By WKTV Staff
It has been 50 years since the guns fell silent on the battlefields in Vietnam. Yet many people still wonder how to think about the War’s origins, escalation, ultimate resolution, aftereffects and its continued resonance in U.S. politics and society today.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall will visit the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum on Wednesday, April 30 to discuss a fresh viewpoint on the War and its legacy via his book, Embers of War.
This event begins at 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged and can be completed here. A book signing will follow the public program at 7:30 p.m.
About Fredrik Logevall
Fredrik Logevall is the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of History and International Affairs at Harvard University. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including most recently JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (Random House, 2020), which won the Elizabeth Longford Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
His book Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam (Random House, 2012), won the Pulitzer Prize for History, the Parkman Prize, the Arthur Ross Book Award and the American Library in Paris Book Award.
Logevall’s essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, Politico, Daily Beast, the London Review of Books, and Foreign Affairs among other publications.
A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Logevall lives in Cambridge, MA.
Event and live stream registration
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor will also be hosting an Embers of War book discussion on April 29 at 6:30 p.m. Registration for the Library event can be found here.
Those unable to attend in person can live stream the lecture via Zoom on April 29. Registration for the Zoom option can be found here.
