Michael Ledeen, a forceful defender of interventionist-style U.S. global policies who as a historian studied Machiavelli’s theories on power and as a Reagan-era adviser helped open channels for ...

Michael Ledeen, a provocative neoconservative who advised Washington policymakers to crush Islamic terrorists, disparaged a free press and helped instigate the Iran-contra arms-for-hostages ...

Michael sprung into action. Ledeen persuaded the George W. Bush White House to grant him asylum. “I came to the United States without a passport or any ID,” Mr. Batebi told me. “For years, I didn’t ...

Michael Ledeen, a neoconservative firebrand, historian, and strategist, lived a life that seemed ripped from the pages of a Cold War thriller, blending scholarship, spycraft, and a relentless ...

Michael Ledeen’s passing on May 18 marks the end of an era in which ideas were not just debated but lived, tested, and acted upon. The list of problems Michael solved over his 83 years was ...

Michael Ledeen is an American historian, philosopher, foreign-policy analyst, and writer. He is a former consultant to the National Security Council, the Department of State, and the Department of ...

Michael Ledeen, a key figure in launching the sale of US-made weapons to Iran, is pictured in his Chevy Chase, Maryland, home, August 13, 1987. (Scott Stewart / AP Photo) ...