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MELVYN P. LEFFLER ON GEORGE W. BUSH AND SADDAM HUSSEIN
Monday, February 27, 2023
6:30 pm
Hybrid (see description for details)
Open to the Public
In conversation with Peter Beinart; attend online or in-person in the Kelly Skylight Room
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America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein, Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11.
Melvyn P. Leffler is Emeritus Professor of American History at The University of Virginia. He is the author of For the Soul of Mankind (2007), which won the George Louis Beer Prize from the American Historical Association, and A Preponderance of Power (1993), which won the Bancroft, Hoover, and Ferrell Prizes. Most recently, he published Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015 (2017).
Peter Beinart teaches national reporting and opinion writing at the Newmark J-School and political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, a CNN political commentator, and a fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. His first book, The Good Fight, was published by HarperCollins in 2006. His second book, The Icarus Syndrome, was published by HarperCollins in 2010. His third, The Crisis of Zionism, was published by Times Books in 2012.
This is a hybrid event. Attendees may choose to participate online via Zoom or in-person in the Kelly Skylight Room at the CUNY Graduate Center.
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Leon Levy Center for Biography
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