Please join us for a talk with political historian Matthew Dallek. Dr. Dallek will speak on his new book "Defenseless Under the Night: The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security" (Oxford, 2016). This event, which is part of the Clements Center for National Security's American Presidency series, is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Matthew Dallek is associate professor at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, a political historian, and a frequent commentator in the news media on politics, history, and public affairs. His book recounts the fears of attacks on the home front during World War II and chronicles the epic battle between Eleanor Roosevelt, who proposed a wartime New Deal as part of home defense, and New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia, who campaigned to militarize millions of citizens and build a fourth military branch in order to defend the lives of 130 million Americans against the threat of fascist militarism.