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.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

with

Allan R. Millett
Professor of History
Director, Eisenhower Center for American Studies
The University of New Orleans

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.

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