Vietnam Era Lecture Series Begin
Thursday, September 20, 2012
12:30 p.m.
1st Floor Forum Area
Schwob Memorial Library (Main Campus Library)
Dr. Daniel Crosswell will present "A Brief History of the Vietnam War" on Thursday, September 20, 2012, at 12:30 p.m. in the Schwob Memorial Library. This is the first in a monthly series of lectures about the Vietnam era. Light refreshments will be served beginning at 12:00 noon.
Dr. Crosswell, a distinguished military historian, is the first appointee of the
Col. Richard R. Hallock Distinguished Chair in Military History in CSU’s Department of History and Geography.
Dr. Crosswell spoke last year on American exceptionalism and the drafting of the
Constitution as part of CSU's Constitution Day observance.
Dr. Crosswell arrived from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore with expertise in World War II and U.S. Military History in the postwar era. His published works include two nationally recognized monographs on Gen. Walter Bedell Smith and articles on allied command history in the European theater of operations in World War II.