Minute event. Well, thank you for coming out what i want to try to do is look at the cold war it is worth baring in mind that there were actually periods of time that caused your fore bearers more anxiety and in some cases with much greater reason to do so. And won the 1952 and 1956 election. And these are the years that represent a high point. Thinking about the cold war and the United States its worth bear in mind that the legacy and the history of the cold war was one of much of americas 20th century. And the forces in the soviet union was not during the period that you tend to think is the cold war which is from 19464748 and and much of eisenhowers much of the people in the army who served with him are being framed by the fact that america is one of the coalition of powers that went to war with the communists in the russian civil war. The idea that russia represented an ideological challenge to the United States begins there. The cold war is at its hottest between the United States
He has just written a new book, secret wars covert conflict in international politics. It will be available for purchase after todays talk. Dr. Carson is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of chicago. He has published widely already. He is published in the journal of politics and security studies. He has launched on his second book project already. It analyzes the role of Sensitive Information and secrecy in international organizations. He received his phd from ohio state in 2013. As i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title a program here at the institute in 2013. With that, i will turn the floor over to austin. Thank you. Thanks also to all of you for coming. Its great to be back here at the Wilson Center. I really appreciate the institute that support the Cold War International history project. And a shout out to victoria and sydney for all youve done to make it possible. I want to start my talk about this b
Contained. The Woodrow Wilson Center Hosted this onehour event. Mr. Pomeranz its a great pleasure today to welcome back austin carson. He also has the distinction of being a title viii scholar. He has just written a new book, secret wars covert conflict in international politics. And it will be available for purchase after todays talk. Dr. Carson is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of chicago. He has published widely already. In the international organization, the american journal of Political Science, journal of politics and security studies. He has already launched on his second book project which is ambitious which analyzes the role of politics and secrecy in international organizations. He received his phd from ohio state and as i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title viii program here at the institute in 2013. With that, i will turn the floor over to austin. Prof. Carson great, thanks so much, will. Th
Politics. And it will be available for purchase after todays talk. Dr. Carson is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of chicago. He has published widely already. In the international the american journal of Political Science, journal of pot andrnal of politics security studies. He has already launched on his second book project which is ambitious which analyzes the role of politics and secrecy in international organizations. He received his phd from ohio state and as i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title viii program here at the institute in 2013. With that, i will turn the floor over to austin. Professor carson great, thanks so much, will. Thanks also to all of you for coming. Its great to be back here at the Wilson Center. I really appreciate the institute to support the Cold War International history project. And a shoutout to victoria and cindy for all your done to make it possible to come out here. I wa