This is a hybrid event. Registration information is below.

This academic year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first major interdisciplinary research project undertaken by the then newly established Peace Studies Program, now the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies -- The Air War in Indochina.

The report, subsequently published by Beacon Press, was based entirely on open-source materials and interviews, and presented an assessment of the war and especially its toll on civilians that remains unmatched to this day.

About the speakers

This seminar features Cornell Professor Emeritus Norman Uphoff, one of the project’s original principal investigators, discussing the history of the study; and Oxford Professor Neta Crawford, co-founder of the Costs of War Project, explaining how she and her colleagues have used similar methods to study the impact of contemporary warfare, including strategic bombing. Professor Matthew Evangelista will introduce and chair the session.

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This seminar is part of the spring seminar series with the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS).

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