Wilson Center Experts
Thomas Schwartz
Public Policy Scholar
History and Public Policy Program
Contact Information:
T (202) 691-4000
// F (202) 691-4001
Expertise:
History
Affiliation:
Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
Wilson Center Project(s):
"Henry Kissinger and the Dilemmas of American Foreign Policy"
Term:
Jan 01, 2006
Jun 01, 2006
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January 26, 2012 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
How did Jean Monnet, an entrepreneurial internationalist who never held an elective office, never joined a political party, and never developed any significant popular following in his native France, become one of the most influential European statesmen of the twentieth century?
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