During the reconstruction era. This Virtual Event was sponsored by the institute of American History. Welcome, a new Program Sponsored by the institute of American History, i am president of the institute, we are going to be presenting important books in American History which are like the 18th century tiny our current important books by the major claims in our country. A historian who works on health and education program, we will present the historians that guided questionandanswer session towards the end. If you think you might like other programs, please go to our website, now enjoy. Good afternoon, and welcome everyone to the inaugural edition of the new institute of American History program, and brings you some of americas greatest historians where they discuss their most recent books and today we are going to be joined by eric as he discusses his book the second county. But before i formally introduce professor, i want to go over a couple of housekeeping roles, first and foremos
Programs pop. Global leaders, city, delight and united airlines, corporate partners, we would also like to thank our coorganizer, the young china watchers. It is a great flour be working with them for tonights program. Now it is my pleasure to welcome miss vicki lai, the cofounder and head of the new york chapter of young china watcher ford her brief remarks. [applause] good evening, everyone. Im vic year and lai and im the head of the young china watch america new york. Im behalf of the young chinaer watchers in new York Leadership Team who is in front, we would like to thank the Japan Society for this amazing opportunity to host this evening together. And thank you all for joining us. We have a fantastic evening for you. Our Organization Young china watchers is a Dynamic Group of china focuses young professionals. Through regular roundtables and talks with senior figures in the china academic policy and business communities, we provide a chance for engaged individuals to interact and
In the world and what is most striking is how little actual history has been written about the war from the perspective of a professional historian. As a move into thinking about the implications and americas role in the world, its useful to take a minute and dive into the actual history of what happened before gonna make large assumptions about the meaning of the war. Now, introducing the volume and saying it wasnt gonna be the last ward but joe rayburn and teams did a tremendous Public Service for all of us putting together a massive massive project which involved digging through terabytes of data dozens if not hundreds of interviews and its really a remarkable endeavor. I would say, if we take a step back in with any of time to talk about the details of the project, why this matters at a fundamental level. Democracies work best when they are recounted and accountability requires transparency. Transparency as we all know in Large Organizations is hard, particularly in organizations t
All right, good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to csis today. I see friends and some new people. My name is seth center. Im the director on history and strategy, which is csis novel strategy, which is csis novel and probably naive idea that people might want more history to go along with their tweets when theyre talking about state craft strategy and military affairs. So what better way to kick off that hypothesis than with 1500 pages of military history . That seems like a good test case for whether we can succeed or fail in this endeavor. And whats most striking about that is how little actual history has been written about the iraq war from the perspective from a professional historian. I think as we move into thinking about the implications and future of americas role in the world, its statescraft and military operations, its useful to dive into the actual history of what happened if were going to make the large assumptions about the meaning of the war. Now the general introd
People may want a little more history to go along with their tweets when they are talking about state strategy and military affairs. What better way to kick off that hypothesis with 1500 pages of military history . That seems like a good test case for whether we can succeed or fail in this endeavor. I want to thank peter and ken who are my coconspirators deciding we should give a little extra publicity to this terrific piece of military history. As all of us know the iraq war has become an ideological referendum on americas place in the world, and whats more striking about it is how little actual history has been written about the iraq war from the perspective of a professional historian. As we move into thinking about the implications and the role in the world. The military operations, its useful to take a minute and dive into the actual history of what happens if we are going to make these large assumptions about the meaning of the war. This isnt going to be the last word on the iraq