Fred Iklé, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fred Iklé

United States Department of Defense Official (1924-2011)

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1924

Place of Birth: Sils im Engadin/Segl, Graubünden, Switzerland

Date of Death: 10-Nov-2011

Profession: university teacher

Nationality: United States, Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Fred Charles Iklé (August 21, 1924 – November 10, 2011) was a Swiss-born sociologist and defense expert who became a significant part of the US defense policy establishment.
Iklé's expertise was in defense and foreign policy, nuclear strategy, and the role of technology in the emerging international order.
After a career in academia (including a professorship at MIT) he was appointed director of the U.S.
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1973–1977, before becoming Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (1981 to 1988).
He was later a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Department of Defense's Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, a Distinguished Scholar with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a Director of the National Endowment for Democracy.Iklé is credited with a key role in increasing U.S.
aid to anti-Soviet rebels in the Soviet–Afghan War.
He successfully proposed and promoted the idea of supplying the rebels with anti-aircraft Stinger missiles, overcoming CIA opposition.