- George Tanham
George K. Tanham (1922-2003) joined the American
RAND Corporation in 1955 and held several positions before retiring in 1987, including leading Project AIR FORCE from 1970 to 1975. He also served on the RAND Board of Trustees and was an advisorytrustee at the time of his death. He continued to write oninternational security issues, especially regardingSouth Asia , after hisretirement .Tanham's career in
government included serving as associate director for counterinsurgency of the U.SAgency for International Development inSouth Vietnam from 1964-1965, and as special assistant forcounterinsurgency to the Americanambassador inThailand from 1968-1970.A native of
Tenafly, New Jersey , Tanham was a graduate ofPrinceton University . He served as anartillery officer inEurope duringWorld War II and was a decorated combatveteran . After receiving hisPh.D. inhistory andpolitical science fromStanford University , he taughtmilitary history atCaltech before joining RAND.In the course of his career, Tanham received numerous fellowships and grants; served on various U.S. government committees; was editor-in-chief of the journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism; and wrote several
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