Intellectual and cultural institutions read and he has served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, a columnist for the Financial Times and Bloomberg News and has taught economic history at this stern school of business. Now in addition to her prolific book writing amity serves as apresident ial scholar for kings carriage college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and in a coup forus at and i , chairs the Selection Committee or the Manhattan Institutes hyattprize, an award she herself has one. Amitys latest work , Great Society a new history is a stunningachievement. Few decades have imprinted on the popular imagination as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decade for its most dramatic and turbulent moments. The assassinations of the kennedys and Martinluther King jr. , march on washington and antiwar protests. Neil armstrong on the moon and fighting in vietnam. Amitys focus though is not the drama that played out on Telev
And now on cspan2 book tv, more television for serious readers. Good evening. Im andrew natsios, the director of the Scope Institute on International Affairs at the bush school of government at a and m university. Id like to welcome our special event site for this evening with kim dennis is going to speak on our recent book black weight, saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry unraveled cultural, religion and collective memory in the middle east. That said i spent the weekend reading it, i didnt quite get through it but i couldnt put it down it was so interesting if you havent read it after this evening, im sure youwill find if you havent already but i would urge you to read it. Its absolutelyfascinating. Its wellwritten, very well researched. Theres a narrative flow to it and its very troubling, i have to say that the purpose of the book. I would like to announce proportionally that our event in two days ambassador dennis ross who is another expert in the middle east is unable to
Of the page. [inaudible conversations] it is great to be with you all to celebrate andd discuss n excellent new book of one of our countrys most original and insightful economic thinkers, amity shlaes. Over the course of our distinguished career, she is brought her wide range intelligence and feel for storytelling to some of our countrys leading intellectual and cultural institutions. Amity to serve as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, a columnist for the Financial Times and bloomberg news, and has taught economic history at the stern school of business. Now in addition to a prolific book writing amity serves as a president ial scholar for kings college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and chairs the Selection Committee for the Manhattan Institute prize, and award she herself has one. Her latest work, Great Society a new history of the 1960s in america is a stunning achievement. Few decades have imprinted on the popular imagination qu
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