How Historical Leaders’ Pivotal Choices Shape Modern Thinking with Fredrik Logevall and Rana Mitter

It’s often said that leaders can learn from their historical predecessors. But how can we do that in practice? Watch two leading historians discuss how leaders have made decisions at crucial moments and then illustrate with examples. 

Fredrik Logevall is the Pulitzer-prize winning biographer of JFK and will draw on some of the key decisions of his presidency to illustrate how choices are made under pressure. 

Rana Mitter won awards for his history of China during World War II. He will show how “Asia’s first power couple” – Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek created tactics and narrative to try and save their country at a moment of great peril – the Japanese invasion. 

View the recording to watch this examination of how history can shape thinking about the present – and future.

You can watch the video that Professor Logevall references in his presentation here. 

This is a free webinar recording and does not qualify for a certificate.