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Good evening, everyone. Im robert citino, executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy here at the National World War Ii Museum. Thank you. Thank you to the museum for hiring me. I appreciate that. Every two weeks i appreciate it. Im also the samuel Senior Historian at the museum which is perhaps my proudest boast. Welcome to another installment of our meet the authors heres here at the museum where we bring you the best new world war ii literature and the men and women who write and create it. For i have just two nights, a man who needs no introduction, let me carry out the tradition of the National World War Ii Museum at all all of public programming. Are there by any chance any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in the audience tonight . There we go. All right. I knew there were two right up front. [applause] and to say we thank you for your service is an understatement of the century. In the veterans of any other service or any other era please sta
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Far eastern history from the university of london, and his phd in japanese history from princeton university. He has been the secretary of the navy fellow and visiting professor of strategy and policy at the u. S. Naval war college. Usking professor at the trillion Defense Force academy, where he was a senior fulbright fellow, and a visiting scholar to the National Japanese center in kyoto. He studied the comparative history of war, specializing in Japanese Military institutions and the social and cultural transformation of japan. War, coauthor of japan at in world history, a New York Times best book of the year, and published widely on japanese war experience in english and japanese. Please welcome dr. Ted cook. [applause] prof. Cook its a great privilege again to once more at theo my friends military affairs symposium, which has been a home for me for many, many years. Not quite from the beginning, but close to the beginning. Ince we moved, my wife and moved to new york and number of