Monday, November 17, 2025, 6.00pm to 8.00pm EST
To further highlight the importance of WWII to the understanding of our contemporary history, the ESU Boston board has invited Michel Paradis to speak. Professor Paradis is a graduate of Oxford University and Columbia University Law School.
On June 6, 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower addressed the thousands of American troops preparing to invade Normandy, exhorting them to embrace the "Great Crusade" they faced. Then, in a fleeting moment alone, he drafted a resignation letter in case the invasion failed.
In The Light of Battle, Michel Paradis, acclaimed author of Last Mission to Tokyo, paints a vivid portrait of Dwight Eisenhower as he learns to navigate the crosscurrents of diplomacy, politics, strategy, family, and fame with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance. In a world of giants--Churchill, Roosevelt, De Gaulle, Marshall, MacArthur--it was a barefoot boy from Abilene, Kansas, who would master the art of power and become the modern-day George Washington.
Drawing upon meticulous research and a voluminous body of newly discovered records, letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts from three continents, Paradis brings Eisenhower to life, as a complicated man who craved simplicity, a genial cipher whose smile was a lethal political weapon.
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Date: Monday, November 17
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm ET
Location: The Chilton Club, 287 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA 02116
Booking information
Please register by November 9. The event price of $55 includes hors d’oeuvres and a dessert buffet.
Booking for this event is now closed.
