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Lessons in Leadership from JFK and LBJ for America's New Commander-in-Chief with Gordon Goldstein
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Room 125) Time: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. How important is it for us to understand why and how American presidents take our country to war? What lessons can we learn from the past? In his recently published book Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam, Gordon Goldstein gives remarkable insight into the presidential mindset during one of the most critical foreign policy decisions in U.S. history. Gordon Goldstein is the International Security Advisor to the Strategic Planning Unit of the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General. He received his BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees in political science and international relations from Columbia University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Goldstein is an author and scholar of international affairs and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, and The Washington Post. This lecture is co-sponsored by GSPIA’s Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies and the National Security Network. Contact Beverly Brizzi for more information at 412-624-7884 or brizzi@gspia.pitt.edu. The Ridgway Center is part of Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. |
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