Prose and i would like to thank you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to clap again, and a nonprofit like sixth i. [applause] your attendance at events like this is vital to us and we literally wouldnt be here without you say we want you to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. I am so excited to tonights event because it isnt a speaker among my friends or coworkers how much i love and admire diane rehm. She began her radio career in 1973 as a volunteer and has grown into the producer, host and icon we all know today. Shes the author of several books including finding my voice on my own, and of course the book you are here for tonight when my time comes, which addresses the right to die movement. Through interviews with terminally ill patients and physicians, spouses, relatives and representatives of those who vigorously opposed the movement, she gives voice to a broad
Leepson. He was a letter for the congressional quarterly, but he is now a freelance rider. He has a bachelors degree and a masters degree from George Washington university. His many books include sitting monticello, published by Simon Schuster in 2001, flag an american biography, 2005, desperate engagement the story of the battle of the monopoly see in 2007. Lafayette idealist general, published by mcmillan in 2011. What so proudly we hailed francis got key, a life published by mcmillan in 2011, and the battle of the green beret, about 50 of the Army Staff Sergeant barry sadler published in 2017. Next year, marc will be releasing a volume on the history of one of our beloved an important Historic Properties within our heritage area. Today the home is called homeland. All of us look forward to be rich history and the stories associated with that wonderful property. Marcs articles have appeared in many publications including the smithsonian magazine, civil war times, americas civil war,
Been and theres even more many. Were going until 8 00 tonight. So thank you for being here, i hope youre having a wonderful day. And for those of you following us online and streaming online, im carla hayden, the librarian of congress, and this is one of my favorite [applause] as you can imagine, times. And our next author is not only a local celebrity, he is also an international one. Chef jose andres is as well known for the many extraordinary restaurants he runs as he is for his humanitarian efforts. In fact, he will be leaving directly after this program to go help others. [applause] so hes backstage signing books right now because if he doesnt catch the plane, he wont be able to get there. You probably know that following the 2010 earthquake in haiti chef andres formed the World Kitchen to feed the distressed island nation, and after maria struck puerto rico in 2017, he once again answered the call for relief efforts by providing millions of meals with his team of chefs and volunt
today panel we have john fuller. he is a senior research scientist at the mershon center and a senior fellow at the cato institute. we also have martha crenshaw who is an emeritus professor and the fellow at friedmans. finally we have christopher who is a professor at tulane university. i am the moderator and i m a senior fellow at the cato institute. with that i m going to kick it off to john to start us off and he can tell us about his book. thanks very much brandon and thanks for putting this all together. the book is basically called the fee of an idea. this war is pretty stupid and let me share this successfully hopefully. this is the idea that is dwight eisenhower put it war is tragic and stupid folly and sentiment plays by norman schwarzkopf later seek and see. it s an idea that group the course of the 20th century and we are now in a position where he basically seems to have some dilly euphemism. europe for example used to be the world s most warlike continent and i
he he is a member of the society of professional journalists hall of fame and emmy award winner and he lives here in annapolis on spa creek where he sails his 36-foot sloop winsome, excuse me, follow the bed forty-foot it grows good by the end of our show will be 42 feet. now 45 sorry. sorry, sorry, sorry and he has been the chairman of the board of churches of the chesapeake bay trust and contributed a great deal to our community as you ll in a moment. please tell us about your book for wars five presidents a reporters journey from jerusalem to saigon to the white house. thank you. thank you stephen. he s also my boat partners. so you d think he would i would get this sort of thing, right but you know. we ll compromise 38. yeah can t count on anything these days. anyway, i m happy to tell you something about the book. i will show some images up there on that giant screen that so you all have very stiff necks. but they sort of illustrate some of the stories. i ll tell from th