Both so i thank you so much for coming tonight. Thank you to everyone here at the lyceum. And then thank you for everyone on zoom and joining through cspan as well. Before we start i would like to inform everyone that this lecture will be recorded and available for later viewing. My name is Angelique Moss and im the chairwoman of the alexandria khan sister City Committee. We are a volunteer City Committee that promotes educational and Cultural Exchange between the city of kahn and normandy and the city of alexandria here in virginia. This is the first of two programs that we will be hosting this year for the 78th anniversary of dday. Tonight is my pleasure to welcome back dr. Holian. For our 12th annual dday commemoration lecture dr. Kim bernard holian was a professional historian with the us army for 34 years where he received commendations from the late John Marshall secretary of the army and president ronald reagan. He is the recipient of the 2008 joseph l harsh history award for th
Inform everyone that this lecture will be recorded and available for later viewing. My name is Angelique Moss and im the chairwoman of the alexandria khan sister City Committee. We are a volunteer City Committee that promotes educational and Cultural Exchange between the city of kahn and normandy and the city of alexandria here in virginia. This is the first of two programs that we will be hosting this year for the 78th anniversary of dday. Tonight is my pleasure to welcome back dr. Holian. For our 12th annual dday commemoration lecture dr. Kim bernard holian was a professional historian with the us army for 34 years where he received commendations from the late John Marshall secretary of the army and president ronald reagan. He is the recipient of the 2008 joseph l harsh history award for the Northern Virginia association of historians and the clover recipient of the 2016 T Michael Miller alexandria history award from the alexandria historical society. His father served in the Us Army
Thank you to everyone here at the lyceum. And then thank you for everyone on zoom and joining through cspan as well. Before we start i would like to inform everyone that this lecture will be recorded and available for lat viewing. My name is Angelique Moss and im the chairwoman of the alexandria khan sister City Committee. We are a volunteer City Committee that promotes educational and Cultural Exchange between the city of kahn and normandy and the city of alexandria here in virginia. This is the first of two programs that we will be hosting this year for the 78th anniversary of dday. Tonight is my pleasure to welcome back dr. Holian. For our 12th annual dday commemoration lecture dr. Kim bernard holian was a professional historian with the us army for 34 years where he received commendations from the late John Marshall secretary of the army and president ronald reagan. He is the recipient of the 2008 joseph l harsh history award for the Northern Virginia association of historians and
I think everyone realizes who he is and what he has done. He is the writer of the storm of war, et cetera et cetera. He was educated with his bachelors in ph. D. At Cambridge University in england. He is no stranger to the hoover institution. He was a charter and original member of our military history and contemporary conflict working rules. And, he has been a visiting fellow at hoover thanks to the generosity of martha and roger mercks whose generosity really helped jumpstart the entire military history project. In addition to the 19 books and being a visiting lecturer, as i said, he is also a visiting professor of the New York Historical society, the lewis liermann fellow. He is a visiting professor of war studies at Kings College, london. It has just been announced that his book is not a book of the year, but the book at the year by the times of london. It is an unusual and rare honor, indeed. And, i think it is no exaggeration to say that he is probably the most accomplished histo
Speaker Andrew Roberts good evening everybody. Im very happy to welcome you to the Hoover Institution and welcome our distinguished speakers, Andrew Roberts. I think everyone realizes who he is and what he has done. He is the writer of the storm of war, et cetera et cetera. He was educated with his bachelors in ph. D. At Cambridge University in england. He is no stranger to the Hoover Institution. He was a charter and original member of our military history and contemporary conflict working rules. And, he has been a visiting fellow at hoover thanks to the generosity of martha and roger mercks whose generosity really helped jumpstart the entire military history project. In addition to the 19 books and being a visiting lecturer, as i said, he is also a visiting professor of the New York Historical society, the lewis liermann fellow. He is a visiting professor of war studies at Kings College, london. It has just been announced that his book is not a book of the year, but the book at the y