Graham wilson discuss the relationships between president reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as the relationship between george h. W. Bush and mr. Gorbachev. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. We have a great panel. And so Philip Zelikow is going to chair the panel. I think Everybody Knows philip. He has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, principal author of 9 11 Commission Report and many other books. And he is now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war. And in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilsons decision for war in world war i. Hes sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. Were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time, hes doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. Sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I actually am sorry to say, we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So he is probably out there somewhere
And hes written a terrific book on the end of the cold war the bri principal author of the 9 11 Commission Report and hes writing a book on decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilson going to war, reassessing these decisions so were looking forward to phillips next book. At the same time hes doing about a dozen other things none of us can keep track of and sometimes we dont know about. So phillip. Thank you. Thank you. Im sorry to say we need to wait for james wilson to show up and so hes probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. The state department is always late to the table. [ laughter ] one of the messages of this. So far its been a great panel. [ laughter ] its rather intimidating when youre sitting next to somebody who can refer to his book. We had grandchildren here they could sit on it. [ laughter ] oh, here he is. Glad you could join us. Thank you. All right, le
Philip zellerco will chair the panel. I think Everybody Knows philip. He has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, principal author of 9 11 Commission Report and many other books. And he is now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war. And in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilsons decision for war in world war i. Hes sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. Were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time, hes doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. Sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I actually am sorry to say, we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So he is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. Maybe we should send someone out. If we can send the search party out. So far its been a great panel. It is rather intimidating when you sit next to somebody who can refer to his book. If we had grandchildr
Commission report, and many other books. And he is now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war. And in ways that illuminate old crises and decisions like going to war in 1898, wilsons decision for war in world war i. He sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. Were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time, hes doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. Sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I actually am sorry to say, we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So he is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. So far its been a great panel. It is rather intimidating when you sit next to somebody that can refer to his book. Glad you could join us. Thank you. All right. Lets go ahead and get started then. This is a panel covering the period only of the great second crisis phase of the cold war in the early 1980s extending to end of the
Philip zelleco will chair the panel. I think Everybody Knows philip and hes written a terrific book on the end of the cold war. The principal author of the 9 11 Commission Report and many other books and hes right now in the midst of writing a terrific book on sort of decisions for war and in ways that eliminate old crises and old decisions like going to war in 1898 or wilsons divisions for war in world war i. He sort of brilliantly reassessing these decisions. So were all looking forward to philips next book. At the same time hes doing a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of and sometimes we dont know about. Philip, thank you. Thank you. I am sorry to say we need to wait for james wilson to show up. So hes probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we can send the search party out. Ill get james. One of the messages of this so far its been a great panel. [ laughter ] its rather intimidating when youre sitting next to someone that you can refer to as boo