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Penny Von Eschen, “Rebooting the Cold War: Cultural Narratives of Triumphalism and Nostalgia"

Fri, February 6, 2015
All Day
Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 1501 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43201

Event Host: Mershon Center for International Security Studies


Penny Von Eschen, professor, history, University of Michigan, lectures on "Rebooting the Cold War: Cultural Narratives of Triumphalism and Nostalgia". Her talk will examine how a conservative narrative about the Cold War was consolidated in the 1999-2000 George W. Bush campaign, and how this account of the Cold War shaped American responses to the 9/11 terror attacks.

Mershon Center website.

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