The Buckley Program and the Rosenkranz Foundation present
A Debate Between
Thomas Donnelly and Christopher Preble
"The Purpose of US Military Power: Do We Need an Aggressive Military?"
Thomas Donnelly, a defense and security policy analyst, is the director of the Center for Defense Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of several books, including Lessons for a Long War: How America Can Win on New Battlefields and Ground Truth: The Future of US Land Power. Mr. Donnelly has also been an editor for the Armed Forces Journal, Army Times, and Defense News.
Christopher Preble is the Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the CATO Institute. He is the author of a number of books, including The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous and Less Free. In addition to his books, Preble has published over 150 articles in major publications including USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, National Review, The National Interest, the Harvard International Review, and Foreign Policy.
The debate will be held on Thursday, March 22nd at 4:30 in WLH 117 (100 Wall Street).
The Buckley Progarm would like to thank the support of Robert Rosenkranz (PC '62), Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz (PC '92, LAW '99), and the Rosenkranz Family Foundation.