Research the life, ideas, and actions of a historical or contemporary national or international leader.
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."--F. Scott Fitzgerald, American essayist, novelist, and short-story writer.
"Our challenge to students is to consider how knowledge is gained, pushing them to develop an agile, adaptable intellect in an age when we might think we have the answer to every question in our back pockets."--Charles Hill, State Department diplomat and lecturer for Project for the New American Century.
"The greatest challenges to strategy and statecraft lie in the realm of unavoidable uncertainty, where decisions must be made before it is possible to know all the facts or to assess their ramifications."--Professor John Lewis Gaddis, Pulitzer-Prize author and historian.
"Grand strategy succeeds through policy, that is , in the capacity of the nation's leaders to bring together all of the elements, both military and nonmilitary, for the preservation and enhancement of the nation's long-term best interests."--Paul Kennedy, British Academy fellow and international economic theorist.