging The Genies: A Workable Solution For Nuclear, Chemical, And Biological Weapons by Stansfield Turner (Paperback - Jun 3, 1999) The Cold War may be over, but you wouldn’t know it from the tens of thousands of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction still held by Russia, the United States, and other... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Ten steps to fight terrorism without endangering democracy by Stansfield Turner (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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