Seth Cropsey

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Seth Cropsey is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.[1]

Background

Wikipedia lists Cropsey as the son of Straussian political philosopher Joseph Cropsey.[2] This is most likely correct as Shadia Drury cites both as followers of Leo Strauss while Jacob Heilbrunn describes Cropsey as a second generation neoconservative.[3][4]

Voice of America

Cropsey served as Director of Policy for the Voice of America from 1982 to 1984.[5]

Department of Defense

Cropsey served as Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and subsequently as Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy in the Reagan and Bush administrations.[6]

From 1989 to 1991 he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.[7]

International Broadcasting Bureau

Cropsey was appointed director of the US International Broadcasting Bureau in 2002.[8]

External Resources

Notes

  1. Seth Cropsey], Hudson Institute, accessed 4 September 2009.
  2. Wikipedia, Seth Cropsey, 4 September 2009.
  3. Shadia B. Drury, Leo Strauss and the American Right, St Martin's Press, 1999, p.3.
  4. Jacob Heilbrunn, They Knew They Were Right, The Rise of the Neocons, Doubleday, 2008, p.106.
  5. Right Web, Seth Cropsey, 19 November 2003, accessed 4 September 2009.
  6. Seth Cropsey], Hudson Institute, accessed 4 September 2009.
  7. Right Web, Seth Cropsey, 19 November 2003, accessed 4 September 2009.
  8. Seth Cropsey], Hudson Institute, accessed 4 September 2009.