And neighbor, is associate professor of french and history at George Mason University. Her talk this evening, the American Revolution and the French Military enlightenment is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition, revolutionary reflections, french memories of the war for america. Which is on view in our gallery immediately behind this great fireplace. And will be open after the talk this evening. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as row shambeu considers themselves philosophers who brought enlightenment and spirit to their enterprises. Their experiences in america had a profound impact on the politics and world views when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of dr. Pichicheros book, the military enlightenment, war and culture in the french empire from louis xiv to napoleon, published by Cornell University
The president s press secretary responded to him, and most importantly your opinion, will peskov be heard in paris and most importantly washington, you know , i admit that i literally have an epigram of the 19th century spinning in my head, all in belligerent excitement in him. Including claiming some kind of leadership in europe, all this together probably prompted a respected president or a nonrespected one, in this case the president of the french republic, to make such, frankly, a lightweight statement, but there are two points that really require a serious attitude military, is present somewhere in in the rear, as instructors, as some kind of support personnel, and so on, this is the first, second, here i would just focus on the seriousness of what macron said, this was at the very beginning, remember, he developed his idea, because they once talked about the unacceptability of the supply of tanks, they once talked about the unacceptability of the supply of longrange artillery and
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Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming thanks for supporting your authors, your favorite authors and your local independent bookstore and thank you tonight to cspan for being here. This is a first for me. Maybe you guys are used to this. Im going to cover just a few basic things before we get started. Copies of the book are available downstairs. I think at the register you can purchase them there and bring them up here to get signed after the events. If you could take a moment, silence your phones come i think we would all appreciate that. You are welcome to take photographs and you can post them on social media if they are good. After the author has finished speaking there will be a q a and if you could please wait for microphone, so we can all hear your questions. That would be great. All right, lets get started. James is a writer, literary agent and former book editor. Hes the author of the New York Times bestseller neptune inferno the last stand he is widely sorry, hes widely acclai
Then at 7 00 worl is live with your phone calls and todays headlines. Announcer this week on q a, Hudson Institute senior fellow michael durand, talking about his book ikes gamble. He discusses his book. Brian michael durand, what is ikes gamble . Michael first of all, it is the title of my book. The gamble was a decision by eisenhower in the 1950s in dealing with the middle east to tilt away from his traditional allies, britain and france and israel, and towards the rising nationalist in the region, particularly egypt. Israel, and towards the rising ationalist in the region, brian how old was he at this point . Michael nasser was only in his 40s at this point. He was very young. Brian you talk a lot about winston churchill. How was he at this time . Michael churchill was approaching 80, and britain was still the dominant power in the middle east. It was everywhere in decline. Nationalists were rising up. The big strategic question the u. S. Faced was, should it support britain against