The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
Aaron owe control and teach at university of texas in austin. Im pleased to share this panel today on the deep state. Joining me here to talk about this quite important topic are three fantastic historians all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly gauge of yale. And balker of duke and p professor allen of Northwestern University. Im going to set the stage with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and then introduce each panelist individually before they speak 15, 20 minutes apiece and then well open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. Were here today to talk about the ore ethic origins and effects of what we call the deep state. This is not really new. Today we call it the deep state, in earlier eras activists spoke about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the military Industrial Complex. Even though those terms varied throughout the ages they usually share a lot in comment so the arguments that typicall
And welcome to the society for historians of American Foreign relations 2019 conference on this, the longest day of the year. Hopefully this panel will not be the longest panel of the year. Im aaron. I teach u. S. Military history and Foreign Policy the university of texas at austin. Im pleased to be chairing this panel today on the deep state. Joining me here to talk about i think this quite important topic are three fantastic historians, all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly of yale university. Professor dirk bonker of duke university. And professor Michael J Allen of northwestern university. Im going to set the stage with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and will introduce each panelist visually before they speak. Just 15, 20 minutes apiece and then we will open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. So we are here today to talk about the origins and the effects of this thing we call the deep state. It is important to say at the
Prof. Beverly gage, prof. Dirk bonker and prof. 2027488000. Im going to set the tone with a few minutes of introductory remarks and introduce each panelist individually, 15 or 20 minutes apiece and then we will open the floor to discussion. We are here today to talk about the origins and effect that we call the deep state and its important to say at the outset what historians always like to say. This is not really new. Today we call it the deep state but in early areas activists spoke about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and the military Industrial Complex. Even though those terms very, they usually share a lot in common. The arguments that typically accompany these are almost always conspiratorial. They almost always talk about a cabal within the government working in secret to drive policy toward their own ends, their own ends, not the common good. The actual people seem to range all over the map depending on the politics. They can be the Intelligence Agen
Pass around. And the signing will be in the folding table beside me. Books are available for purchase. Today our guest is investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen. She has written several books. And most recently the secret hit of the cia. Which creates a pageturning narrative on the in department narrative. It was called a wellsourced, wellpaced and full of surprise. Mess hem me become Annie Jacobsen to politics and prose at the wharf. [applause] how is my sound . First of all, politic and prose, thank you for having me. Always wonderful to be here. And thanks everybody for coming. Im here tonight to talk to you about the surprise, kill, vanish about the cias paramilitary capacity, which is something that many people arent even aware exists. Im often asked how i get the idea for the books, and this one began for me ten years nothing 2009 so i had a source visiting me at my house, his name is brett, and he was on his way back from the middle east and he brought back with him a challenge