![]() ![]() ![]() World War II set the stage for Vietnam War, the longest and bloodiest world conflict during in the second half of the 20th century, Logevall said. On July 1 he also will become vice provost for international relations. Knight Professor of International Studies and director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. foreign relations, Logevall is the John S. ![]() Olin Lecture in Bailey Hall June 7 during Cornell Reunion 2013.Ī specialist on U.S. “They sent 58,000 Americans to die for a cause they did not fully believe in,” said Logevall, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam.” He outlined how the Vietnam War happened – and the lessons the war teaches – at the Spencer T. And like their French counterparts before them, they deepened their country’s involvement to shore up their political positions at home, said Cornell historian Fredrik Logevall. Johnson and Richard Nixon – escalated and perpetuated a war that they privately doubted was either winnable or necessary. presidents most closely associated with the Vietnam War – John F. Professor Fred Logevall delivers the Olin Lecture in Bailey Hall during Reunion 2013.Īll three U.S. ![]()
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