With our virtual audience and i hope that soon will be together again in person. I m david vondriley. I am a columnist for the washington post and a member of the board of directors of the truman library institute. We re the private nonprofit foundation established to support the mission and legacy of the harry s. Truman presidential 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 we ll continue to do for the next seven years commemorating the 75th anniversary of the literally worldchanging decisions and christ. 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 in moscow george kennan 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 w
For a year now and we ll 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 you ll hear tonight with our panelists? it was like so many moments in
We re the private nonprofit foundation established to support the mission and legacy of the harry s. Truman presidential 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 we ll 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 postwa
it s a pleasure to be here again with our virtual audience and i hope that soon we ll be together again in person. i m david von drehle. i am a columnist for the washington post and a member of the board of directors of the truman library institute. we re the private nonprofit foundation established to support the mission and legacy of the harry s. truman presidential 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 we ll 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 ha
college hosted a series of events including this key note by george will. westminster college has been a host for a series of very famous lectures. the lecture that churchill delivered 75 years ago. others were the ibm lecture, the jerry price lecture, the brower lecture. one of the most venerable is the crosby lecture series. scholars, statesmen and women have delivered lectures from the church to share with us thoughts on churchill, the anglo-america relationship and other topics. today we present the 34th crosby lecture and the first to be delivered virtually to a global audience. to introduce today s speaker i m pleased to welcome churchill fellow and the director of the institute for museum and library services, crosby kemper. thank you very much, tim. appreciate that introduction. in the early 1990s george will came to kansas city to speak. i was conducting a fan campaign with petitions and banners and bumper stickers to bring real grass to the field at kauffman sta