Why Don’t We Win Our Wars Anymore

ASU’s Center on the Future of War presents

 Thomas Ricks

 “Why Don’t We Win Our Wars Anymore?

Some Answers to the Question that the U.S. Military Doesn’t Want to Address”

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On February 3, Arizona State University’s Center on the Future of War presents a talk by Thomas Ricks, “Why Don’t We Win Our Wars Anymore: Some Answers to the Question that the U.S. Military Doesn’t Want to Address.”  The event will be held at the First Amendment Forum at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication located at 555 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

 

February 3, 2015 – 7:00 pm

 First Amendment Forum

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University

555 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

Thomas Ricks is Senior Advisor on National Security at New America where he also part of the Future of War team. He is a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has covered the U.S. military and national security as a staff reporter for 8 years at the Washington Post and 17 years at the Wall Street Journal.  He is the author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003-05, which was a number one New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 and of  The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-08, published in 2009. He is a contributing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, for which he writes the blog “The Best Defense,” which was named the best blog of the year by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2010.

Following the talk, Ricks will be signing books, with the support of Changing Hands Bookstore.

 To RSVP or for more information, please email us

Nerdy Events In Phoenix This Month

We all know this is a big year with the Super Bowl being in Arizona, but for our less athletically inclined there are still some great things to check out in AZ this year. Like the Arizona SciTech Festival, which runs from late Jan through March. There will be around 700 events and workshops for all ages, some online, that promote use of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math). Check out their website here azscitech.com, for event times and details.

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Art and Vaccines: ‘The Art of Saving a Life’

In case you art folks haven’t heard the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have been working on this amazing project  that brings together art and science. The project, called ‘The Art Of Saving a Life’, uses these great pieces of art to promote vaccination worldwide.

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MAURO PERUCCHETI sculpture of vaccine

Through powerful storytelling these pieces bring to life the reality of todays vaccines. They’ve commissioned the work of 36 artists who have created a variety of beautiful videos, sculptures and pictures that speak out on the history of vaccination the importance it holds today.

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VIK MUNIZ diseased liver cells

The sculpture at the top of the page called Vaccines As Love Serum, was created by famous artist Mauro Perucchetti with the message of keeping children healthy. On the website there are some great videos where the artists talk about their art and the messages they are sharing.

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ALEXIA SINCLAIR person getting small pox vaccine

You can check out more fabulous art by clicking here: The Art Of Saving a Life

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