Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama

About the Event

Hosted and Cosponsored by the National Liberty Museum

5:30 p.m. Registration; 5:45 p.m. Lecture

In his new book, Ambassador Stephen Sestanovich examines American foreign policy since the end of WWII, capturing not only its extraordinary achievements but the diplomatic missteps, intellectual confusion, and political discord from which they usually emerge. Sestanovich makes clear that U.S. diplomacy has always stirred controversy, both at home and abroad. He shows how successive administrations have struggled to find new solutions, alternating between bold “maximalist” strategies and retrenchment efforts to downsize America’s role.  Ambassador Sestanovich is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University. From 1997 to 2001, he served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for the former Soviet Union. He has also served as vice president for Russian and Eurasian affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, director of Soviet and East European studies at CSIS, and senior director for policy development at the NSC.  

Registration

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Free for Members of FPRI ($75 Level) and NLM, 
$20 for Non-Members
Dinner Immediately Following for Bronze Partners of FPRI

For more information contact (215)732-3774, ext 103 or events@fpri.org.

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