trotsky. he discovered america in the year 2004. ever since then he has been delving in the records held by the hoover institution. all of their research that robert service has done is done in the archives. he took part in the annual hoover institution totalitarian regimes directed by hoover fellow gregory. the scholarly audience presentations on the keynote events of the workshop program. robert service plan now join us on the end of the cold war. [applause] c thank you very much mark for that very generous introduction. what i want to talk about today is the subject of my new book, which is about a war that never became a war. it s about the cold war rather than a hot war. although it was a cold war in a sense that there was a threat that military conflict throughout its existence, it was a single non-war, the third world war which could have a liberated human and animal life on the entire planet all around the earth. it really was a truly dangerous phenomenon, the cold
grubber helped draft that language, a job for which he was paid nearly $400,000 to complete. grubber admitting, quote a damning admission when juxtaposed to the memorandum when the president first took office in 2009. president obama writing, quote the president s political philosophy and election year s tactics on display today, as the administration lured targets and expectations for the next phase of obamacare enrollment. the administration projecting fewer than 10 million people will enroll in health care insurance plans by the end of next year. that would be 25% below the 13 million enrollments the congressional budget office originally projected. you will remember, president obama was the recipient of the dubious honor of lie of the year. in 2013, by politifact. for repeatedly claim fug like your doctor and your plan, you can keep them, a statement for which he finally apologized after nearly 4 million americans watched their insurance plans be canceled. it is no wo
grubber helped draft that language, a job for which he was paid nearly $400,000 to complete. grubber admitting, quote a damning admission when juxtaposed to the memorandum when the president first took office in 2009. president obama writing, quote the president s political philosophy and election year s tactics on display today, as the administration lured targets and expectations for the next phase of obamacare enrollment. the administration projecting fewer than 10 million people will enroll in health care insurance plans by the end of next year. that would be 25% below the 13 million enrollments the congressional budget office originally projected. you will remember, president obama was the recipient of the dubious honor of lie of the year. in 2013, by politifact. for repeatedly claim fug like your doctor and your plan, you can keep them, a statement for which he finally apologized after nearly 4 million americans watched their insurance plans be canceled. it is no wo
creeping across the country a survey that instantly becomes the most discussed. grapes of wrath. a lot of stereotypes of oklahoma that come from some very powerful images. first of all the grapes of wrath. that was the one my father would not allow me to read. i could read anything no matter how salacious as long as it wasn t the grapes of wrath. and so many stereotypes about oklahoma emanate from the book. that is not to say there was in the dust bowl but we are not a dust bowl now and are not a dust bowl forever. so that was the prevailing image. on the heels of the book we have this powerful film with all the images mesmerizing black and white images of the dust blowing. of course they have lingered with people. of course people see oklahoma in that light. and this the totally opposite end of that we have the movie musical this is oklahoma is a place where corn grows as high as an elephant. that is not true either. oklahoma writers have had the extra challenge have rec
political events, where the soviet people were, in fact, breaking free of their past. so it has sort of multiple meanings. and actually, the concept of freedom is dealt with quite a lot in the book. c-span: what s the book about? guest: well, the book is about my love affair and eventual marriage with a member of gorbachev s inner circle, a man who was a member of the communist party and the head of the soviet space program at the time. i should say the civilian program. but really, it s this story set against the backdrop of the end of the cold war and the collapse not only of the soviet union but the end of soviet communism. c-span: what years did you write about? guest: well, the main part of the story really takes place between 1986 and 1991, the very last years of soviet rule. c-span: what were you doing in 1986? guest: well, i was traveling back and forth quite a lot before i met the man who became my husband, and i was representing the eisenhower world affairs in