Bruce Thornton

Hoover Institution

Bruce S. Thornton grew up on a cattle ranch in Fresno County, California. He received his B.A. in Latin from UCLA in 1975, and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature: Greek, Latin, and English, from UCLA in 1983. Thornton is currently Professor of Classics and Humanities emeritus at the California State University in Fresno, California. He is the author of ten books and numerous essays and reviews on Greek culture and civilization and their influence on Western civilization. He also has written on contemporary political and educational issues, as well as lecturing at venues such as the Smithsonian Institute, Hoover Institution, and the Air Force Academy, as well as at numerous colleges and universities. He was a 2009-2011 Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where he currently is a research fellow and Executive Member of the Working Group on Military History and Contemporary Conflict.

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Is the EU a failed experiment?
Bruce Thornton & Luís Cabral
April 7, 2021