Edwina good morning. Can you hear me all right . Clear as a bell, i hope. It is lovely to be here for another conference. Each one i come to seems to be even better than the last. Here,e kevin, kevin ruane who has written this very, very good book, churchill and the bomb. Bestf my grandfathers quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Most of us, that history is passed. Done and dusted, over with, just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember farther back when people were scared of the abomb, and then worse, of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in United Kingdom. He has written quite a few books, one on vietnam, and one is coming out very s
Churchill and the bomb. Grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. We think most of us that history is passed. Done and dusted. Over with. Just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As robert reich as Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over, but then it wasnt. Whenember farther back people were scared of the abomb and then, worse, of the hbomb. And now, today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom. He has written quite a few books, one on vietnam, and one is coming out shortly, very , andly, on anthony eden that will be a very interesting one, because for me, he had such. Long history with gran poppa he is working on now something that i am really, really going to get my hands on, but its not in
Angela merkel could be out of office by next year. Its not the most likely outcome, but it is possible. Thatin that in itself is extraordinary. This is why the pressure is on. Since the election, the chancellors cdu party has been trying to form a coalition with the liberal fdp party and the greens. Well, the fdp has pulled out of talks. Ms merkel has now told german broadcaster zdf she does not rule out new elections and is ready for a new candidacy, and that shes reluctant to form a minority government. Broadcaster asks, what now, and they may ask. The election in september delivered a shock. We knew that the block she led at its worst result in almost 70 years. It still has had the biggest number of seats in the bundestag, but it only had two clear routes to a majority. One work with the social democrats, but they dont want to, so thats out. Martin schulz has been clear he doesnt want to do that. Or two, work with the greens and the free democrats. But, as weve now seen, Christian L
Good book, churchill and the bomb. One of my grandfathers best quotations, and there are so many to choose from, is this one. The farther backward we can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. We think, most of us, that history is past. Done and dusted, over with, just a memory. But history has a way of coming back to bite us. As Ronald Reagan said, here we go again. I remember when the cold war was over. But then it wasnt. I remember farther back when people were scared of the abomb, and then worse, of the hbomb. And now today, the specter of nuclear war has once again reared its ugly head. Kevin ruane is professor of modern history at Canterbury Christ Church University in United Kingdom. He has written quite a few books, one on vietnam, and one is coming out very shortly on anthony eden. And that will be a very interesting one because, for me, he had such a long history with grandpapa. He is working on now something that i am really, really hoping to get my hands on, but i
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