 Ernest Richard May November 19, 1928 June 1, 2009 akanga ari munyori wenhau dzakaitika weAmerica wehukama hwenyika dzakawanda, ane mabhuku gumi nemana akabudiswa anosanganisira kuongororwa kwekubatanidzwa kweAmerica muHondo Yenyika I uye zvikonzero zvekudonha kweFrance munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Bhuku rake ra1997 rinonzi The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis rakava manyuko makuru efirimu ra2000 rinonzi Thirteen Days rakatambwa naKevin Costner iro rakaona Missile Crisiskubva mumaonero avatungamiriri vezvematongerwe enyika vokuAmerica. Akashanda mukomisheni ye911 uye akasimbisa kukundikana kwemasangano ehurumende ehungwaru. May akadzidzisa nguva yakazara pachikoro cheHarvard University kwemakore 55, kusvikira afa. May akanga ariwo mugamuchiri we 1988 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award nokuda kwe Ideas Improving World Order, yakanyorwa naRichard Neustadt. 