I worked hard to keep the conversation because obviously there is a lot of seriousness and also the human side, not just me, but what i saw you learned as i traveled around the world. Next, from this years baltimore book festival, a Panel Discussion on the future of the maryland city. The baltimore book festival is presented by Stephen Janis and the art of [inaudible] Film Commission especially that agency and please note after you enjoyed the presentation, volunteers are on hand and they are happy to accept donations and thank you for helping to keep the baltimore book festival free. We have an incredible panel assembled and i will start with introductions. D. Watkins, living and dial dying while latin america. A columnist and his work has been published in the new york times, huffington post, the guardian and other magazines. He holds a masters in education from john hopkins university. He is a College Professor and has also been a recipient of numerous awards including a beanie fell
Lifetime e a took place a lifetime ago. And its collapse seems so unimaginable. If i can indulge you for a second, the year before the collapse, i had organized a conference. Withe was more associated the cold war. Some of you were there. Of talk aboutt the integration of europe. , knownial the soviet was talking about the reunification of germany. Off desk also the time john and bill had begun their series on sovietamerican relations, the first time sovietamerican scholars got together. Scott armstrong had just come up with the idea of a National Security archive. But the end of the cold war . Not a chance and no discussion. Notequently, one is remarkable, what is now much closer now than we were then, by reaching a consensus regarding events in germany, and then of course, there aftermath. These questions concerned the drivers, whether they be individual, state, or international. These questions concerned consequences, whether they be international, state, or individual. These questi
Four decades or even more, its a little short of remarkable that were marking 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. Its remarkable because on the one hand we can recall that event so vividly, but on the other hand, it sometimes seems like it took place a lifetime ago. Its also remarkable because for those of us who pursued our degrees and published our first books during the preceding decades, in some cases before the construction of the wall [ laughter ] its collapse seemed so unimaginable. In fact, if i can indulge you for a second, the year before the collapse, i organized a conference on john foster dulles. No one was more associated with the cold war. Some of you were there. There was lots of talk about the integration of europe. The soviets new thinking. Glasnost. Perestroika but no one was talking about the reunification this was the time john gaddes began their conferences on soviet and american relations. First time soviet and American Scholars got together. And Scott Ar
Will, within the communist world would react to remove those like gorbachev who tried to push the world forward through with reform. And ultimately, we see this fear coming true in august of 1991 when there was a conservative coup, at that point without very likelihood of success. But nonetheless, the great fear that that could generate into civil war, Ethnic Violence and the like. So i argue that there are really two moments, therefore, when president bush essentially took off the hypocratic gloves, if you will. The first was with reunification of germany. He believed in a nato context it was necessary to keep future sta bill nit europe because having nato in europe allowed the americans to also stay in europe and he believed firmly the only thing that kept the peace since 1945 in europe was the american presence. Therefore he pushed hard for reunification an the terms he needed which was keeping germany in nato. And the second moment was the gulf war. When this strikes me as really t
On weekends cspan 3 is home to American History tv with programs that tell our nations story. The civil wars 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. American artifacts touring museums and Historic Sites to discover what artifactsry valley. History book shelf for the best known history writers. The presidency looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanderinchief. Lectures in history with top college professors. And our new series, real america featuring archival government and educational films from the 1930s through the 70s. Cspan 3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. To mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall a panel of historians discuss the end of the cold war. Constructed in 1961, the wall began to fall on november 9th, 1989, after months of protests an political liberalization in pro soviet Eastern Europe. This event is hosted by the society for historians of American Foreign relati