Mr. Kaplan spoke at the Louisville Free Public Library in kentucky. I admire those who do but thats not what i do. What im interested in is policies and ideas. Where do these ideas come from . I mean, they dont just drop from the sky. Usually they are not things that just automatically appeal to everybody as a matter of logic. Where do the ideas come from . Who are the people who advanced the idea . Theres a lot of competing ideas. How did this particular set of ideas get translated into policy with the resistance . How is the resistance overcome . It usually isnt just one person, its a community. How did this Community Form . What was the basis of it . Thats what history is all about. Its a story. Thats what these stories are about, its about the interplay between personalities and politics, and policy. An accident, going to disappear so thats what im interested in. And why do i, im interested in how this applies, war, i mean, in all the arenas of human conduct, this is the most high