Norman Friedman (born 1946) is an American author, analyst, strategist, and historian.
[1] He has written over 30 books and numerous articles on naval and other military matters,[1] has worked for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and has appeared on television programs including PBS, the Discovery Channel, C-SPAN, and National Geographic.
[citation needed] Friedman holds a bachelor's and a doctorate from Columbia University in theoretical physics, completing his dissertation Additional Scattering of Bloch Electrons by Simultaneous Imputity and Lattice Interaction in 1974.
[2][3] From 1973 to 1984, he was at the Hudson Institute, becoming Deputy Director for National Security Affairs.
[clarification needed] From 2002 to 2004, he served as a futurologist for the United States Marine Corps.