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Between 1899 and 1973, the United States fought in four wars in the Pacific, including the war in the Philippines, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

In a May 3 seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill history professors Michael Hunt, Ph.D., and Steven Levine, Ph.D., will argue that these wars were not separate one-act plays but four acts in a single historical drama. The seminar, “America’s Wars in the Pacific: The Margins of Empire,” will reframe these conflicts as part of a larger project: what the professors see as a U.S. quest for dominance in Asia.

The UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values will present the seminar, with support from the Center for Global Initiatives and co-sponsorship from the UNC General Alumni Association.

“This seminar relates to a book that Michael Hunt and Steven Levin are working on, which reconfigures the way scholars have thought about the different wars,” said Eve Duffy, Ph.D., associate director of the program. “Rather than seeing the wars as discrete events, Hunt and Levine see them as part of a larger project of American imperialism.”

Seminar topics will include “The Pacific War as a Clash of Empires,” “The End of U.S. Dominance in Eastern Asia” and “Creating and Losing Empires.”

The cost of the seminar is $120, or $60 for teachers. For more information and to register, visit http://adventuresinideas.unc.edu/level_3/2008_Spring/93-WarsInPacific.htm .
Web site: http://adventuresinideas.unc.edu/level_3/2008_Spring/93-WarsInPacific.htm

Program in the Humanities and Human Values contact: Eve Duffy (919) 843-9386
News Services contact: LJ Toler (919) 843-8337

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