So much for coming out to hear about this amazing event. Of the berlin wall. Sarotte. I normally live in a warmer climate. I am professor of history in i currently am a visiting professor at harvard. It was great to be at harvard while i wrote this book. So many great resources here that helped me to write this book. I have been asked a number of times about the origins of this that i wrotesons it. And that actually has to do with called 1989,ok the struggle to create post cold europe. These books are actually in the reverse order. The foreignbout policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. Aboutllapse is actually the fall of the berlin wall. The new book is in essence a prequel. That happen . Well, this book, as i said, its about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. When i would go out to do book talks like this one, i would get im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening berlin wall. Often i would not even get through t
Climate. I am a visiting professor at harvard, and it was great to be at harvard and be in the Cambridge Community while i wrote this book so many great resources that helped me to rite this book. I have been asked a number of times about the origins of this book. The reasons i wrote it. And that actually has to do with my previous book called 1989, the struggle to create post cold war europe. These books are in the reverse order. 1989 talks about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall. The collapse is actually about the fall of the berlin wall. So the new book is a prequel to my previous book. This book is about the Foreign Policy that followed the fall of the berlin wall, and when i did book types id say, im here to talk about the Foreign Policy that followed the accidental opening of the berlin wall. And often i would not even get to that sentence. Somebody would interrupt me and say, timeout. What do you mean the accidental opening of theber win wall . That wa
In addition to being a House Historical Association board member, in my prior life, i did eight years in the Obama White House, six years as mrs. Obamas chief of staff during the entire eight years, i also ran the White House Council on women and girls. And so theres a special place in my heart for women in the white house, where women in history or women as leaders our country, and how important it is to tell that story wherever it is and bring out that rich history. I was struck last night by the photo of the first steak dinner that we saw and how it was just a bunch of men gathered in the blue there and how things are now, but how we should uncover the stories because there were clearly women behind all those men standing in that picture as. There are women throughout history and through what were doing. And so that how we will the panel that we will have this morning to discuss this. And so let me introduce our panels. We have as our moderator, greta bronner, who is a host for cspa
In addition to being a House Historical Association board member, in my prior life, i did eight years in the Obama White House, six years as mrs. Obamas chief of staff during the entire eight years, i also ran the White House Council on women and girls. And so theres a special place in my heart for women in the white house, where women in history or women as leaders our country, and how important it is to tell that story wherever it is and bring out that rich history. I was struck last night by the photo of the first steak dinner that we saw and how it was just a bunch of men gathered in the blue there and how things are now, but how we should uncover the stories because there were clearly women behind all those men standing in that picture as. There are women throughout history and through what were doing. And so that how we will the panel that we will have this morning to discuss this. And so let me introduce our panels. We have as our moderator, greta bronner, who is a host for cspa
In addition to being a House Historical Association board member, in my prior life, i did eight years in the Obama White House, six years as mrs. Obamas chief of staff during the entire eight years, i also ran the White House Council on women and girls. And so theres a special place in my heart for women in the white house, where women in history or women as leaders our country, and how important it is to tell that story wherever it is and bring out that rich history. I was struck last night by the photo of the first steak dinner that we saw and how it was just a bunch of men gathered in the blue there and how things are now, but how we should uncover the stories because there were clearly women behind all those men standing in that picture as. There are women throughout history and through what were doing. And so that how we will the panel that we will have this morning to discuss this. And so let me introduce our panels. We have as our moderator, greta bronner, who is a host for cspa