Dr. Fredrik Logevall is a historian and Professor of History and of International Affairs at Harvard University. He is a specialist in U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam Wars. Previously, Logevall was Professor of History at Cornell University. Logevall’s essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, Daily Beast, Foreign Affairs, and other publications. His first book, "Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam," was published in 1999. His ninth book, "Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam," was published in 2012 and won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2013.