Throughout history, Americans have debated the extent to which the United States should become involved in world affairs.
The debate goes on today over U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq and the prosecution of the War on Terror.
Fredrik Logevall, an associate professor of history at UCSB, will discuss current American foreign policy in "The U.S. Alone: Implications of the Current Unilateralism," a UCSB History Associates lunch and lecture at noon Tuesday, Feb. 3 at the Holiday Inn, Goleta (5650 Calle Real).
Lunch and lecture cost $20 for History Associates or UCSB Affiliates members, $18 for students and $22 for all others.
Reservations are required and can be made by calling UCSB's Office of Community Relations at (805) 893-4388 by Jan. 30.
Logevall, who specializes in the history of U.S. foreign relations and is co-director of UCSB's Center for Cold War Studies, will ask the audience to think about key questions:
·What ought to be the proper U.S. role in world affairs?
·To what degree should the U.S. cooperate with other nations and to what degree should it go its own course?
·How serious is fallout – such as weakened alliances and increased anti-U.S. hostility – resulting from current Bush Administration policies?
Logevall, who earned a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1992, is the author of the prize-winning "Choosing War: The Last Chance for Peace and the Escalation of the War in Vietnam (1999).
He is also the editor of "Terrorism and 9/11: A Reader" (2002) and "Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy."
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