I wondered, could have made the choices they had to make to protect ones family, to protect myself. Could i have found the perseverance, the fortitude, the courage, to get to. Its where i am now where i wrote my book, if you hear noises in the background, those are not horns those are frogs croaking away in my pond at college hilltop in connecticut. Hopefully there wont be a thunderstorm and it will stay nice and you callawhen i was up your writing i would spend a good deal of my time wishing i could understand what was like to live in world war ii. Wishing i could find the apathy, the understanding, to convey on the page what its like to live with a constant sense of uncertainty. What its like to live not knowing whats going to happen next. What its like to live through a great unknown. Now its a previously unimagined year later and all i can say is, be careful what you wish for. I am not saying that our battle against the pandemic is the same as fighting world war ii. There is not an
Volunteer the true story. When joined today by author jack fairweather. And the author of the good work. As the daily telegraph, and as a video journalist for the Washington Post in afghanistan. In interviewing jack today is doctor robert. One of the main authorities on history. From 1997 98, robert young developed a master plan and participated as an Expert Witness in the case against the british historians and author. Robert young has published on camp and served as historical advisor and the Evidence Room which would be visited at the center. So before we get started i wanted to do some quick housekeeping things. We will have time about 15 minutes or so for audience q a. And i sure do have questions from the end and we will try to go back and get as many as possible. And please note that this program is being recorded it will be available on Youtube Channel within the next few days or so. I will followup with registers on todays program. And probably tomorrow with a link to it. And