Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhavagos children and having just watched the movie yet again, i was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremy suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. As we did recently welcome him back for an American Forum on the latest book the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the impossible president but its the impossible presidency about whether anyone now can be a successful president. Jeremy is the mac brown distinguished chair for leadership and Global Affairs at university of texas an hes based in both the department of history and the lynn din Johnson School of public affairs. So im going to turn to vlad first who will speak to us about his essay on brezhnev and the lessons of detente. All right. Should i go there . You may go wherever you are comfortable. Maybe ill say
Khrushchev. And we might save that for a later discussion but i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of International History at the London School of economics, an expert on the cold war and soviet russian history and particularly intellectual history. Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhivagos children and having just watched the movie yet again, i was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremi suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. We are always happy to welcome him back. As we did recently for an American Forum on his latest book, the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the impossible president. But it is called the impossible presidency and it is about whether anyone now can be a successful president. Jeremi is the mac brown distinguished chair for leadership and Global Affairs at
And no one else has a ruler with six wives, who cuts the heads off two of them. So youre off to a flying start there. Sreenivasan a tudor takeover, adapting the story of king henry the eighth for print broadway and television. The drama, power plays and an antihero reimagined. It is the story of a new modern man at the start of a new modern europe. And the way in which everyone really tries to serve the whims of henry the viii. Sreenivasan those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by con
And no one else has a ruler with six wives, who cuts the heads off two of them. So youre off to a flying start there. Sreenivasan a tudor takeover, adapting the story of king henry the eighth for print broadway and television. The drama, power plays and an antihero reimagined. It is the story of a new modern man at the start of a new modern europe. And the way in which everyone really tries to serve the whims of henry the viii. Sreenivasan those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by con