Gen. David H. Petraeus, on "Conflict"
FOR THIS EVENT, GENERAL PETRAEUS WILL BE PRESENTING LIVE VIA ZOOM ALONG WITH A MODERATOR VIA ZOOM. ALSO, THERE WILL BE PARTICIPANT ACCESS FOR Q&A VIA ZOOM.
● $20 for event, includes registration and General Petraeus' book, "Conflict." This event is via Zoom. Book orders to be sent directly to registrant's home. Note: On-line pre-paid registration is required. At the request of General Petraeus, the proceeds from book sales benefit veterans' organizations.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND SPEAKERS
Featured Speaker: General David Petraeus, Author "Conflict"
General David Petraeus, the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time and an acclaimed historian, Andrew Roberts, collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. "Conflict" is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and an analysis of what is to be learned from the past and anticipate in the future, in order to navigate an increasingly perilous world.
In this study, General David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, and Afghanistan and former CIA director, and the prize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore over 70 years of conflict, drawing significant lessons and insights from their analysis of the past. Petraeus and Roberts explain how mistakes have been repeated, and the challenge of learning to adapt to various new weapon systems, theories, and strategies.
Among the conflicts examined include the Arab-Israeli wars, Korean and Vietnam Wars, two Gulf Wars, Balkan wars in the former Yugoslavia, and both the Soviet and Coalition wars in Afghanistan, as well as guerilla conflicts in Africa and South America. "Conflict" looks at Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine, yet another case study of tragic results when leaders refuse to learn from history. "Conflict" assesses our recent past, and the nature of future warfare. It is an essential primer of modern warfare that provides crucial knowledge for waging battle today as well as for understanding what the decades ahead will bring.
About General David Petraeus:
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) (New York) joined KKR in 2013. He is a Partner at KKR, Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, and Chairman of KKR Middle East. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Optiv and OneStream, a Strategic Advisor for Sempra and Advanced Navigation, a personal venture investor, an academic, and the co-author (with British historian Andrew Roberts) of the New York Times best-selling book “Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza”.
Prior to joining KKR, General Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat, including command of the Surge in Iraq, command of U.S. Central Command, and command of coalition forces in Afghanistan. Following retirement from the military and after Senate confirmation by a vote of 94-0, he served as Director of the CIA during a period of significant achievements in the global war on terror.
General Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy and is the only person in Army history to be the top graduate of both the demanding U.S. Army Ranger School and the U.S. Army’s year-long Command and General Staff College. He also earned a Ph.D. in international relations and economics from Princeton University. General Petraeus taught both subjects at the U.S. Military Academy in the mid-1980s, he was a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Honors College of the City University of New York from 2013 through 2016, he was for 6 years a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center, and he was the Co-Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Global Advisory Council for over 9 years.
He is currently the Kissinger Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School, Senior Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute, and a Member of the Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, and Aspen Strategy Group, as well as a member of the boards of the Atlantic Council, the Institute for the Study of War, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and numerous other veterans service organizations.
He is also a LinkedIn Top Voice. Over the past 20 years, General Petraeus was named one of America’s 25 Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report, a runner-up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year, the Daily Telegraph Man of the Year, twice a Time 100 selectee, Princeton University’s Madison Medalist, and one of Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 public intellectuals in three different years. General Petraeus has earned numerous awards and decorations, including four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, two NATO Meritorious Service Medals, the Master Combat Action Badge, the Ranger Tab, and Master Parachutist and Air Assault Badges. He has also been decorated by 14 foreign countries, and he is believed to be the only person who, while in uniform, threw out the first pitch of a World Series game and did the coin toss for a Super Bowl.
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Holland, President Emeritus of the American University of Afghanistan. Board Member ICWA.
About Kenneth Holland
Dr. Kenneth Holland will moderate the event. He worked for Gen. Petraeus in Afghanistan when he was the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US Forces—Afghanistan (USFOR-A). For five years (2009-2014), Dr. Holland was the Senior Civilian Adviser to NATO for building the rule of law in Afghanistan. He is a Vietnam War Era Army Veteran. He spent 13 years implementing various projects in Afghanistan for the World Bank, NATO, US Defense Department, USAID and US State Department (2006-2019) and 8 years implementing projects for the US State Department in Iraq.
Professor Kenneth Holland, President Emeritus of the American University of Afghanistan served as the University’s president for several years, and as Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. He holds a PhD in Political Science, University of Chicago and a master’s degree in government, University of Virginia.
As Dean for International Programs at Ball State University, he expanded the international student population and obtained $12 million in grants to the university from USAID, the State Department, the World Bank, NATO, the Asian Development Bank and the Eurasia Foundation. Dr. Holland also served as Associate Provost for International Programs at Kansas State University. In 2023 he received the Institute of International Education's Centennial Medal for Contribution to the Field of International Education.
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