that made the american way of war. we re going to start off with a little exapplication of what is in the book by its author, eliot cohen s and then we re going to have some discussion afterwards, and then we hope to have some time for comments afterwards and maybe even a chance for questions from the floor. eliot cohen has served in the, on the policy planning staff of the office of the secretary of defense before coming to sais in 1990. he has also been an officer in the united states army reserve. from 2007 to 2009, he was a counselor, was counselor of the department of state serving as secretary condoleezza rice s senior adviser on strategic issues. and i must not forget he is also the founding director of the phillip merrill center for strategic studies here at sias. he also has dope a lot of things done a lot of things in academia, but i, in fact, didn t add those in. [laughter] our first discus santa is tom x ricks. he is the author of a number of very successful b
it s a remarkable time for families. and it was a remarkable time in our history over the years. i hope this ll be my last christmas book. pearl harbor christmas: a world at war, december 1941, is the name of the book. historian stanley wine straub is the author. up next, eliot cohen talks about the battles fought along the 200-mile corridor between albany and montreal since the 1600s and discusses how those battles shape the way we wage war today. this program is just over an hour. well, welcome to johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. i am charles duran, i m the andrew w. millen professor of international relations here. we are absolutely delighted to have you participate in this lively discussion of a very important book, conquered into liberty: two centuries of battles along the great warpath that made the american way of war. we re going to start off with a little exapplication of what is in the book by its author, eliot cohen, and then we re