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U.S. foreign policy experts discuss European perspective

The changing landscape of U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, will be explored in the Carroll R. Pauley Memorial Lecture 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at the Nebraska Union Auditorium.

Detlef Junker and Philipp Gassert of the Center for American Studies in Heidelberg, Germany will deliver the lecture, "The American Century and Beyond: Two German Perspectives."

From their viewpoint as German experts in the field of American studies, Junker and Gassert will provide an overview of U.S. foreign policy over the past several decades. They will focus particularly on the U.S. role in the world since the terrorist attacks and the war on terror. The European response to U.S. policy, both from traditional critics and allies of the United States, will be explored.

"Detlef Junker and Philipp Gassert are among the most knowledgeable and perceptive scholars of American history working in Germany today," said Alan Steinweis, associate professor of history at UNL. "In view of the recent strains in America's relationship with Germany and other European allies, I think it is vitally important for us to give serious consideration to their analysis."

Junker has taught American history at the University of Heidelberg since 1975, where he is now director of the Center for American Studies. He is the author of several books, most recently America: Power and Mission.

Gassert is the executive director of the Heidelberg Center for American Studies and is a former fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. Among Gassert's publications is the book America in the Third Reich, a study of Nazi perceptions of the United States.

Sponsored by The Carroll R. Pauley Endowment and the UNL Department of History, the talk is free and open to the public.


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