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Pulitzer Prize-Winner Thomas E. Ricks (Virtual Event)

February 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tom Ricks is set to discuss his new book, First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country, in which he offers lessons for our fraught political moment, on February 23rd at 6 pm.

A former military correspondent for the Washington Post, Ricks is also the author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003-04; and The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today.

Admission is $10 for JHC members, $15 General Admission. For more information or to register, click here, or contact JHC Executive Director Kevin Peraino at peraino.jhc@gmail.com.

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