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colleague from george washington university. before he introduces our speaker acknowledge our partnership with the national history center and the american historical association we are cosponsoring and co-organizing this seminar with. donorsacknowledgment our , the george washington university history department as well as a number of individuals for this series. we want to acknowledge roger lewis, the co-chairman of the seminar. he s here all the way from texas. andnt to welcome all of you to the ones who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting is here and organize. we are grateful to you. [applause] thank you. with that, i think we should turn it over to eric. one last technical ofouncement, if you have one these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. with that, it is my pleasure to introduce this afternoon s speaker, an independent historian and ....
let me acknowledge our partnership with the national history center and the american historical association. we are cosponsoring and co-organizing this seminar with. let me acknowledgment our donors, the society of historians of american foreign relations, the george washington university history department as well as a number , of individuals giving support for this series. we want to acknowledge roger lewis, the co-chairman of the seminar. he s here all the way from texas. i want to welcome all of you and say thank you especially to pete and amanda perry who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting us here and organized. we are very grateful to you. [applause] thank you. will turn i think i it over to eric to introduce our speaker. thank you. one last technical announcement, if you have one of these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. if you could just turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour ....
george washington university. before he introduces our speaker today, let me acknowledge our partnership with the national history center and the american historical association we are cosponsoring and co-organizing this seminar with. let me acknowledgment our donors, the george washington university history department as well as a number of individuals giving support for this series. we want to acknowledge roger lewis, the co-chairman of the seminar. he s here all the way from texas. i want to welcome all of you and say thank you to the ones who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting is here and organize. we are grateful to you. [applause] thank you. with that, i think we should turn it over to eric. one last technical announcement, if you have one of these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. with that, it is my pleasure to introduce this after ....
gw department of history and i m the cochair of the history seminar. is roger lewis. the seminar now in its eighth year is a joint venture between the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and the national history center at the american historical association. our aim is to foster conversations about the past and make history a central part of conversations in the united states and across the world. our efforts are made possible in part by the efforts of many particular,uding in the wilson center and the national history center. these are the folks behind the .cene with us is the director of the national history center, dane kennedy. we are always grateful for the schaeffer,upport of the society of historians of the american nation which helps underwrite this program, as well as gw. it is their support that makes it possible for us week after week to bring distinguished scholars to talk about the work in the wonderful setting that is the wilson center. roger ....
i am the cochair of the washington history seminar. cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar and former director of the national history center. , our aims eighth year is to foster conversation about the past and to make history and essential part of public conversation about these events here in the united states and across the world. possible inare made part by the efforts of many people, but in particular the people at the wilson center and the associate director of the wilson center. they handle the logistics and work out the logistics have. today is danes kennedy. we are always grateful for the ,inancial support of shaver which generously helps to the history department in a number of anonymous donors with their , weort, making it possible the her week, to bring us scholars who do the work at the wilson center. i think that roger now will introduce the speaker. neil, as everyone here knows, is a famous historian. the author of ma ....