Your friends so they can join, too. Tonights meet the author Event Features a great friend of the museum, someone whos become very involved with us in the last year or so, james holland, who, last week, published the second book in his trilogy on world war ii in the west, the allies strike back. Before i get to the introductions, i do want to follow a tradition we have here at the museum. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans with us tonight that i can recognize. If not, id like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifices. This evening, well have on stage together two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field. I was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing or something, this would be like a payperview match or something that we would have on this stage tonight. So we have our own senior historian, rob citino, who published his 10th book this month and hell be interv
Leaving shelves bear and fridges empty. Wellington with sports news. Basketball players test positive for coronavirus. Celebrations continue for liverpool. Aswill hear from their coach they are targeting more trophies. Anchor we begin the newshour in the United States where Vice President mike pence has led the first Coronavirus Task force briefing in almost two months as america reported an alltime high of new virus infections. Around 40,000 new cases were confirmed across the u. S. On thursday but mike pence echoed Donald Trumps message that the number of cases had been increasing because of accelerated testing. He said 16 states are seeing a resurgence in cases across the south and southwest. In much of the country, we are seeing jobs expanding and Economic Activity expanding, but our focus today is very much on the advent of a rising series of new cases across the american south. Where our First Mission was to save lives, once we came out of the 45 days to slow the spread, our task
Features a great friend. Someone is become very involved with us in the last year or so. James holland. Who last week published the second book in his trilogy. Before i get into the introductions, i want to follow a tradition we have here. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans here with us tonight that i can recognize, do we have any veterans . If not i would like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifice. This evening come we will have on stage together, two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field, i was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing, this ability paper view match we would have on the stage tonight. Historianr own senior who publishes his book this month and he will be interviewing james holland, a ,istorian, broadcaster, author he is written 19 books on world war ii. Mostly nonfiction but also historical novels and young adult titles. You probably re
In 2004 a book he wrote that is well on my shelf. I have assigned to thousands of undergraduates over the years. Book is theent kremlin letters, stalins wartime correspondence with churchill and roosevelt. On this book. D im sure we will have some more information. Includes the principal messages between the big three. Re is an analog goal analytical narrative throughout the war. The letters are always viable. Its the commentary that really sets it apart. Its based on a wide array of material. Prize in 2004. N weve been fortunate to have him speak here at the international conference. Without further ado, david reynolds. [applause] dr. Reynolds its a pleasure to be here. I first came to see the dday of stephenhe day ambrose. Me howt in 2018 showed it is changed and developed an amazing ways since then. Everyone hat off to involved in this very amazing enterprise. Am i too close to the microphone . Speakingglad to be here. Im very glad it to be speaking today and not on monday. Son. Tal
Wellthumbed on my shelf. I have assigned it to hundreds, maybe thousands of undergraduates over the years, one of the best books of historywriting ive ever read. His most recent book and the one on which he will be speaking tonight is the kremlin letters stalins wartime correspondence with churchill and roosevelt. From 2018. He collaborated on this book with professor vladimir and im sure will have some more information on that. The book includes the principle messages between the big three, and its not so much of a commentary that provides an analytical narrative as a triangular relationship throughout the war. A book of correspondence with letters from one to the other is very valuable, but it is the commentary, i think, that really sets it apart. It is based on a wide array of material from russian, british, and american sources. I might also add a few things, professor reynolds won a prize for history in 2004, was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2005. We have been fortun