Book Talk – Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy
October 6, 2025
The Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs held a conversation with Dean James B. Steinberg celebrating the release of Prof. Francis J. Gavin’s new book, Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy.
Attendees included both scholars and foreign policy practitioners. The talk ranged from Henry Kissinger’s legacy as both a historian and a statesman, what Prof. Gavin gleaned from Dr. Atul Gawande’s “checklist manifesto,” and how we can spot faulty historical analogies in current policy debates.
The event took place on Monday, October 6 at a historic Georgetown home.