So he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the Cultural Impact of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining us. Now were so excited to have alan with us this. Things without any further ado. Please join me in welcoming alan pietro bun. Thank you for that generous introduction heather. I am dr. Alan pietro bond a professor of Global Affairs and modern American History at Trinity Washington University here in dc and i want to start tonight. By giving you a number 1939 its one of those years that stands out in history. For those who know their history, its a year that evokes a reaction much like 1776 with the American Revolution
So he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the Cultural Impact of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining us. Now were so excited to have alan with us this. Things without any further ado. Please join me in welcoming alan pietro bun. Thank you for that generous introduction heather. I am dr. Alan pietro bond a professor of Global Affairs and modern American History at Trinity Washington University here in dc and i want to start tonight. By giving you a number 1939 its one of those years that stands out in history. For those who know their history, its a year that evokes a reaction much like 1776 with the American Revolution
Which have claimed at least twenty two lives also coming up pakistan had played out double game for years the u. S. Says its withholding two hundred fifty five Million Dollars of aid from pakistan because it wants more cooperation in the fight against terror. Israels Parliament Passes a law making it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem under a few chippie still. With one in ten New York School children homeless the passive last year we look at what one school is doing to help. And im far a small have all the days sporting including andy murray is the latest top tennis player to be hit with an injury and a new season already ravaged by withdrawals. Hello welcome to the program our top story iran supremely has been. His countrys enemies for the six days of unrest which has now claimed the lives of at least twenty one protest as and one policeman according to state media at least eight people died overnight in clashes between antigovernment demonstrators and Security Forces hundreds ha
Schools. This is the very first event shell be doing. Shell be doing a series of programs and interviews as she travels across the country to introduce her book across the public, so we are really honored to be the first, and also honored to be the venue where Community Conversation will be taking place tonight. After all, a Critical Role of libraries engage in issues important oh to that community. But not only our city, cities across the country. There will be many questions, there are many questions but i would bet there will be some answers e emerging from tonights discussion as well. I want to thank two people in particular to organize the program. I would like them to stand up. The first is our president of the north Public Library, timothy chris, please, stand. [applause] the other a newer member. Please stand up. [applause] and there are other members here on our board, i wish they would stand up too, i see sandi king in the back, Vice President , johnny johnson. Charles is her
Anytime at cspan. Org history. Let me tell you about our speaker this evening. Dr. Alan pietro ban is an assistant professor of Global Affairs at Trinity Washington University since 2011. He has also served as an assistant director of research at the Nuclear Nuclear studies institute and his primary research and teaching areas are modern us history in us Foreign Policy focusing on Nuclear Weapons policies and cold war diplomacy. But he also believes in making education more accessible to people outside of universities. So he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the Cultural Impact of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining