Germany, the Cold War, and the Profession of History

Dr. Ron Granieri is Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the US Army War College, where he is the editor and principal host of A Better Peace, the official podcast of The War Room. A graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago, he also serves as Director of the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, where he hosts a monthly talk show, “People, Politics and Prose with Ron Granieri.” His research focuses on transatlantic relations, German politics, and the Cold War. He is the author of ⁠The Ambivalent Alliance: Konrad Adenauer, the CDU/CSU, and the West, 1949-1966 ⁠(Berghahn, 2003), as well as articles and op-eds in journals including Orbis, Central European History, the International History Review, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.

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I should point out that today’s conversation is covered by our standard disclaimer for federally-employed guests—the comments from Ron today are his views alone and do not represent the Army War College, the U.S. Army, or the Department of Defense.