John Lewis Gaddis Presents 'On Grand Strategy' at June 4 SECWAC Meeting
A reservation for dinner is required by May 31. Please call 860-912-5718 or email info@secwac.org to make your reservation (vegetarian option available if reserved in advance). Checks payable to SECWAC or credit card payment are accepted before the meeting by Courtney Assad.
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When: Monday, June 4, 2018, 5:30pm reception, 6:00pm presentation
Where: Crozier Student Center, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT
Presenter: Yale Professor John Lewis Gaddis
The Topic: Grand Strategy in international affairs. He will reference his newest book, On Grand Strategy; books will be available to purchase and have signed at the event.
Cost: Free for members; $20 walk-in
Dinner: Following the presentation, join John, guests, and fellow members for a delicious meal at Connecticut College. $35/person.
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About John Lewis Gaddis
John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University and was the Founding Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. His previous books include The United States and the Origins of the Cold War; Strategies of Containment; The Long Peace; We Now Know; The Landscape of History; Surprise, Security, and the American Experience; and The Cold War: A New History. Professor Gaddis teaches courses on Cold War history, grand strategy, biography, and historical methodology. He has won two undergraduate teaching awards at Yale and was a 2005 recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for George F. Kennan: An American Life.