Gérard Chaliand
Appearance
Gérard Chaliand | |
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| Born | 15 February 1934 Etterbeek, Belgium |
| Died | 20 August 2025 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne University |
Gérard Chaliand (15 February 1934 – 20 August 2025) was a Belgian-born French poet, academic and historian. He was known for his works about warfare and military strategy in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.[1] He was also a professor at Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles and at the University of California, Berkeley.
Chaliand died at a hospital in Paris, France on 20 August 2025 from kidney failure at the age of 91.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Catherine Simon, « Arpenteur des guerres », Le Monde, 4 septembre 2009, p. 19.
- ↑ "Gérard Chaliand, écrivain-voyageur, poète, aventurier, spécialiste des guerres et de géostratégie, est mort" (in French). Lemonade.fr. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Gérard Chaliand on IMDb
- New York Review of Books (in English)
- Gérard Chaliand : « En Irak, l'insurrection armée montre sa terrible efficacité face à la meilleure armée du monde », April 2006 interview concerning the Iraqi insurgency (in French)
- Groupes mafieux et globalisation du crime Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine (video), conference of the Université de tous les savoirs
- Belgian parliamentary study day on terrorism