- McFate’s career began as a paratrooper and officer in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. He served under Stan McChrystal and David Petraeus, and graduated from elite training programs, such as Jungle Warfare School in Panama.
- He was also a Jump Master.
McFate then became a private military contractor and paramilitary.
In the world of international business, McFate was a Vice President at TD International, a boutique political risk consulting firm with offices in Washington, Houston, Singapore and Zurich.
- Additionally, he was a program manager at DynCorp International,
- a consultant at BearingPoint (now Deloitte Consulting), and
- an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton.
McFate writes novels based on his own military experiences.
McFate also writes serious non-fiction.
- It was named a “Book of the Year” by The Economist, The Times [UK], and The Evening Standard, and is included on West Point’s “Commandant’s Reading List.”
- Admiral Jim Stavridis, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, said: “Stunning. Sean McFate is a new Sun Tzu.”
- Max Hastings wrote in The Sunday Times: “[This] iconoclastic book is being hailed by radicals as a wake-up call to governments and armed forces everywhere.”
- It has been translated into six languages and the British edition is titled Goliath: Why the West Isn't Winning. And What We Must Do About It (Penguin).
- McFate also authored The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order (Oxford Univ Press).
- The Economist called it a "fascinating and disturbing book."
McFate is a consultant to the U.S. military, U.S. intelligence community, United Nations, and Hollywood.
His has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, Politico, Daily Beast, Vice Magazine, War on the Rocks, Military Review and African Affairs.
He has appeared on CNN’s Amanpour, Morning Joe, Fox and Friends, MSNBC, Fox, Sky News, NPR, BBC, WSJ, FT, Economist, Vice/HBO, The Discovery Channel, and American Heroes Channel.
As a scholar, he has authored eight book chapters in edited academic volumes, and two monographs on modern war for the U.S. Department of Defense.
McFate holds a BA from Brown University,
MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Ph.D. in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
He was also a Fellow at Oxford.
McFate lives in Washington, DC.
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