Three and [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone and welcome to the new york star club society. Im louise mirrer, New York Historical Society President and ceo in this evening i had the great pleasure of interviewing Eva Moskowitz come and ceo of the Largest Charter School Network in new york, the Success Academy. Tonights program is a part of our bernardin island shores distinguished Speakers Series and as i would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his great generosity and leadership, which has enabled us to bring so many prominent speakers to the stage. I would also just like to mention that our chairman emeritus, roger herzog would like to be with us but unfortunately has travel schedule conflict with the programming. I am delighted to say that susan herzog who has advised us on a womens history film is here and i would like to thank her and welcome her for all that she has done on behalf of New York Historical. [applause] todays program lasts about an hour and will include a
Has enabled us to invite so many prominent authors. [applause] i i would also like to recognize and thank New York Historical trustee, chairman emeritus roger herzog, who is responsible for the 2011 renovation of New York Historical Society Building as well as this magnificent robert a Smith Auditorium during his tenure as chairman. Lets give him a big hand, thank you. [applause] i also want to recognize and thank Trustees Barry barnett, joe pickett, ira and all the wonderful chapmans councilmembers with us with a great work and support as well. A few. [applause] so the program tonight will last an hour, include a questionandanswer session, and the q and who will be conducted via written questions on cards. You should receive a card and a pencil. If you havent, the staff are circulating right net and more out and they will be collected later on in the program. There will be a formal book signing in our ny history store on the 77th street side of our building, and copies of the books wi
Pathbreaking for the institution on Alexander Hamilton, American Made modern america. We also want to recognize his receipt of the National Humanities medal to keep of course has written numerous books on revolutionary america including biographies on George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. His most recent book which was released just last week is founders son a life of Abraham Lincoln and it is already getting wonderful reviews. As always i would like to ask before invite Richard Brookhiser to the stage you make sure anything that makes noise like a cell phone is off. And now please join me in welcoming Richard Brookhiser to the stage. [applause] thank you for that i am being adjusted. They didnt need this stuff in the 19th century. They also did need to tell people to be quiet because they would be. Its always a pleasure and an honor to be at the historical society. I just want to thank a few people who are in the room. My publicist from basic, kathy nelson, basic bo
Ways the pivotal event for the creation of the modern middle east, the middle east that is the source of so much tension and controversy and bloodshed. The obvious reason we want to go back is to find out how the west bank, gaza, jerusalem, principally but also the Golan Heights came into possession of israel. That happened in june 1967. The war was a pivotal event for many profound reasons. For example, the sixday war really spelt a death nell for the movement of arab nationalism which was a Secular Movement in its most sublime form under Gamal Abdul Nasser of egypt. That war was debunked in 1967. It opened the door to the entry of a new ideology into the middle east. That was an islamic ideology. That has had profound ramifications for everybody, both in the middle east and in the United States as well. The sixday war also ended the period when the arabisraeli conflict was a state to state conflict, a conflict between israel and jordan, israel and syria and israel and egypt. This bec
Coming up ne3 coming up next, the guggenheimlehrman military history awards. You can watch the event live on booktv. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. My name is joe seiyu bunting. I am awfully happy to welcome you to this gathering into this event. Stephen ambrose once said that he had been struck by how many Army Veterans of the campaign in europe, in 1942 through 1945, how many have become teachers. He made the obvious link, which consider the chronology. If you were a 20yearold rifleman in the forest, you were born in 1924, you are now 90 years old, and if you have become a professor or a teacher, you have probably left the active practice of your profession around 1975 or 1980, give or take a few years greater education was underwritten by the g. I. Bill and yours was a generation hospitable, at the very least, to the study of war and military history. A successor generation of men and women in the later 1950s and 1970s whose experience may or may not have included service