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The Eisenhower Center for
American Studies
945 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-527-6012, ext. 282
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The mission of the Eisenhower Center is the study of the causes,
conduct, and consequences of American national security policy and the
use of force as an instrument of policy in the twentieth century.
This period coincides with the life (1890-1969) and public career
(1911-1961) of General-President Dwight D. Eisenhower and includes three
major historical epochs: the extension of American power beyond North
America, 1898-1916; the collapse of European hegemony, 1914-1945, and
the two world wars; and the US-USSR rivalry of the Cold War and the
process of global decolonization.
The Center will increase our understanding of the political culture of
the twentieth century United Sates, reflected in the issues of national
security.
1. ties the Center to the legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower
ideal of public service, civic leadership, and public education is the
foundation of the Center’s existence.
2. clarifies the Center’s educational mission as a component of the
University of New Orleans’s mission of research, education, and public
service focused on the development of a democratic, pluralistic,
productive society shaped in part by the nation’s wars and “expeditions
beyond the seas” in the past century.
3. provides a specific intellectual focus for a variety of disciplines
to the study of war and peace issues.
4. provides a specific tie of common interest with the National World
War II Museum.
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