The Dole Institute of Politics

Phone (785) 864-4900
Email doleinstitute@ku.edu
Website https://doleinstitute.org/

The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, a vibrant forum for civil discourse, civic engagement, and idea exchange across the political spectrum, features historical archives, exhibits, and public programs for all ages. Inspired by the public service of native Kansan, veteran, legislator, and statesman Senator Bob Dole and his wife Senator Elizabeth Dole, visitor galleries feature changing exhibits, the Kansas Veterans Virtual Memory Wall, architectural-scale stained glass American flag, and September 11 memorial.

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  • U.S. Strategy and Sherman’s Savannah Campaign

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Perhaps the most memorable campaign that underpinned US Army LTG Ulysses S. Grant’s military strategy of 1864, MG William Tecumseh Sherman’s Savannah Campaign exhausted the Southern Confederacy and hastened an end to the American Civil War. The “March to the Sea” has inspired mixed mythologies of the war: it became synonymous in the Lost Cause […]

  • Clausewitz, Mao, and Operational Art

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    More information on this Ft. Leavenworth Series program is coming soon. Save the date to join us at the Dole Institute of Politics on the first Wednesday of each month at 3 p.m. All events will be available to stream live on our YouTube channel.     Martin G. Clemis is an associate professor in […]

  • Jomini and the Foundations of Modern War

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    More information on this Ft. Leavenworth Series program is coming soon. Save the date to join us at the Dole Institute of Politics on the first Wednesday of each month at 3 p.m. All events will be available to stream live on our YouTube channel.     Dr. Sean N. Kalic is a Cold War historian. […]

  • Soviet Interwar Years Theory and Doctrine

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    The First World War brought enormous changes to the battlefield that all combatants struggled to master. After the war’s end, military officers began to try to understand what would be needed to succeed in the next war, in the Soviet Union no less than anywhere else. While the Red Army has been often seen as […]