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Liberalism and the invention of national security

Bryan Hall
Foley Speaker’s Room | 308 Bryan Hall
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About the event

Most Americans think of national security a system of self-defense and military alliances. Join us as Andrew Preston explains where our ideas about national security come from and how they are connected to liberal politics and the origins of the welfare state.

Andrew Preston is the author of American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction, among many other works. He is professor of American history at Cambridge University

Liberalism and the invention of national security