Book Launch: The Age of Eisenhower
Thursday, September 13th, 2018
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 13, 2018 | 6:00PM - 8:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
William I. Hitchcock is the William W. Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He has written or edited six books on the international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th Century, in particular the era of the world wars and the cold war.
He received his B.A. degree from Kenyon College in 1986, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1994. His book The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe (Free Press, 2008), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a winner of the George Louis Beer Prize, and a Financial Times bestseller.
His most recent book is the New York Times bestseller, The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
He lives in Charlottesville with his wife, Elizabeth Varon, who is a historian of the US Civil War.
Books for sale and signing. Refreshments provided.
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