ADST 2025 AGM Distinguished Speaker - Evan Thomas (In-Person Attendance)

“The Legacy of Henry Stimson:  His Doctrine, His Decisions, and the End of World War II”

Please join us as award-winning journalist and scholar Evan Thomas shares his insights on the legacy of former Secretary of State and Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Thomas will draw from his research for his 2023 book Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II, examining the foundations of the Stimson Doctrine, the monumental decisions that led to the use of the atomic bomb in Japan, and what all this tells us about foreign policy today. A discussion will follow his remarks.

Thomas has published 11 books, including the Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson), Ike’s Bluff, and New York Times bestsellers Being Nixon and First: Sandra Day O’Connor.  He was a writer and editor for over 30 years at Time and  Newsweek magazines, including 10 years as Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief, and has appeared on many TV shows, including Meet the Press, CBS Morning News, the Colbert Report, and PBS’s Charlie Rose.  Thomas taught writing and journalism at Harvard and Princeton, where, from 2007-2014, he was Ferris Professor of Journalism.

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