Eisenhower Reconsidered
Jean Edward Smith, senior scholar at Columbia University's history department, discusses his new book, Eisenhower in War and Peace.
Speaker: Jean Edward Smith, Senior Scholar, Department of History, Columbia University; Author, Eisenhower in War and Peace
Presider: Alan Brinkley, Allan Nevins Professor of History and Provost Emeritus, Columbia University
November 20, 2012
Jean Edward Smith, senior scholar at Columbia University's history department, discusses his new book, Eisenhower in War and Peace.
This meeting is part of a series hosted with the National History Center featuring prominent historians who will examine the events and times that shaped foreign policy as we know it today.
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