Quote of the day
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
John Lewis Gaddis
Born: April 2, 1941 (age 83)
Bio: John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. He is best known for his work on the Cold War and grand strategy, and has been hailed as the "Dean of Cold War Historians" by The New York Times.
Known for:
- The Cold War: A New History (2005)
- We now know (1997)
- Strategies of containment (1982)
- The Landscape of History (2002)