ARNSF presentation features Cold War overview
The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Oct. 17, 2024, at the at the Carriage Club in Kansas City. The event featured a presentation on the Cold War by Jonathan M. House, Ph.D., professor emeritus of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Simons Center Director Bob Ulin welcomed the ARNSF members and their guests. After lunch, he introduced House.
In his presentation House provided an overview of recurring themes of the Cold War era. He defined the “Cold War” not only by the familiar events of that confrontation between the U.S. and USSR, but rather on the trends that drove that antagonism, beginning with its causes. He addressed how containment and wars of national liberation spread cold war rivalries to Asia, Africa and Latin America. He then explored the role of other national actors, such as North Korea, North Viet Nam, Cuba, and Israel, in driving regional conflicts. House also spoke about the effects of the sustained rivalry on civil-military relations within the two superpowers, and attempted to connect these trends to the so-called “Second Cold War” of the past decade.
After the presentation and a question and answer period, Ulin presented House with a CGSC Foundation/Simons Center coffee mug and coin in appreciation for his time with the Forum.
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Jonathan M. House is professor emeritus of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel of military intelligence, having served as an intelligence analyst in the Pentagon during both the 1991 and 2003 conflicts with Iraq. His publications include studies of the Red Army during World War II as well as a two volume “Military History of the Cold War.” His extended study of the post-Cold War era is due for publication in 2025.
House received his ROTC commission and his doctorate in European military history at the University of Michigan in 1975, and subsequently completed further graduate degrees at the Command and General Staff College and at King’s College, London.
The Arter-Rowland National Security Forum (ARNSF) is led by the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center and is an exclusive professional information sharing and networking forum for those interested in keeping abreast of relevant information about national security issues.
Members of the Forum and their guests meet periodically at guest speaker events in downtown Kansas City. National and regional guest speakers representing all elements of national power (Diplomatic, Informational, Military and Economic) highlight the meetings. The Forum is nonpartisan, but elected government officials may present from time to time.
The Forum is named after Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter, Founding Chairman of the CGSC Foundation, and Mr. Landon Rowland, the Foundation’s first major donor who was well-known in Kansas City for his keen interest in national security issues and his leadership in business and philanthropy.
ARNSF events are only open to ARNSF members and their guests. If you are not a member but are interested in joining, contact Bob Ulin at rulin@cgscf.org or visit the Forum page on the Simons Center website for more information.
The Arter-Rowland National Security Forum is an exclusive professional information sharing
and networking forum exclusively for select invitees of the CGSC Foundation and its Simons Center.
Posted: October 21, 2024 by Simons Center
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