James Schlesinger

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James Schlesinger  link C-SPAN NNDB Powerbase Sourcewatch Spartacus (Academic, spook, deep state operative)
File:James R. Schlesinger.jpg
Born	James Rodney Schlesinger February 15, 1929 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 27, 2014 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Cause of death	pneumonia
Victim of	perpetual war mentality
Alma mater	Horace Mann School, Harvard University
Religion	Jew
Children	8
Spouse	Rachel Line Mellinger
Party	Republican
USDSO, DCI, RAND, US Defense secretary

Dr James Rodney Schlesinger was a US Deep state operative who had various roles including US Secretary of Defense and Director of Central Intelligence.

Background

Schlesinger was born in New York City, the son of Jewish parents, Rhea Lillian (née Rogen) and Julius Schlesinger. His mother was a Lithuanian emigrant from what was then part of the Russian Empire and his father was of Austrian Jewish descent. He converted to Lutheranism in his early 20s. Schlesinger attended Horace Mann School and Harvard University, where he earned a B.A. (1950), M.A. (1952), and Ph.D. (1956) in economics.

Career

Between 1955 and 1963 Schlesinger taught economics at the University of Virginia and in 1960 published The Political Economy of National Security. In 1963, he moved to the Rand Corporation, where he worked until 1969, in the later years as director of strategic studies. {{#subobject: |Has superobject=James Schlesinger |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=James R. Schlesinger|+sep=, |Has text=“Someone once said that war is hell, and peace is heaven. But we know that the opposite is true: War is heaven, and peace is hell.” |Is about=James Schlesinger,heaven, hell, war, peace, perpetual war, perpetual war mentality|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate= |Sourced from=Village Voice |Has sourceDetails=28 January 2003 The Empire Strikes Back |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=Village Voice |Has sourceURL=https://www.villagevoice.com/2003/01/28/the-empire-strikes-back-3/

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“Someone once said that war is hell, and peace is heaven. But we know that the opposite is true: War is heaven, and peace is hell.”
James R. Schlesinger
The honorary chairman of the OSS Society and member of the AFIO, in a speech to the Military Order of the Carabao.

"Oil Crisis"

Schlesinger became a symbol of the long gas lines that “marked the beginning of the end of the Presidency of Jimmy Carter,” wrote energy analyst Daniel Yergin.

Sweden

In 1993, Ola Tunander asked him about his understanding of Sweden while he was in the US Administration.{{#subobject: |Has superobject=James Schlesinger |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=Ola Tunander|+sep=, |Has text=“[Former United States Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger] said 'The [Swedish] Military was planning for us to come as soon as possible'. He obviously did not speak about all Swedish politicians or all Swedish military officers, but rather about a fundamental divide between a few relevant political leaders with the ambition of keeping Swedish neutrality, and some senior military officers that were directly linked up to the U.S. agencies, officers that identified themselves with the United States and with U.S. military priorities: They planned for the U.S. military forces to come to Sweden 'as soon as possible'” |Is about=James Schlesinger,Sweden/Military,Sweden/Deep state,The secret war against Sweden,NATO|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=1993 |Sourced from= |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName= |Has sourceURL=https://olatunander.substack.com/p/the-concept-of-the-deep-state }}“[Former United States Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger] said 'The [Swedish] Military was planning for us to come as soon as possible'. He obviously did not speak about all Swedish politicians or all Swedish military officers, but rather about a fundamental divide between a few relevant political leaders with the ambition of keeping Swedish neutrality, and some senior military officers that were directly linked up to the U.S. agencies, officers that identified themselves with the United States and with U.S. military priorities: They planned for the U.S. military forces to come to Sweden 'as soon as possible'” .

Affiliations

• Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs International Advisory Council
• Committee on the Present Danger (1976 version)

References