They moved their Classes Online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Video of the class is courtesy of the school. You can watch lectures in history every weekend on American History tv. We take you inside College Classrooms to learn about topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9 11. At 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern on cspan three. We are ready to start. Thanks for your patience and for logging into class remotely during this unpleasant time. Unpleasant coronavirus situation, which will hopefully pass soon. Im glad to see you are all well and have safely moved out of the dorms. I took a little walk through campus today. Since we are social distancing here, dr. Kristin kuby isnt here with me in the room, but she is on zoom video. Say hello. There she is. She can answer any questions about your papers afterward or online. Today, we get into one of my favorite chapters in the whole year, and that is the chapter on Richard Nixon, followed by gerald ford in this president s in constit
Senior means age, not rank. They review the manuscripts and make a recommendation to the director of the book program, and then the wheels start rolling. The negotiation with the publisher goes on between the book Program Director and the author himself. Weve got a nice stable of printing houses, universities, and other organizations that produce our books. As a bit of history, in the audience in the back, dr. Roger cirillo, who was really the genesis, start of this years book program. A number of years ago when it came under attack, we brought roger in and he resolved it and kept it running. Roger is a colonel in the regiment. If you are a tanker, you know what regiment im talking about. Im not a tanker. Im an engineer. In the last row, and some of you have heard this story before, is a retired general, but in the opening days of world war ii, this individual was stationed in greenland as an army weatherman. Back then i think you were a tech sergeant, who had launched the balloons. He
Good evening, everybody. My name is katie willard, and im part of the event staff here at politics and prose. Before we begin, id like to go over a few announcements. Announcements. Please type in your cellphones and other boys making devices. Not only is it courteous to the author, but we are also on cspan tonight, so you do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. Second, during the questionandanswer portion and in the interest of our video and audio recording if you could come up to the microphone over here and it is right here by the pillar that way we can all hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. Lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid, our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen to politics and prose. The founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. H
But before i do i want to extend on your behalf and mine a warm welcome to colin himself and to our 2 distinguishedcommentators. As you probably know, colin is a professor at the start school in policy and government at George Mason University and is also a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise institute our neighbor next door literally. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics and this book is trademark dueck. It examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of President Trump. In terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found a manifestation in modern American History especially in the debates about americas role in the world so the book is both encompassing and granular simultaneously. And despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you its a very delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. So welcome colin,
Welcome to the carnegie and almond for international peace. I am a senior fellow of the endowment and its a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this Book Discussion of colin duecks age of iron which is a marvelous analysis of conservative nationalism. I see a couple of things about the book in the moment but before i do, i want to extend on your behalf and mind a warm welcome to colin himself and to our two distinguished commentators, danny pletka and Richard Fontaine. As you know colin is a professor at the start school of policy and government at George Mason University read and is also a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise institute, our neighbor next door literally. Colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. And this book is trademark colin dueck. It examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon that has been brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of President Trump. In terms of both the history of idea