I worked for many years in los angeles at the Los Angeles Times. I have written for the new york times. Currently i write for the los angeles review of books and i am on the board of directors of the National Book critics circle. I am also the author of a book lapoetry, that deals with causa. At this time i would like to introduce miriam. Miriam is the former Pulitzer Prize winning editor. She spent 25 years working at newsday and to the Los Angeles Times. Her book, the crusades of cesar a biography is the First Comprehensive biography of the charismatic leader. She has written the union of widely acclaimed into nuanced history of chavez is United Farmworkers Movement and nuanced history of a United Farmworkers Movement. She recently received an endowment for her work on the chavez biography. Please welcome miriam pawel. [applause] thanks, gregg. Gregg hi miriam. Gg. Iam hi, gre gregg i want to ask you something i feel is important what brought you through the writing about cesar chave
Wife of our president newly elected hugh hewitt. [applause] our distinguished speaker was to dr. Kissinger as dr. Kissinger was to president nixon. He joined kissingers security staff in 1969 as special assistant traveling the world on virtually every Major Initiative in the greater cold war. He was with dr. Kissinger during the talks with go she ate her in purse that culminated in the paris peace accords. He was with president nixon in moscow in during his first trip there in 1972 and he was therefore kissingers shuttles between the arabs and israelis after the yom kippur war. He was a key actor in nixons trip to china in 1972 known as the week that changed the world. Was president of the council on formal relations and assistant secretary of state for Southeast Asian and pacific affairs. From until 2016 he conducted oral histories of Henry Kissinger on behalf of the foundation. They cover a variety of subject , andr china, vietnam statesmanship and are and now adable book is availabl
National security staff in 1969 and traveled the world on every major Diplomatic Initiative in the midst of the vietnam war and greater cold war. He was with dr. Kissinger with negotiators in paris that culminated in the paris peace accords. He was with president nixon in moscow during his first in 1972 and heip 1973 yom after the kippur war. He was a key actor in the historic trip to china in 1972 known popularly as the week that changed the world. Severalto hold positions. From 2015 to 2016 he conducted oral histories with dr. Kissinger on behalf of the Nixon Foundation. The collection of interviews cover a variety of subject matter. Be readussia, and can in this book called kissinger on kissinger reflections of diplomacy, grand, strategy, and leadership. It is available for purchase in our museum store and mr. Lord will sign copies. Ambassador lord will be interviewed by dr. Frank gh gannon. He worked with Randolph Churchill to write the biography of his father, instant churchill. H
This week on q a, our guest is margaret macmillan, author of nixon and mao the week that chnaged the world. Cspan margaret macmillan, but if you think a book about nixon and mao would so . Guest my father was a good subject and i love the good storiestoriesof history and thou have two extraordinary personality is with great falls and talent and it was an interesting moment that ended the period but in the United States and china and started Something Else so my next book i wanted to do something manageable has a good story. Cspan did he rely on to tell you what that moment was like . Guest that the documents. Theres a record now of all the transcripts of the first memoirs. Bob haldeman did a diary that is helpful, Henry Kissinger wrote them and thereve been lots of interviews, so i gathered whatever i could from those that have been there. Cspan did you learn anything they dont already know . Guest i learned something i didnt know. I think i learned a great deal more about Richard Nixo
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