The civil war in the east from gettysburg appomattox. His newest book is darkness at chancellorsville it was released late may. In addition to offering over 30 books, ralph has been a u. S. Army enlisted man and career officer, a columnist and media commentator, a strategy and security analyst, and a researcher in the developing world. His fascination with the study of our civil war dates back to his early to his childhood entering the wars continue. At the present he is working on a novel set during the cold war and is a contributor to the Hoover Institute publication on military history and its impact on world affairs. Without any further introduction, i give you ralph. Thank you. [applause] its always good to be back here. Its terrific. Thank you for coming. I know many of you would much rather not being this condition him and would much rather be out in the 95degree heat but thanks for making a sacrifice. Tammy, in covering my biography, left out one very important thing. I was als
Historian talks about the evolving nature of the relationship between president s and they are cia directors, and how it is influenced by the president s needs and interests. One director, George H W Bush later became president himself. Smithsonian hosted this program. Good evening everyone. Its a pleasure to welcome you for our program. If you could put away our cell phones, we would appreciate it. If you are wondering why there are bright lights in here, you are going to be on tv. Im kidding, the speaker is going to be on cspan. When we get to the q a, wait until we bring the mic to you. The speaker will repeat the question so you can hear it. Our speaker is andr teaching at columbia working for David Rockefeller he joined the cia in 1980 nine and became a Political Leadership analyst on the middle east. Moved to the history staff in 1996 and was appointed chief historian of the cia in 1955. And his biography as director of Central Intelligence was recently declassified. Reviewscles
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