The Ruling Class

Angelo M. Codevilla received a B.A. from Rutgers University, an M.A. from Notre Dame University, and a Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate School. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute. While serving on the staff of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1977-1985), he helped draft technology programs that would produce the 1983 Strategic Defensive Initiative. An author of 18 books and countless essays and articles, covering topics from French and Italian politics to the thoughts of Machiavelli and Montesquieu to arms control, war, ballistic missile defense technology, and a range of other international topics, Codevilla's writings consistently exposed the perils of mindlessly embracing establishment thought. Codevilla was named professor emeritus of International Relations at Boston University in 2005. He lived on his vineyard in Amador County, California and his cabin near Dubois, Wyoming, writing and speaking on contemporary American and international politics until his death in September 2021. He is survived by Ann, his wife of fifty-five years, their five children, and nine grandchildren.