I know that some of you came here because you heard there is going to be a reading and i know that some of you are angry that i havent read any name. So i will read a bit for you at this time so you are disappointed and furious. In 1921 a young woman named catherine was told she was not long for the earth, but soon she would die. Catherine decided to spend the rest are reduced to the rest of her days to wife of one per page, chicago chicago billionaire as old as her daddy and live out west on the paid family ranch, which lay in a desert of lavender loopers sincere between the pecos river in the same great decrease dismounted and peer name for the sunsets at the peak snowcapped both corporeal and msn. The following year it aylmers was such a serious cost his doctors suspect to tuberculosis, but not his chainsmoking, showed up to say at the reaction she taught them how to ride a horse through the canyon and every kind of weather. A few seasons later by returning to new mexico with his br
And just before dialling the white house to alert the he receives a third call. The whole thing had been a false alarm. Computer error and the point this is that the prospect, was very real the stakes were very high in the cold war. Years later something amazing happened. Images of seen the on berlin wall opening november 9, 1989, and well get to see them again this fall as commemorate the 20th momentous of that occasion. These years over in roughly a decade . How does the cold war end . We go from the National Security advisor getting called middle of the night with suddenly of alarm to the whole thing ending peacefully. Changes, e are big structural changes that happened happen in the world during this decade. Theres the saoeurling debt drop in the e global price of oil in the mid 1980s which spelled relief for he west and presented a severe obstacle in its efforts to gain currency. You have Information Age that hreatens closed societies and empowered the fundamental ma pts marxist l
House to alert the president , he receives a third call. The whole thing had been a false alarm, a computer error at norad. The point about this is the scenario was very real, the stakes are very high in the cold war. 10 years later, something amazing happened. We have all seen images of the berlin wall opening in 1989 and we will get to see them again this fall as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of that momentous occasion. What happened over these years . How does the cold war and . How do we go from the National Security advisor getting called in the middle of the night to suddenly the whole thing ending peacefully . They were big changes, structural changes that happened in the world during this decade. The spiraling debt crisis in Eastern Europe and the discrediting of the communist economic model. A drop in the global price of oil, which spelled relief for the last and presented a severe obstacle for the soviet union in its effort to gain currency. You have the nascent Informa
Costa is the agave of director of the International Spy museum, and a 34 year veteran of the veteran of defense. Previously he served 25 years in the United States army. Working in Counter Intelligence, human intelligence and special Operations Forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. He ran a wide range of intelligence and special operations in panama, bosnia, the first and second iraq wars and afghanistan. Colonel costa earned to brown stars for human intelligence work in afghanistan. And later was assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Development group. Where he served as the first civilian squadron deputy director. In 2013, he was inducted into the United States special operations command, for Lifetime Service to special operation. Most recently, he served as special assistant to the president and senior director of counterterrorism at the National Security council. Doctor hammond is a historian and curator at the International Spy museum. His interests and
I am James Brundage and i will be your host for this Evenings Program which is offered by the International Spy museum. Im joined by colonel chris costa and doctor Andrew Hammond. Chris costa is director of the International Spy museum and 34 year veteran of the department of defense. Previously he served 25 years in the United States army working in counterintelligence, human intelligence and with special Operations Forces in central america, europe and throughout the middle east. He ran a wide range of intelligence, special operations in panama, the first and second iraq wars and afghanistan. He won two goldstar for intelligence work in afghanistan and was assigned to the warfare develop and where he served as squadron deputy director. In 2013 he was inducted into the United States special Operations Command hall of honor for Lifetime Service for us special operations. Most recently he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the Nation