Santa Fe College is welcoming Bernard Cole, professor of International History at the National War College, for a public lecture entitled: Shadows and Realities: Strategic Issues between China and the United States. The presentation is free and open to the public. Thursday, September 5th, 7:00-8:30 p.m., at Santa Fe College’s Fine Arts Hall. The program is funded by Santa Fe’s Title VIA grant to internationalize its curriculum.
Dr. Bernard D. Cole (Captain, USN, Ret.) is Professor of International History at the National War College in Washington, D.C., where he concentrates on Sino-American Relations and Maritime Strategy. He has written numerous articles and six books, including Gunboats and Marines: The U.S. Navy in China; Taiwan’s Security: History and Prospects. Sea Lanes and Pipelines: Energy Security in Asia; and The Great Wall at Sea: China’s Navy in the Twenty-First Century. His most recent book, Asian Maritime Strategies: Navigating Troubled Waters, will be published in the fall of 2013. Dr. Cole earned an A.B. in History from the University of North Carolina, an M.P.A. (National Security Affairs) from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in History from Auburn University. He previously served 30 years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy, commanding a frigate, USS RATHBURNE, and Destroyer Squadron 35. He also served as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer with the THIRD Marine Division in Vietnam in 1967-1968, and as Special Assistant to the CNO for Expeditionary Warfare.
All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to this free lecture. A question and answer period and reception will follow.
These lectures are supported by Santa Fe College, the Department of Humanities and Foreign Languages, and the U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Languages Programs Title VIA grant “Opening Doors to Asia.”
For information contact David Tegeder; 352 395 5083