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Associated with the crime family. That all happens tonight on cspan2 book tv. Now here is Merrill Gordon on the life of bunny mellon. Okay. I think were gonna get started. Thank you everyone for coming. My name is cody and i help with the events here at the culture on columbus and we are so pleased to be hosting mel gordon for this conversation on the life of an american legend, bonnie bunny mellon. We are nestled here on the Upper West Side and weve been here almost three years. Some of you may remember the space. We are so happy to be here and to be able to celebrate this great and important work. Do take note that cspan is here recording the talk. During the q a session, if you will give us a couple seconds to run the microphone to you so shes not talking to no one on the recording. After words if you give us a couple seconds to set up we will have a signing at the front near the register. Eyeing courage you to pick up a copy or two or three so we can continue to be here and celebra
Okay. I think were going to go ahead and get started. Thank you everyone so much for coming. My name is cody and help with the events are at book culture and we are so pleased to be hosting meryl gordon tonight. This conversation on the life of an americanstyle legend, bunny mellon. Maybe a quick show of hands that this is your first time to book culture. Well, welcome. We are nestled here on the west side and we have been almost three years. Some of may remember this 20 years ago. So we are so happy to be here and to be as basis of a great and important work. Do take note of it cspan booktv recording the talk, so tonight discussion and q a can live on in perpetuity. During the q a session after meryl speaks, if youll give us a a couple seconds to run the microphone to you so that when we can record your end of the conversation so she is not talking to no one on the recording. And then after the talk either give us a couple of seconds to set up, we will have signing queue up at the fro
Lynn olson, author of seven books, many on world war ii. Including troublesome young men, those angry days, and the recently published last hope island, britain, the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war. Guest poland thought it was prepared but it wasnt. Nazi germany was the mightiest military behemoth in World History up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. Small air force, small navy. It was basically a poor country. It didnt have the sense and financial wherewithal germany did. They thought they could hold off germany at least for a while but germans rolled over them. Cspan you say it wasnt a surprise. The date was maybe a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war at this point . Guest they expected war was coming. Most European Countries hoped it wouldnt happen. Half the European Countries were neutral. They declared neutrality. Some prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen to them. They h
Behemoth in the history of until that point and poland have kind of an army, a small dv but it was basically a poor country that didnt have the defenses or the financial wherewithal but it did think it could hold off germany for a while but the germans just kind of rolled right over them. Germ you save the date was a surprise because the rest preparing for the war up to this point . T . But was th guest they suspected it was coming again. Most hoped it wouldnt happen ao least half were natural and declared their neutrality. They were hoping something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what hitler had been preparing for why werent they prepared if they were aware of you have to remember 1939 was 20 years after the end of world war i which was the greatest bloodbath in history up to that point. Many have lost hundreds of thousands if not millions of people including the two biggest western allies and plans in the uk england and they were not prepared in any way they didnt