Anyway on this subject to the cold war tonight. We are celebrating 75th anniversary. Of um a very important moment in the development of our foreign policy with the with the long telegram canon wrote in from the soviet union and and sent to to Harry Truman and were pleased to be joined tonight by renowned author of Pulitzer Prize winning New York times bestselling Evan Thomas who is written for and been an editor at time and newsweek has been on the programs. I wanted to get this right because there there were a couple of programs here meet the press. Hes been a frequent apparent but most importantly to most of our audience is the colbert report. This is one that hes been a part of as well. So i wanted to mention that but he is coauthor with isaac. All right, excuse me, Walter Isaacson of the wise men, which is really sort of the seminal work on this era and the the men who surrounded truman who kind of brought all this this to bear and and among these folks or principle among them is
For a year now and well continue to do for the next seven years commemorating the 75th anniversary of the literally world changing decisions and is faced by our 33rd president the man from Missouri Harry s truman. Last month, we had a program a commemorating the long telegram foreign Service Officer and Moscow George Cannon sent to the State Department making the case for a Containment Policy against our former World War ii allies in the soviet union led by Joseph Stalin this view that the the alliance that had won the war in europe and against japan was not necessarily going to be sustainable as a entirely friendly relationship. Post war had been growing from really the moment that that Roosevelt And Churchill and stalin got together at yalta to discuss the postwar world. But this is the period 75 years ago when the what would become the cold War Policy foreign policy of the west really began to take shape and as youll hear tonight with our panelists . It was like so many moments in t
Editor at time and newsweek has been on the programs. I wanted to get this right because theyre theyre a couple of programs here meet the press. Hes been a frequent apparent but most importantly to most of our audience is the colbert report. This is one that hes been a part of as well. So i wanted to mention that but he is coauthor with isaac. All right, excuse me, Walter Isaacson of the wise men, which is really sort of the seminal work on this era and the the men who surrounded truman who kind of brought all this this to bear and and chief among these folks are principle among them is is George Kennan, and id like to welcome evan and turn to him and ask him just kind of set us up a little bit with this long Telegram Business and who was kennan and why did he . Decide to write and you know, an 8,000 Word Telegram that he would send back from from moscow to washington. Thank you kurt. Im delighted to be at the Truman Library been there before. Im your virtually i hope to come back in p
Were the private nonprofit foundation established to support the Mission And Legacy of the harry s. Truman president Ial Library and Museum Tonight is yet another as alex said in a series of programs that we have been doing for a year now and well continue to do for the next seven years commemorating the 75th anniversary of the literally world changing decisions and is faced by our 33rd president the man from Missouri Harry s truman. Last month, we had a program a commemorating the long telegram foreign Service Officer and Moscow George Cannon sent to the State Department making the case for a Containment Policy against our former World War ii allies in the soviet union led by Joseph Stalin this view that the the alliance that had won the war in europe and against japan was not necessarily going to be sustainable as a entirely friendly relationship. Post war had been growing from really the moment that that Roosevelt And Churchill and stalin got together at yalta to discuss the postwar
Policy with the with the long telegram that canon wrote in from the soviet union and and sent to to Harry Truman and were pleased to be joined tonight by renowned author of Pulitzer Prizewinning New York times bestselling evan thomas who is written for and been an editor at time and newsweek has been on the programs. I wanted to get this right because theyre theyre a couple of programs here meet the press. Hes been a frequent apparent but most importantly to most of our audience is the colbert report. This is one that hes been a part of as well. So i wanted to mention that but he is coauthor with isaac. All right, excuse me, Walter Isaacson of the wise men, which is really sort of the seminal work on this era and the the men who surrounded truman who kind of brought all this this to bear and and chief among these folks are principle among them is is George Kennan, and id like to welcome evan and turn to him and ask him just kind of set us up a little bit with this long Telegram Busines