And i know that theres a lot of excitement as there ought be for this evenings conversations so thank you for taking time to be here. Were so delighted to have professor margaret macmillen with us today. Thank you for traveling to be a part of this important conversation, and who else to help us with that is better equipped than margaret macmillen and a professor of history at oxford, at the university of toronto. Serves in many varied roles. A trustee of the university and more recently at the Imperial War Museum. Might i offer that we are second only here at the National World war i museum and memorial to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history. They began collecting in 1917 and we began collecting in 1920. And were further delighted that theyre having their world war ii galleries reinstalled by the gallery designers of the National World war i museum and memorial. So theyre very wise i might say. Shes written many publications and books. I dont want to list those. One of which i
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. What a day. A terrific event that weve had so far and thank you for being with us and i know theres a lot of excitement and thank you for taking time to be here. We are so delighted to have professor Margaret Mcmillin with us, and it really is a delight. Thank you so much for traveling to be with us in this important conversation and who else but to help us with that is better equipped than Margaret Mcmillin an emeritus professor at oxford and professor of history in toronto. She serves in a varied role and more recently at the Imperial War Museum. May i offer that we are second only here at the National World war i museum to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history they began collecting in 1917 and we began collecting in 1920, and we are furthy delighted that theyre having their world war ii galleries reinstalled by the gallery designers of the National World war i museum and memorial. So they are very wise, i might say. Margarets research specia
Really a terrific event we have had so far and thank you for being with us. I know there is a lot of excitement, as there ought be about this evenings conversation, so thank you for taking time to be here. We are so delighted to have professor Margaret Mcmillan with us. Thank you so much for traveling to be with us. Who else but to help us with that is better equipped than Margaret Mcmillan, emmert as professor of history at the university of toronto. She serves in many and varied roles. Trustee at the Central University and more recently at the Imperial War Museum. Might i offer that we are second only here at the National World war i museum to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history. They began collecting in 1917. We began collecting in 1920. We are further delighted they are having their world war ii galleries reinstalled by the gallery designers of the National World war i museum and memorial. They are very wise i might say. Margarets research specializes in British Imperial hi
Event we havefic had so far and thank you for being with us. I know there is a lot of excitement, as there ought be about this evenings conversation, so thank you for taking time to be here. We are so delighted to have professor Margaret Mcmillan with us. Thank you so much for traveling to be with us. Who else but to help us with that is better equipped than Margaret Mcmillan, emmert as professor of history at the university of toronto. Many and varied roles. Trustee at the Central University and more recently at the Imperial War Museum. Might i offer that we are second only here at the National World war i museum to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history. They began collecting in 1917. We began collecting in 1920. We are further delighted they are having their world war ii galleries reinstalled by the gallery designers of the National World war i museum and memorial. They are very wise i might say. Research specializes in British Imperial history and the International History of
Tonights big who served, and and counsel to the house energy and commerce subcommittee and Commerce Consumer protection as a member of president clintons task force on healthcare reform. Thanks so much. So what were going to do is start with a conversation between us and then over to audience to ask questions directly. And in the process, i know that their appetites for reading this book will be seriously whetted. I spent the weekend reading it and it is, indeed, terrific. Let me start where you start in the book which is to describe the various kind of shaping forces that help shape our culture and our politics and the way in which they led to the moment were in today, the political moment, the social moment, the cultural moment were in today. And you start by arguing that throughout our history, theres been this ongoing tension in our sense of ourselves between rugged individualism on the one hand and a commitment to community, to collectivism on the other. Say a word about that and