Think this quite important topic are three fantastic historians, all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly of young university. Professor dirk of duke university. And professor Michael J Allen of northwestern university. Im going to set the stage for with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and will introduce each panelist visually before they speak. Just 15, 20 minutes apiece and then we will open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. So we are here today to talk about the origins and the effects of this thing we call the deep state. It is important to say at the outset what historians always like to say. This is not really new. Today, we call it the deep state. In earlier eras, activists talked about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the militaryIndustrial Complex. Even though those terms have varied throughout the ages, they usually share a lot in common. So the arguments that typically accompany thes
Joining me here to talk about i think this quite important topic are three fantastic historians, all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly gage of young university. Professor dirk of duke university. And professor michael j. Allen of northwestern university. Im going to set the stage for with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and will introduce each panelist individually before they speak for just 15, 20 minutes apiece. And then we will open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. So we are here today to talk about the origins and the effects of this thing we call the deep state. It is important to say at the outset what historians always like to say. This is not really new. Today, we call it the deep state. In earlier eras, activists talked about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the military Industrial Complex. Even though those terms have varied throughout the ages, they usually share a lot in common.
And welcome to the society for historians of American Foreign relations 2019 conference on this, the longest day of the year. Hopefully this panel will not be the longest panel of the year. Im aaron. I teach u. S. Military history and Foreign Policy the university of texas at austin. Im pleased to be chairing this panel today on the deep state. Joining me here to talk about i think this quite important topic are three fantastic historians, all of whom study politics and power in American History. Professor beverly of yale university. Professor dirk bonker of duke university. And professor Michael J Allen of northwestern university. Im going to set the stage with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and will introduce each panelist visually before they speak. Just 15, 20 minutes apiece and then we will open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. So we are here today to talk about the origins and the effects of this thing we call the deep state. It is important to say at the
Story got a lot of debate over is not whether we should spend money on Disaster Response, it is who should spend the money. Should it be the federal government or the states taking care of it . The argument is if it is the more is responsible for and more Disaster Response, they will take steps to reduce the potential damage from disasters. Talk aboutrock long stronger building close and better land use. States can do that kind of thing and they can say, we have this area just keeps getting destroyed by hurricanes and we are just not wanted not going to allow development anymore or stronger building codes, so peoples houses do not get destroyed. That is the argument for putting states more in control of Disaster Responses so they can affect the actual cost of disaster recovery, like taking this mitigation and prevention steps. Host there is likely to be a request coming after hurricane after thesome sort hurricane occurs, and i wanted to point out an article in the florida phoenix. The
University. And professor Michael J Allen of northwestern university. Im going to set the stage for with four or five minutes of introductory remarks and will introduce each panelist visually before they speak. Just 15, 20 minutes apiece and then we will open the floor to discussion in this roundtable. So we are here today to talk about the origins and the effects of this thing we call the deep state. Thes important to say at outset what historians always like to say. This is not really new. Today, we call it the deep state. In earlier eras, activists talked about the washington establishment, the power elite, the system, and even the militaryIndustrial Complex. Even though those terms have varied throughout the ages, they usually share a lot in common. So the arguments that typically accompany these terms about the deep state or the washington system, they are almost always conspiratorial. They almost always talk about a cabal within the government that is working in secret to drive p