Huntington was born in New York City and graduated as a student from Yale university with distinction at the age of 18. He served the U.S. army and earned his Ph.D. at Harvard university, where he also started his career as a professor. His first major book was The soldier and the state, which is regarded today as the most influential book on American military relations. During the late seventies, he was the White house co-ordinator of security planning for the NSC (national security council). Samuel P. Huntington was an influential political Scientist. His works ranged widely in the many sub-fields of Political science. Through his essay: Clash of civilizations, he gained much eminence. Huntington died on December 24th, 2008.
A short summary of his novel/essay
In 1993, Huntington aggravated a great debate internationally. His argument proposed that people's cultures and religious identities will be the leading source of conflict in the time after the world wars. This theory was known as Clash of civilizations. In it, Huntington wrote that the cold war divided the world into communist and democratic societies but the 21st century would open grounds to conflicts of various cultural, ethnic or religious differences. In 1996, he wrote a book called The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, which expanded on his hypothesis.
Samuel P. Huntington divided his book into five parts: First, he identified the six principle civilizations that make up the world.
Who was Samuel P. Huntington?
Huntington was born in New York City and graduated as a student from Yale university with distinction at the age of 18. He served the U.S. army and earned his Ph.D. at Harvard university, where he also started his career as a professor. His first major book was The soldier and the state, which is regarded today as the most influential book on American military relations. During the late seventies, he was the White house