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Norman Friedman is a writer and military analyst. who has lectured and taught for various military branches in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, along with several years as a visiting professor at University College in London. His primary field of interest is interaction between technology and issues of tactics, strategies and policies.

Education and career
He was educated at Columbia University earning his Ph.D. in 1974. He spent ten years, beginning in 1973, at the Hudson Institute developing scenarios about future conflicts in places such as Korea and Algeria. He rose the Deputy Director for National Security Studies, before leaving in 1982. From 1984 to 1994 he served as a consultant to the Secretary of the Navy. From 2002 to 2004 he served as a futurologist for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Dr. Friedman has studied various topics under contract to government agencies and to major government contractors. These include: the current defense transformation effort, naval command and control, the development of U.S. and British aircraft carriers, missile defense, the future shape of the U.S. Marine Corps, the contribution of the U.S. Coast Guard to homeland defense, the future of the U.S. aerospace industry, U.S. strategic targeting and competitive policies, scenarios for conflict in Europe and Asia, the cost of current and future naval aircraft, and nuclear proliferation, the tactics of long-range anti-ship missiles, a study on the U.S. use of British innovations to solve major aircraft carrier problems after World War II, and a study of the likely impact of unmanned air vehicles.

Writings
He has published over 30 books including many books on naval history and foreign policy , and his articles appear in many periodicals including, Jane’s International Defence Review, Jane’s Navy International, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angelos Times, the Journal of Cold War Studies, Journal of Cold War Studies. He has also appeared in television documentarues on warships, warplanes, and on the Gulf War for the Discovery and History networks and on  NOVA and other programs for the U.S. Public Broadcasting System.

Awards
Dr. Friedman won the 2001 Westminster Prize for the best military history book, from the Royal United Services Institute Samuel Eliot Morrison prize awarded by the Naval Order of the United States