Shouldn’t Historians Be Free to Ask Important Officials Tough Questions?

by John Prados

That’s a pertinent issue in the wake of the decision of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations to invite David Petraeus as a keynote speaker.

More fallout from SHAFR's decision to invite David Petraeus as keynote speaker

by John Prados

In an open letter to the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, a leading foreign policy historian says the group has shown poor judgment.

Young historians don’t want David Petraeus to keynote the annual meeting of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)

They object to his role in the Iraq War disaster. 277 scholars – young and old – have signed an open letter protesting Petraeus’s selection.

UNL history professor Thomas Borstelmann becomes SHAFR’s new president

SHAFR is a 45-year-old organization dedicated to the study of the history of American foreign relations.