|
 with
Allan R. Millett
Professor
of History
Director, Eisenhower Center for American Studies
The University of New Orleans
Thursday, March
27, 2008
6:00 PM-6:30 PM ♦ Registration and Reception
6:30 PM-8:00 PM ♦ Presentation and Q&A
The Korea
Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building
entrance on SW corner of Third
Avenue and 57th Street)
$10
for members, $15 for nonmembers
Buy tickets
For more information or to register for the
program, contact Patrick Clair at (212) 759-7525, ext. 328 or email
Allan R. Millett shares his latest
research as well as the personal journey that led him to write one of the most comprehensive
accounts of the origins of the Korean War. He traces the causes of the conflict
to the post-liberation antagonism between two revolutionary movements, the
Marxist-Leninists and the Nationalist-Capitalists. After the U.S.-Soviet
partition of Korea
following World War II, each movement, now with foreign patrons, claimed its
right to govern the peninsula. Thus, Millett argues, both internal forces and
international pressures converged to create the Korean War, a conflict that
still shapes the politics of Asia as a whole.
About the Speaker
Allan R. Millett is the director of
the Eisenhower Center
for American Studies and professor of history at the University
of New Orleans and the Raymond E.
Mason, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Military History at Ohio State University. He is the author of seven
books on the history of American military institutions and twentieth century
wars, including Their War for Korea, A House
Burning: The War for Korea and The
Korean War.
A specialist on the history of the
Korean War, Millett has served as a Fulbright Distinguished Professor at the Korean National
Defense University
and an editorial consultant for the Republic
of Korea’s Ministry of
Defense on the revision and translation of their official history of the Korean
War. Millett has been awarded the 2004 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime
achievement in military history by The Society for Military History. In 2006,
Millett was awarded a civilian Distinguished Service Medal for his contributions
to professional education in the U.S. armed forces by the secretary
of Defense.
Millett holds degrees from DePauw University
and The Ohio State University.
|
