In my mothers bedroom. Then on. Americas and the war. And why did you so much . Because we knew they were going to lose it. What did that mean for you in hungary . I did not cry then. Cold are you . I was 18. With that interview the late author john lucas in depth that was born 20 years ago. Since 2000, over 230 of the leading nonfiction and fiction authors of our time of appeared on in depth. Milton freedman, alice walker, Colton Whitehead bob woodward, neil degrasse, tyson george wells, just to name a few. So over the next three hours our goal is to review the last 20 years of indepth. But also to ask you a couple of questions, here they are. Who is your favorite indepth gas . What book are you reading now . And who is your favorite Nonfiction Author . And that is what will be talking about. Heres how you can dial in on the 20th anniversary of indepth. 2020 code 7488200. For those of you in the Eastern Central time zone, 202 7488201 if you live the mountain pacific time zone. And you
Depth. The next three hours shall see many of the authors who appeared on the program. We were also joined by an author, cornell west and the heads of Simon Schuster and rectory publishing. There is something there is still something that brings tears to my eyes. I hope it wont do it now. On the seventh of december, or the eighth of december 1941, i went to what you would call a problem, an event, you know. I was the equivalent of a freshman at the university. I came home atoc 2 00 oclock at night, the light was on. Excuse me. [inaudible] americas and the war. Yes. And why did that touch you so much . To act because we knew it was going to lose it. Would that mean for you and hungry . I did not cry then. How old were you . Eighteen . I was 18 yes. With that interview with the late author john lucas, indepth was born 20 years ago. 2000 leading nonfiction fiction authors of our time have appeared on indepth. Freeman, colton walker, bob woodward, george well, just to name a few. So over t
And the exhibits of what would have happened on the ground didnt matter the closing months of world war tii. To do this we asked our own rob citino. She among the seniors, i will beat him to the punch line and say he has the longest on staff. He is a Award Winning historiah. He taught for three decades including stints at west point, the u. S. Military economy, and the war college. He came in 2013 for the International Conference. He is one of our featured tour historians. He came to our 2015 tour, but he did not come to our 2015 International Conference because we did not invite him that year. We invited him to join the staff as the Museum Senior historian and we could not be luckier to have a topnotch scholar to guide us, so ladies and gentlemen, our friend george citino. What was up in 2015 . What did i do you sit at home and there is a big party in new orleans and youre wondering what happened. Thank you for those comments, ger my. I remember the first time i spoke at the conferenc
The National World War Ii Museum hosted the event. Well, greetings, ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to see you all here and it is always great to see i dont want to say so many probably all are familiar faces and we saw most of you in november and we hope to see most of you again in november and in between in september for our memory conference. As steven is said, unfortunately dr. Stoller tried his best, slipped on the way and caught his balance. But all three flights from berlington, vermont, were cancelled to get him here yesterday. And while we are disappointed, he is even more disappointed that he couldnt make it back down here and present. But i can tell you that we are very fortunate in this great city of new orleans to have one of the leading scholars in this field in gunther bischof here to fill the breach and enlighten us with the first panel of the day. Gunther has been a friend since before we had a building. Not just a hotel. But an actual museum. He goes back with
Welcome back to the Madeleine Paul hilliard Conference Center here at the higgins hotel. I hope everybody enjoyed their lunch. We spent this morning doing some pretty high Level Analysis of the political and strategic situation that existed amongst the allied leaders. But as we all know, wars are fought on battle feels, not in board rooms, and these summits, though they dictated much of what would happen on the ground, they wouldnt have mattered much if we didnt have armies in the field. So our next session will look at how yalta affected the execution of the closing months of world war ii. To do this, we asked our very own rob citino, dr. Citino is the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy as well as the Museum Samuel and mary stone Senior Historian at the National World War Ii Museum and ill beat him to the punch line and say hes got the longest title on staff. Hes an Award Winning military historian, published ten books, primarily on the german army.