Bradford Lee Named to Kissinger Chair
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Bradford Lee Appointed Kissinger Chair at John W. Kluge Center
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed Bradford A. Lee as the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library’s John W. Kluge Center. His tenure begins on Nov. 3.
An accomplished scholar of foreign policy, military strategy and international relations, Lee is the Philip A. Crowl Professor of Comparative Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. As the Kissinger Chair, he will spend six months at the Library researching an ambitious book project examining the results and costs of American military intervention in the 20th century.
"My book will tackle a big question: Did the immense American strategic exertions in the First World War, the Second World War, the Cold War, and the Wars of the Muslim Rimland since 1979 produce constructive political results for the United States and the international community that were worth the horrific destruction generated and the enormous costs incurred by the United States and its citizens?" Lee said. "The answer will be based on research, conducted in a wide array of primary sources, about the decisions made by American leaders."
Lee will work chiefly with the rich collections of personal papers of policymakers, senior military leaders and diplomats held in the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress.
Lee’s prior publications include a book of essays, "Strategic Logic and Political Rationality," which he co-edited with Karl Walling and to which he contributed an analysis of strategic challenges that the United States has experienced in terminating its wars in a manner that produces durable political results; a chapter tracing "American Grand Strategy and the Unfolding of the Cold War, 1945-1961" in the book "Successful Strategies: Triumphing in War and Peace from Antiquity to the Present," edited by Williamson Murray and Richard Hart Sinnreich; and an essay on "Strategic Interaction: Theory and History for Practitioners," for the book "Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century," edited by Thomas G. Mahnken.
Prior to the U.S. Naval War College, Lee was an associate professor at Harvard University, teaching the modern international history of the United States, Europe and East Asia. He was educated at Yale University, where he was a scholar-athlete, at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, where he received his Ph.D. in history, and at Harvard University, where was a Junior Fellow in the prestigious Society of Fellows.
The Kissinger Chair is a distinguished senior research position; its holder is in residence at the Library for a period of up to 10 months. Using research facilities and services at the Library of Congress, the scholar is expected to engage in research on foreign policy and international affairs that will lead to publication. The annual appointment of the Kissinger scholar is made by the Librarian of Congress upon the recommendation of a selection committee consisting of representatives from the academic community and foreign-policy experts. The appointment ensures that the subject of foreign affairs, taken broadly, receives reflective and considered treatment each year in Washington, D.C., by distinguished, experienced scholars and practitioners.
Through a generous endowment from John W. Kluge, the Library of Congress established the Kluge Center in 2000 to bring together the world's best thinkers to stimulate and energize one another, to distill wisdom from the Library's rich resources, and to interact with policymakers in Washington. For more information about the Kluge Center visit www.loc.gov/kluge/.
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PR 14-191 10/28/14 ISSN 0731-3527
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