United nations and nato. It was a war that was fundamentally about liberty, but it spawned independence movements and colonial wars that led to the creation of modern india, pakistan, ghana israel, and other states in a fermentation that continues to this day. We americans emerged from world war ii with extraordinary advantages that ensure prosperity for decades and a thriving industrial base, a population relatively unscarred by war, cheap energy, two thirds of the worlds gold supply, great optimism. As the major power in western europe mediterranean, and the pacific assisting atomic weapons and an army and navy and air force of unequal might possessing atomic weapons and the army and navy and air force of unequal might. It was described as the end of european supremacy. The war largely dispelled american isolationism even as it encouraged american exceptionalism as well as a penchant for military solutions and a self regard that led to some to label the epic the american century. Rem
Could everybody please take a seat . It really is a good morning, this is one of the first days of the year when spring is something other than a rumor. Welcome to one of all. My name is Tom Birmingham in i and i am Pioneer Institute senior fellow in education. This is the third forum that i i have posted over the last two months since joining pioneer. Given the lineup this morning, i believe you are in for a real treat. As is usual, we can expect a robust and Free Exchange of ideas varied opinions when we have the presentation on teaching world war ii in Public Schools. We would also like to express a very warm welcome to cspan , which is joining us this morning. The timing could hardly be better given that this week marks the 70th anniversary of victory in europe today. Day. Several guest speakers are heading to europe to celebrate. But first, let me thank our events cosponsors. The massachusetts historical society, the program of education policy and governance at Harvards Kennedy s
Quite an amazing brief im going to talk about ground rules and turn it over o peter so many of you know peter quite well. He is the john hay professor of International Studies here at brown hes a professor also of International Public affairs, and Political Science. He joined the institute . In 2001 and previously he had worked at reid college, had been in Academy Scholar at the Harvard University Research Fellow at brookings, and also Ssrc Macarthur Foundation fellow of International Peace in security he got his ma and ph. D. In government in cornell and b. A. In Political Science at swathmother. Peter is just one of the truly unique and wonderful combinations of serious scholars, innovative, gifted teachers and really just a wonderful colleague. I was very fortunate to gets to know peter in 2013 and associate director of the qat son institute and translated brown and we were partners in crime for a couple of years trying to reimagine the Watson Institute which i think, has done extre
Ofh economically in terms the money that they are spending, the debt they are incurring that is bankrupting the country, but also in terms of the destruction of our liberty. I haver the years, mulled over the thought of having a conference. Many of these it many of you know we have written a lot on. He kennedy assassination staff about three years ago, i started mulling over a conference like this and i thought, if i could bring together the speakers that have had a big impact on me and my intellectual development, it would be so exciting. Finally, we decided we are going to do it. So we put this thing together, and this because i invited that you will be hearing today, everybody said yes. And i was so pleasantly surprised and excited because everyone of these people that are speaking today has been heroes to me. Inir work is been heroic terms of what we are going to be examining today. And so, it is exciting to be putting this program together, and i want to thank you for coming. We a
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