Earl Ravenal

Earl Cedric Ravenal (born 1931) is an American foreign policy analyst, academic, and writer. He is a former distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the CATO Institute, and professor emeritus of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
Ravenal served as a division director in the Office of United States Secretary of Defense from 1967 to 1969 under Secretaries of Defense Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford.
He was a candidate for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in the 1984 election, and finished as runner-up to the party's eventual nominee, David Bergland.

Published works

• Never again: Learning from America's foreign policy failures. Temple University Press. 1977. ISBN 978-0-87722-187-6. 
• NATO: The Tides of Discontent. University of California. 1985. ISBN 978-0-87725-523-9. 
• Designing Defense for a New World Order: The Military Budget in 1992 and Beyond. Cato Institute. 1991. ISBN 978-0-932790-86-6. 
• Foreign Policy in Uncontrollable World. Cato Institute. 1992. ISBN 978-0-932790-41-5. 
• Peace with China?: U. S. Decisions for Asia. Liveright Publishing Corporation. 1996. ISBN 978-0-87140-257-8.