C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
Автор:Jesse Russell Год: 2013 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 113 ISBN: 9785514713509 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience is an institute at Washington College, in Chestertown, Maryland, that promotes the research and study of American history and culture. Founded in 2000, the C.V. Starr Center at Washington College is one of many educational initiatives funded by the Starr Foundation, a private foundation with assets of over $1.25 billion. The inaugural director of the C.V. Starr Center, Edward L. Widmer, served under Bill Clinton as special assistant to the president for national security affairs; among other accomplishments, he wrote foreign policy speeches and advised the president on topics related to history and scholarship as senior advisor to the president for special projects. Since 2006, Adam Goodheart, a historian, journalist and author of the bestselling 1861: The Civil War Awakening, has served as director of the Center.( http://knopfdoubleday.com/goodheart/) In addition to its academic...
