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Former
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki to Lecture at
Pomona College
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 Former U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki will
speak on “Challenges in the Effective Use of Force” at 8
p.m. on Monday, December 6, in Rose Hills Theatre, Smith
Campus Center, 176 E. Sixth St., Claremont. Following the
talk, Richard Halloran, former New York Times military
editor, will lead a discussion on the topic.
This event is the annual R. Stanton Avery Lecture and is
sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College.
For more information, call (909) 607-8065.
General Shinseki began his 38-year military career as a
platoon leader in Vietnam, rose to commanding general of
U.S. Army troops in Europe and spent 15 months in charge of
peacekeeping in Bosnia. In 1999, he was named chief of
staff, U.S. Army, a post he retired from in 2003. He is the
first American of Asian ancestry to become chief of his
service. A far-seeing military strategist with a deep regard
for the troops he served with, General Shinseki created a
new structure for an army capable of handling global
emergencies.
During his tenure as Army Chief of Staff, General Shinseki
clashed with Pentagon officials, specifically Donald
Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz, over the size of the
peacekeeping force needed in postwar Iraq. Shinseki went on
record more than once calling for some 200,000 troops, a
figure that Wolfowitz publicly dismissed as “wildly off the
mark.” However, events have proved General Shinseki right in
his assessment that more, not fewer, troops would be needed
to keep order in post-war Iraq.
Established in 1979, the Pacific Basin Institute (PBI) at
Pomona College, a non-profit, public foundation, is devoted
to furthering and extending cross-cultural relationships
among the United States, East Asian and Latin American
countries in the Pacific Basin. To achieve this goal, PBI
sponsors conferences, workshops, lectures, and film series;
produces documentary films, provides students and professors
with access to film, video and documentary material drawn
from its extensive archives; and publishes a translation
series to make important works written in Japanese, Chinese
and Korean available in English. PBI works in close
cooperation with the College’s Asian Studies Program. For
more information about the Pacific Basin Institute or its
events, visit our website: http://www.pomona.edu/pbi/
Pomona College is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
institutions, offering a comprehensive program in the arts,
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its
hallmarks include small classes, close relationships between
students and faculty, and a range of opportunities for
student research. Visit Pomona College on the web at
www.pomona.edu.
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