and every purchase helps to support our nonprofit operations. shop now or any time at c-span shop.org. good evening, everybody. i m very happy to welcome you to the hoover institution and to welcome our distinguished speaker, andrew roberts. i think everybody realizes who he is and what he s done. he s the author of churchill walking with destiny, leadership and war. he was educated at the cambridge university of england. he s no stranger to the hoover institute. he was an original member of our military history and contemporary conflict working group and he s been a visiting fellow at hoover thanks to the generosity of martha and roger merts who helped to jump start the entire history project. in addition to the 19 books, he s a visiting professor of the new york historical society, the louis herman fellow and a visiting professor of war at england. his book was a book of the year by the times of london which is an unusual and rare honor indeed. and i think it s no exagg
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i think everyone realizes who he is and what he has done. he is the writer of the storm of war, et cetera et cetera. he was educated with his bachelors in ph.d. at cambridge university in england. he is no stranger to the hoover institution. he was a charter and original member of our military history and contemporary conflict working rules. and, he has been a visiting fellow at hoover thanks to the generosity of martha and roger merck s whose generosity really helped jump-start the entire military history project. in addition to the 19 books and being a visiting lecturer, as i said, he is also a visiting professor of the new york historical society, the lewis liermann fellow. he is a visiting professor of war studies at kings college, london. it has just been announced that his book is not a book of the year, but the book at the year by the times of london. it is an unusual and rare honor, indeed. and, i think it is no exaggeration to say that he is probably the most accompl
speaker andrew roberts good evening everybody. i m very happy to welcome you to the hoover institution and welcome our distinguished speakers, andrew roberts. i think everyone realizes who he is and what he has done. he is the writer of the storm of war, et cetera et cetera. he was educated with his bachelors in ph. d. at cambridge university in england. he is no stranger to the hoover institution. he was a charter and original member of our military history and contemporary conflict working rules. and, he has been a visiting fellow at hoover thanks to the generosity of martha and roger merck s whose generosity really helped jump-start the entire military history project. in addition to the 19 books and being a visiting lecturer, as i said, he is also a visiting professor of the new york historical society, the lewis liermann fellow. he is a visiting professor of war studies at kings college, london. it has just been announced that his book is not a book of the year, but the