Michael A. Sheehan
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Michael A. Sheehan (b. 1955) is an American author and former government official and military officer.
Sheehan graduated from from prestigious Xavier High School in New York City in 1973 and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1977. He served as an officer in the infantry and Special Forces. He had several overseas assignments, as a commander of a counter terrorism unit in Panama, a counterinsurgency advisor in El Salvador, an infantry company commander in Korea, and on peacekeeping duty in Somalia and Haiti. Also while on active duty, he served in the White House on the National Security Council staff for Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
In 1998, he was appointed Coordinator for Counter terrorism at the U.S. Department of State and was confirmed by the US Senate as Ambassador at Large for this position in 1999.[1] Following an assignment as Assistant Secretary General at the UN in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2001 to 2003) [2], Sheehan served as Deputy Commissioner of Counter Terrorism for the New York City Police Department until May of 2006.[3]
Sheehan has a master's degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service as well as one from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is currently a partner in Torch Hill Investment Partners, a private equity group in New York City that specializes in the defense, intelligence and security sectors.[4] He is also a terrorism analyst for NBC News and a fellow at New York University's Center on Law and Security.[5]
Sheehan is the author of the book Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves ISBN 978-0-307-38217-7 [6] [7]
[edit] References
- ^ United States Department of State – History of the Department of State During the Clinton Presidency (1993-2001)
- ^ United Nations – Press Release – Secretary-General Appoints Michael Sheehan as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
- ^ City of New York, Press Release, May 20, 2003 – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Appoint Michael Sheehan As Deputy Commissioner For Counter Terrorism
- ^ Torch Hill Investment Partners – Investment Team
- ^ Law and Security – Michael Sheehan
- ^ Sheehan, Michael A. (2008). Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves. New York: Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random House. ISBN 978-0-307-38217-7.
- ^ Random House – Listing for Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves
