On Wednesday 2 April 2008, Sir Michael Howard (IISS President Emeritus) will present the 2008 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture from 6-7 pm.
The speech and Q&A is available for this event.
A transcript is also available.
Sir Michael Howard was educated at Wellington College and Christ Church, Oxford (with service in World War II in between).
During World War II, Sir Michael was commissioned in the Coldstream Guards and fought in the Italian Campaign during the Second World War. He was twice wounded and won a Military Cross at Salerno.
After Oxford, he began his teaching career at King's College, London, where he created the Department of War Studies. From his position at King's he was one of the Britons most influential in developing strategic studies as a discipline that brought together government, military, and academia to think about defence and national security more broadly and deeply than had been done before and is one of the founders of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
This event will be Chaired by Dr John Chipman, and will be held on the Fifth Floor at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
All guests are requested to take their seats by 5.45 pm.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP Kathleen James on james@iiss.org or tel. 020 7395 9109
