Walter LaFeber
Walter Fredrick LaFeber (August 30, 1933 – March 9, 2021) was an American political writer, historian and commentator. He was the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Cornell University. He was born in Walkerton, Indiana.
He was one of the United States' most well known scholars of the history of U.S. foreign policy. His works focused on foreign policy during the Cold War and post-9/11.[1]
LaFeber died at an assisted living facility in Ithaca, New York on March 9, 2021 at the age of 87.[2]
Walter LaFeber Media
A student's notebooks from History 313 and 314, LaFeber's History of American Foreign Relations course as taught during 1974–75. Students took diligent notes during the lectures and often kept the notebooks for decades after. The History 314 page shown is for the first lecture of the semester and shows LaFeber's brief outline at the start.
May 1976 program in which LaFeber became the first faculty member ever to deliver Cornell's commencement address
LaFeber (third from left) at a 2016 panel session discussing the influence of Cornell University on American foreign policy; Dwight Bush, Derek Chollet and Stephen Hadley are also present
References
- ↑ Morgan, James G. (2014). Into New Territory: American Historians and the Concept of American Imperialism. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 6.
- ↑ Friedlander, Blaine (March 10, 2021). "Walter LaFeber, revered history professor, dies". Cornell Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
Other websites
- Cornell University Department of History Professors Emeriti
- Walter LaFeber's farewell lecture
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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