Larry Wortzel

Larry M. Wortzel
Born1947 (age 76–77)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Military officer, political scientist, U.S. Congressional commissioner
Known forSinology

Larry M. Wortzel (born 1947) served nine terms as a commissioner on the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission of the United States Congress. A 32-year military veteran, he was a U.S. Army colonel, director of the Strategic Studies Institute of the United States Army War College, and vice president of The Heritage Foundation.[1] He was a military attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and witnessed the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989.[1] He is considered one of the United States' top experts on China and its military strategy. He is Senior Fellow in Asian Security at the American Foreign Policy Council.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D." U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Godwin, Paul H.B. (27 March 2014). "Book review: The Dragon Extends Its Reach: Chinese Military Power Goes Global". The China Quarterly. 217: 282–284. doi:10.1017/S0305741014000149. S2CID 154829067.
  3. ^ "Colonel Larry Wortzel discusses Military Strategy and China Today". The Institute of World Politics. April 4, 2012.