Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them
The Center For a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, D.C., celebrated the launch of James Wright's new book. Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them sheds light on America's complicated relationship with its armed forces and on the evolution of the treatment of it soldiers and veterans from the Revolutionary War to today. Greg Jaffe, the Pulitzer Price-winning Pentagon Reporter for The Washington Post, interviewed Dr. Wright, followed by Q&A with the audience. Read more...
Wright was invited to speak at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Southern University "Presidents as Intellectuals" 2012 Conference, where he presented "Recognizing Those Who Sacrifice: Reflections on Presidential use of the Bully Lectern."
In its March 2012 Newsletter, the Class of 1964 featured an article written by their adopted classmate, James Wright, "The Pleasure of the Unplanned Life and the Unexpected Turn."
The annual Veterans Day Lecture at Rockefeller Center was delivered by James Wright. In "Remembering Those 'who have borne the battle'" Wright spoke about the role of war throughout U.S. history, but also about the human face of war and the hardships faced by returning veterans.
Wright presented "The Place of the Korean War in American Memory," an ILEAD lecture about how Americans view war and their warriors, with observations about how American society remembered the Korean War from June 1950 to July 1953. That war, once called a "police action," is often referred to as the "forgotten war" although it was a defining conflict for the two political entities that are Korea, and for future U.S. wars.
James Wright was invited to Yonsei University's Underwood International College in South Korea as the Shinhan Bank Distinguished Professor, where he delivered a week-long seminar on "American Culture and Those Who Fight America's Wars," and a public lecture, "Veterans Day in America: The Place of the Korean War in a National Day of Memory.
President Emeritus Wright received the Eleanor M. McMahon Award for Lifetime Achievement, presented by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) for his leadership on behalf of higher education and the advancement of educational opportunity.
James Wright presented the annual Jefferson Memorial Lecture "War Veterans and American Democracy" at the University of California, Berkeley and was one of a number of participants in a panel about veterans. Read the text of his remarks. To watch the video of the lecture, click here.
Wright was also a guest on "Conversations with History" with Harry Kreisler on February 4. The interview has been posted on YouTube.
President Emeritus Wright was one of the featured speakers at Veterans' Day observances at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. Read the text of President Wright's remarks, or watch a video of Wright's speech.
President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History
James Wright is President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History. The 16th President in the Wheelock Succession, he served as president from 1998 until 2009. A member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1969, Wright also served as Dean of the Faculty from 1989-97 and as Acting President of the College during the first six months of 1995, while President James O. Freedman was on sabbatical. He served as Provost from 1997-98 and was elected president in April, 1998.
