Secretary of State Alexander Haig discussing strategy with Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger

General Haig is author of Caveat: Realism, Reagan and Foreign Policy, based on over three decades of experience at the highest levels of the U.S. government, and his tenure as Secretary of State, in particular (Macmillan, 1984). He has also published an autobiography, entitled: Inner Circles, How America Changed the World. A Memoir (Warner Books, 1992), which is also a historical account of the Cold War with a vision of the future. Among his many military decorations, General Haig holds the Distinguished Service Cross, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple Heart. He has also been honored with decorations from the Governments of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, Morocco, France, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Portugal.

Alexander Haig, Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command with President Gerald Ford on Air Force One.

General Haig is affiliated with a number of academic institutions of higher learning, including: Princeton (Visiting Statesman and Executive), Tulane (Advisory Board), Rochester (Advisory Board) and Yale (Chubb Fellow) Universities. General Haig has been a guest lecturer at a number of colleges and universities, including the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, LeMoyne, Carnegie Mellon, Tulane, Northern Michigan, Texas A&M, among many others. General Haig has received Honorary Doctor of Law Degrees from Niagara University, Boston College, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, St. Anselm's College, the University of Utah, Western State School of Law, Loyola College, Fairfield University and Stetson University College of Law. He has also received Honorary Doctorates from Syracuse University and Haifa University in Israel.


Chief of Staff Alexander Haig in the Oval Office with Dr. Henry Kissinger, President Richard Nixon and Vice President Gerald Ford.


General Haig has served on a number of special commissions, including the President's Commission for Strategic Forces (Scowcroft Commission), The President's Commission for Chemical Warfare Review and the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. General Haig is a member of at least 30 of the most distinguished military, civic and medical organizations in the U.S., including the International Advisory Board of the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Advisory Committee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the Board of Advisors for C/Media, the Corporation for Maintaining Editorial Diversity in America, the Society of Logistics Engineers, the German-American Advisory Board, the American Advisory Council of the Korea Society, as well as the National Advisory Committee of the Fund for Democracy and Development, which promotes the development of the private sector in the former Soviet Union. General Haig is also an honorary member of a number of organizations of similar distinction.

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