Admiral James Stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme a
With you. Donald trump and Winston Churchill have about a common. When you look at both men you wouldnt think that would be the case. One loves to drink in the other is a sixfoot threeinch teetotaler. One nap in his pajamas almost every afternoon and the other barely sleeps. One began their career by introducing and the other by opposing them. One with the soaring orator and the other a rather crude tweeter but nonetheless. On the surface they seem to be fairly different but peter is soon as you start to drill deeper in my looks trump and churchill defenders of western civilization you find the men have remarkable similarities both being intensely dislike and even hated. Both love their country and both clear thinkers, both alpha males, both had an acrimonious relationship with the media, both endured massive apples with the establishment in their own political party. Both had red assessors that were considered very weak. Winston churchill had Neville Chamberlain and donald trump had b
Makes him tick. The book is already earned praise from among the leading speakers. And we are fortunate that they will spend the next at work with us breaking down what we need to know about how they operate and who they are and what is going on in north korea these days. The bring a wealth of knowledge to this conversation. The both are former intelligence analysts and represent the very best of the previous profession. Each are tremendous callings while in government and their tremendous friends now. And in addition to be deeply informed and formed kind and deadly smart. Theyre also a ton of fun. So before turn it over to them i do want to note that we are in a collective and that many questions and will commute. You can do so, by sending email to events at brookings. Edu or via twitter, and becoming kim. With that is my dog to turn it over now. It one of spend a few minutes talking about what it is like to cover a country like north korea. Your book begins with you talking about ana
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Book tv continues now in cspan2, television for serious readers. Welcome tour virtual briefing series i am tom gilligan director of the Hoover Institution. For more than essential the Hoover Institution at Stanford Universitys generating policy ideas that promote democratic governance. We are excited to be able to connect virtually with you with informed were coming out of our institution. These policy briefings provide an opportunity for you to hear directly from one of our top scholars on the pressing issues facing the world in this difficult time. Hope you enjoy and find value in our discussion. We will be taking audience questions today and encourage adjustment yours at the q a button located the bottom of your screen. Todays briefing is from general hr mcmaster senior fellow at the Hoover Institution he was a 26 not untrue National Security adviser to the president of the United States. He also served for 34 years as he retired as Lieutenant General as june of 2018. His latest boo