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# James Carafano

(1955)   Historian

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James Carafano is a historian.

## Quick Facts About James Carafano

Born May 8, 1955

Profession Historian

## About James Carafano

US army officer and military writer... \| James Jay Carafano is the director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies and vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Carafano is also an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics.

##  Quotes by James Carafano

> [Sometimes the enormity of war overwhelms the truth that all great struggles are just the sum of individual stories. Each is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carafano/sometimes-the-enormity-of-war-overwhelms-the-truth-that-all-great/)

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> [It's an article of faith in Tinseltown: when liberals get mired in scandal, it's because they are tragically flawed; when conservatives get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carafano/it-s-an-article-of-faith-in-tinseltown-when-liberals-get-mired-in/)

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> [I think it's very unlikely that we're going to see a trade war between the United States and Mexico because it's in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carafano/i-think-it-s-very-unlikely-that-we-re-going-to-see-a-trade-war/)

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> [You don't need to buy a $7 billion company to penetrate maritime security. The Mafia doesn't buy FedEx to smuggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carafano/you-don-t-need-to-buy-a-7-billion-company-to-penetrate-maritime/)

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