February 21, 2014

Date: Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 – 5:30 pm
Location:  The National Liberty Museum: 321 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Professor John H. Maurer will giving the lecture titled “Winston Churchill, the Rise of German Power, and the Outbreak of World War I” as part of the Stanley and Arlene Ginsburg Lecture Series of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. 

Winston Churchill is best remembered for the leadership role he played during the Second World War. However, decades earlier he played a crucial role in Britain’s involvement in the First World War. In light of the 100th anniversary of this epic conflict, John H. Maurer examines how Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, transformed the Royal Navy and provided for Britain’s security against the rising German naval challenge in the Great War, and why Churchill’s efforts to avert war with Germany were ultimately unsuccessful.

5:30 p.m. — Registration
5:45 p.m. — Lecture

Free for Members of FPRI ($75 Level) and NLM, $20 for Non-Members
Dinner Immediately Following for Bronze Partners of FPRI
Reservations are required. RSVP: events@fpri.org