The discussion included assessments of fdr, jfk, George H W Bush and will, as well as their russian counterparts. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. We have a great panel. Philip will chair the panel. He has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, the principal author of 9 11 commission report, and many other books. He is right now in the middle of writing a great book on sort of decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions, like going to war in 1898, or wilsons decision for war in world war i. He is brilliantly reassessing these decisions, and were looking forward to his next book. At the same time, he is doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. And that we dont always know about. I amsurg to say that we need to wait for james wilson to show up. [laughter] he is probably up there somewhere having a very good nation. If we get send the search party out a very good conversation. [laughter] thise of the messages of [ind
Crises and decisions by going to 1988, or wilsons decision for war in world war i. He is reassessing these decisions. We are all looking forward to philips next book. Time, he is doing a dozen other things none of us can keep track of. Philip, thank you. Need tosorry to say we wait for james wilson to show up. He is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. If we canhe is send the search y out. So far it has been a great time. [laughter] it is rather intimidating sitting somebody who can refer to his book. If we had grandchildren, they could sit on it. Glad you could join us. Lets go ahead and get started. This is a panel covering the the great second crisis phase of the cold war in the early 1980s, extending to the end of the cold war. Earlyhe beginning of the 1990s and the disintegration of the soviet union. Perspective on u. S. And russian relations, we start with the perspective from the point of view of the Reagan Administration with james wilson. James . Thank you.
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