The Robert Strausz-Hupé Memorial Lecture

The European Question

Jeremy Black, Professor of History, University of Exeter (UK), Senior Fellow, FPRI

December 1, 2005/ Union League of Philadelphia

The Robert Strausz-Hupé Annual Lecture Fund enables FPRI to invite a distinguished scholar or statesman to address a significant international issue each year. Charles B. Grace, Treasurer of FPRI, chairs the lecture series.

Professor Black is the author of numerous books on European history and military history broadly. His books include: The English Seaborne Empire (Yale University Press, 2004); The World in the Twentieth Century (Longman, 2002); and Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past (Yale, 1997) His FPRI essays, which can be found at www.fpri.org/byauthor.html#black, include “Islam and the West: A Historical Perspective” and “War and Strategy in the 21st century.”


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