W. W. Keen Butcher Lecture Series on Military Affairs

Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground

A BookTalk by Robert Kaplan

September 29, 2005

Delivered on September 29, 2005, this lecture inaugurated the W. W. Keen Butcher Lecture Series on Military Affairs, established with a contribution from W. W. Keen Butcher on the occasion of FPRI’s 50th anniversary.

A long-time associate of FPRI, Robert Kaplan is one of the nation's pre-eminent foreign affairs writers. He is contributing editor of The Atlantic Monthly. His book, Imperial Grunts, was published by Random House in 2005.