A Navy Admiral’s Bronze Rules: Managing Risk and Leadership

Please join CSIS for a discussion with author, Rear Admiral David Oliver moderated by Dr. Seth G. Jones, Senior Vice President and Director of the CSIS International Security Program. In his newest book, A Navy Admiral’s Bronze Rules: Managing Risk and Leadership, Rear Admiral Oliver uses real world events as case studies to discuss how to balance the risks involved in leadership and the tools available to those who nevertheless wish to shoulder those responsibilities. Real world examples are used and inevitably expose hitherto unrevealed history, including a secret of the Yom Kippur War, the background of the 1986 bloodless revolution in the Philippines, how Admiral Bud Zumwalt was such a unique Chief of Naval Operations, why the U.S. National War Plan suddenly had to be revised during the Reagan years and what spurred President Clinton's anti-nuclear proliferation success.

Rear Admiral Oliver’s diverse career has included extensive experience in the defense sector from the perspective of the military, where he served thirty-two years, and reached the rank of Rear Admiral; industry, where he became the Chief Operating Officer of what has subsequently become Airbus, North America; and government where he served as a senate-confirmed political appointee.

This event is made possible by general CSIS support.