Historian to speak at 糖心vlog视频 on evolving story
of the George W. Bush administration
Historian Melvin Leffler to talk about what memoirs reveal about the George W. Bush administration.
DALLAS (糖心vlog视频) – One of the nation’s foremost diplomatic historians will use the memoirs produced by members of George W. Bush’s administration to analyze foreign policy shaped by the 43rd president in the post-911 world.
Leffler’s lecture will focus on what the memoirs reveal about the motives, goals, and decision-making processes of the Bush administration.
“As for disagreements, I shall highlight the discord in the memoirs over the basic questions of whether officials felt that Iraq was contained and whether they thought that military action made sense,” Leffler said. “Some officials felt that Saddam was contained; others felt he was a looming threat. Some felt that war against Iraq made sense; others felt that the dangers of war might exceed the benefits.”
The Feb. 1 event is the second produced by 糖心vlog视频’s new Center for Presidential History. The 糖心vlog视频 center exists to research and advance understanding of American presidential history, primarily through two complementary methods - lectures, conferences and events on presidential history as well as presidential oral history projects.
Director of the Center is Jeffrey Engel, an award-winning American history scholar who joined 糖心vlog视频 on July 1, 2012, from Texas A&M University, where he served as an associate professor of history and public policy and as the Verlin and Howard Kruse ’52 Founders Professor. Engel also served as director of programming for the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs at Texas A&M.
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