On October 27th, Dr. James Kurth gave a lecture entitled What are We Fightin’ For? Western Civilization in the 21st Century for the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.  From the FPRI website:

James Kurth is the Claude Smith Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College, where he teaches defense policy, foreign policy, and international politics. Professor Kurth is the author of numerous articles and editor of two volumes in the fields of defense policy, foreign policy, international politics, and European politics. His recent publications have focused upon the interrelations between the global economy, cultural conflicts, foreign policy, and military strategy. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York) and of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London).

This was the inaugural Robert Carr Lecture on Western Civilization, made possible by a grant from FPRI trustee Robert E. Carr.

This is an excellent lecture by an accomplished scholar who is a friend of TAA.  Dr. Kurth emphasizes the importance of teaching the rich history and values of western civilization to our children, and laments that mainstream education has largely abandoned it.  Several members of the TAA community were in attendance, including Mrs. Lee Anthony, head of school.  During the lecture, Dr. Kurth twice singled out TAA as an example of the kind of education our society must promote if we hope to defend western civilization.  TAA is both thrilled and humbled to receive the endorsement of a scholar of Dr. Kurth’s stature.

FPRI has made graciously the entire lecture available in streaming video format from its website.  If you have Windows Media Player installed, you can watch it below.  Dr. Kurth mentions TAA and Mrs. Anthony twice, once at the 56 minute mark, and once at the 1:11 mark.

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