October 29 - Edward N. Luttwak, Author Military Strategist and Historian
Dr. Edward Luttwak will give a public lecture entitled “Attila the Hun and Roman Strategy: A Comparison between the Earlier Romans and the East Empire” this Thursday evening (October 29th) from 5:30-7:00pm in Carpenter B21. The lecture is sponsored by the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art and the Class of 1902 Lecture Fund.
Dr. Luttwak is a well-known military historian and strategist as well as international defense consultant, whose books include “Coup d’etat: A Practical Handbook” (1968; rev. ed. 1979), “A Dictionary of Modern War” (1971), “The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire from the First Century AD to the Third” (1976), and “Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace” (1987, rev. ed. 2002). His new book on “The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire” will be published this fall by Harvard University Press.
The lecture is followed by a reception in the London Room (7:00-8:00pm).