Sven Kraemer, Author of "Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan"

The Richard Nixon Foundation applies the legacy and vision of President Richard Nixon, America’s relentless grand strategist, to defining issues facing our nation and the world.As a center for public affairs, the Foundation’s year-round programming features national policy conferences, study groups, town meetings, school editor forums, and a continuous schedule of distinguished speakers, authors and leaders from government, politics, business, media, and public affairs.

Richard Nixon Foundation

Lecture and Book Signing
Free Event Admission
The author of Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan, an unprecedented new guide to the roots, history, strategies and key official documents of the Cold War, will discuss: Richard Nixon’s “Détente” Cold War Strategy in Historical Context and Lessons for Today.
Sven Kraemer brings a unique historical perspective to his understanding of Richard Nixon’s Cold War strategy of “détente.” Educated at Harvard and U.C. Berkeley, he served as a US civil servant in eight administrations with six presidents, including on the National Security Council staff in the White House with Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Reagan and eight National Security Advisors. He also served in the Office Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and GW Bush administrations and in senior staff positions in the U.S. Senate and House. 
Books will be available for purchase from the Nixon Library Museum Store.
Moderated by Luke A. Nichter, Nixon tapes expert and professor of history at Texas A&M University. Nichter will return to the Nixon Library on October 23 to discuss his recent book: Richard Nixon and Europe: The Reshaping of the Postwar Atlantic Alliance.