Faith & Fear: America’s Relationship with War

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Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with historian and author Greg Daddis as he discusses his acclaimed book, Faith and Fear: The Vietnam War, American Masculinity, and the Age of Uncertainty. Blending military history with cultural insight, Daddis explores how the Vietnam War reshaped American ideals of courage, identity, and belief during one of the nation’s most turbulent eras. Drawing on years of research and his own experience as a former U.S. Army officer, Daddis offers a deeply human perspective on how faith was tested in times of fear and conflict.

Gregory A. Daddis is a historian, author, and retired U.S. Army colonel specializing in Cold War and Vietnam War history. A graduate of West Point with a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he served 26 years in the Army, including in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom. Daddis has authored six books, most recently Faith and Fear: America’s Relationship with War Since 1945 (Oxford University Press, 2025), and has contributed to leading academic journals and major publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. A recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award at Oxford, he alsoadvised the Ken Burns–Lynn Novick documentary The Vietnam War and serves on the board of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

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