"The War That Destroyed America" The William L. Davis, S.J. Lecture, featuring Dr. Benjamin D. Hopkins

About This Event

The Gonzaga University History Department invites the public to our annual William L. Davis, S.J. Lecture, featuring Dr. Benjamin D. Hopkins, Professor of History and International Relations at The George Washington University.

Dr. Hopkins is a Council on Foreign Relations Fellow and Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and has authored, co-authored, or co-edited numerous books, including The Making of Modern Afghanistan, Fragments of the Afghan Frontier, and Ruling the Savage Periphery: Frontier Governance and the Making of the Modern State. 

The William L. Davis, S.J. Lecture is Tuesday, February 22, at 7:00 p.m., in Jepson Center’s Wolff Auditorium.  Dr. Hopkins will discuss his latest project, The War that Destroyed America, which will detail the costs--not only financial, but also social and political--of America's war in Afghanistan.