Military Strategy and China Today

Start: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 2:30 PM
End: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:30 PM

Col. Larry M. Wortzel, PhD (USA, Ret.), will be speaking on "Military Strategy and China Today" at IWP on Tuesday, November 15 in the Military Strategy class (2:30-5:30 PM).

Dr. Wortzel is one of the foremost U.S. experts on China and serves on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. During a 32-year military career, Dr. Wortzel spent 12 years in the Asia-Pacific region, including two tours of duty as a military attaché at in China. Following his retirement from the Army as a colonel in 1999, he was an executive with The Heritage Foundation. At Heritage he was Asian Studies Center Director and Vice President for foreign policy and defense studies. Dr. Wortzel has written or edited numerous books and articles on China. He was reappointed to the USCC for a sixth term expiring on December 31, 2012.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to kbridges@iwp.edu.

Military Strategy: An Overview of the Theorists of Warfare

This course introduces the classic statements of, and commentaries on, Western military strategic thought which have dominated most warfare since the Renaissance. The course will examine how various military concepts are integrated into national-level security strategy ("grand strategy") and the role they have played in history, statecraft, and war. The course culminates in a seminar with strategy division chiefs from the Department of Defense.

Principal Professor

Walter Jajko