million . you are displaced person from the world war cold war. i am joel rosenthal carnegie council for ethics in international affairs. the of us in the carnegie family of institutions have a special affection for david. his biography of and your carnegie published in 2006 was a life-changing event for us. through david s work we have come to know andrew carnegie and all of his humanity and complexity. and there is one lesson from the book that really stayed with me. and his animated my work at the carnegie council. and that is as he put it, carnegie s cockeyed optimism is not entirely misplaced. for all of the medicine we see in the world, progress based on reason and can-do spirit is indeed possible. that idea keeps me going. in this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. in addition to the carnegie biography, david s previous book includes prize-winning biographies of joseph p kennedy and william randolph hearst. today we turn to david s latest book,
family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of andrew carnegie was a life-changing event for us. through david s work, we came to know andrew carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. for all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. the idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. in addition to the carnegie biography david s previous books include biographies of joseph kennedy and william randolph hearst. today we turn to david nasaw s supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. the last million: europe s displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. it describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and g
the last million. europe s displaced persons from world war to the cold war. i m joel rosenthal, prime minister of carnegie council for ethics and international affairs. for those of us in the carnegie family of institutions, we have a special affection for david. his biography of andrew carnegie published in 2006 was a life-changing event for us. through david s work, we ve come to know andrew carnegie in all of his humanity and complexity, and there s one lesson from the book that really stayed with me and has animated my work at the carnegie council, and that is the as david would put it cashty s carnegie s cock-eyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. for all the madness we see in the world, progress based on reason and a can-do spirit is, indeed, possible. that idea keeps me going, and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you, david. in addition to the carnegie biography, david s previous books include prize-winning biographies of joseph p. kenned
to continue that this evening with this discussion. i just want to mention briefly what the bard globalization international affairs program is. it s a program that allows students to come to new york city for a semester or a summer, to take classes with great faculty members including the president of the carnegie council, joel rosenthal, who s one of our faculty members. also to do internships here in the city and to just revel in all of the things that new york city has to offer. and i m very happy to also report that starting this semester we have a new partnership with central european university in budapest, so we have several of their students with us this semester, here with us this evening as well. so we have other events that we run throughout the semester. if you are interested to find us on facebook, on twitter, on various other places our web site, please do that. and if you re new to the carnegie council, make sure you pay attention to what s going on here. they