What is Richard V. Allen?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = Richard V. Allen 1981.jpg |office = 11th [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] |president = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start = January 21, 1981 |term_end = January 4, 1982 |predecessor = [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] |successor = [[William P. Clark Jr.|William Clark]] |birth_name=Richard Vincent Allen |birth_date = {{birth date|1936|1|1}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Collingswood, New Jersey|Collingswood]], [[New Jersey]], [[United States|U.S.]]}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|11|16|1936|1|1}} |death_place = [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |education = [[University of Notre Dame]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])}} }} '''Richard Vincent Allen''' (January 1, 1936 &ndash; November 16, 2024)<ref name=Levy/> was the [[United States National Security Advisor]] to President [[Ronald Reagan]] from 1981 to 1982, having been Reagan's chief foreign policy advisor from 1977. He was a fellow of the [[Hoover Institution]] from 1983 until his death. He was a member of the [[Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee]].<ref name=Levy>Peter B. Levy (1996), [https://books.google.com/books?id=7veohk0fkLYC&pg=PA16 Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush Years], ABC-CLIO, p16</ref><ref name=iath>socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu, [http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=allen-richard-v-cr.xml Allen, Richard V. OAC]</ref> Allen died on November 16, 2024 at a hospital in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]] at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/us/politics/richard-v-allen-dead.html|title=Richard V. Allen, Reagan’s First National Security Adviser, Dies at 88|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=November 19, 2024|newspaper=The New York Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref> ==Books== * Allen, Richard V. (1966). ''Peace and Peaceful Coexistence''. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1966. * Allen, Richard V. (1967). ''Communism and Democracy: T