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Edward Luttwak

1942 - Today

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Edward Nicolae Luttwak (born 4 November 1942) is an American author known for his works on grand strategy, military strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations. He is best known for being the author of Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook. His book Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace, also published in Chinese, Russian and ten other languages, is widely used at war colleges around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Luttwak has received more than 512,278 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Edward Luttwak is the 155th most popular historian (up from 186th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Romania (up from 176th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Historian.

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  • 510k

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  • 55.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Edward Luttwak ranks 155 out of 561. Before him are Ian Kershaw, Barbara W. Tuchman, Norman Davies, Gottfried Achenwall, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, and Hisham ibn al-Kalbi. After him are Helmold, Paisius of Hilendar, Marin Barleti, Matthew of Edessa, Ibn al-Faqih, and Arnold Toynbee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Edward Luttwak ranks 188. Before him are Ann Dunham, Richard Roundtree, Fraser Stoddart, Mike Markkula, Susan Sullivan, and Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez. After him are Fradique de Menezes, Daliah Lavi, Pascal Couchepin, Iolu Abil, Samuel R. Delany, and Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Edward Luttwak ranks 145 out of 844. Before him are Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930), Vazgen I (1908), Francis I Rákóczi (1645), and István Bethlen (1874). After him are János Arany (1817), Traian Vuia (1872), Stefan Hell (1962), Emerich Jenei (1937), Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817), and Octavian Goga (1881).

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Among HISTORIANS In Romania

Among historians born in Romania, Edward Luttwak ranks 3. Before him are Mircea Eliade (1907), and Arnold Hauser (1892). After him are Neagu Djuvara (1916).

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