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Panelists talked about Melvin Laird’s time as President Nixon’s defense secretary during the last years of the Vietnam War, and his strategy to position the military for the future. This eve…

Robert McNamara served as defense secretary from 1961 to 1968 under President Kennedy and President Johnson. His leadership during the Vietnam War is the subject of a new book titled McNamar…

October 1992 marked the 30th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1992 the Central Intelligence Agency hosted its first-ever symposium on the crisis. Speaking at the event were former…

George Herring talked about From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776. In the book he explores America’s expansion from thirteen colonies to fifty states and the global as…

A video blog featuring clips of a book talk given by George Herring at the Politics and Prose Bookstore was shown. George Herring is the author of From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Rel…

Panelists talked about the topic “How We Got In: The United States, Asia, and Vietnam.” Allen Weinstein moderated the panel which focused on U.S. involvement in Vietnam and Asia from the t…

The panel talked about the life and career of Melvin Laird. After his election in 1968, President-Elect Nixon asked Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird to find him a secretary of defense. …