Our weekly online conversations on the global consequences of Russia's war on Ukraine continued with a discussion about the military side of the war and the challenges of authoritarianism with retired U.S. General Mark Hertling.
Lieutenant General Mark Hertling served in the U.S. Army for 37 years, retiring in 2013 as Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and the Seventh Army. He served 3 years in combat and carried out a wide variety of operational and training roles. A graduate of West Point with Masters Degrees in Kinesiology, Military Arts and Sciences, and National Security Studies along with a Doctorate in Business Administration, Hertling has since his Army retirement worked for a stretch as a Senior Vice President with AdventHealth. He continues to offer medical leadership programs for various health care systems, and he has since 2014 served as an analyst for CNN in their coverage of the war.
The audience was lively with many questions about military aspects of Russia's war on Ukraine.
This event is brought to you by the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University and the Department of History and the Program in Russian and Eastern European Studies at the College of the Holy Cross.
The series is hosted by Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History and head of Russian and Eastern European Studies at the College of the Holy Cross and Steven Barnes, Director of the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of History and Art History.