The generous support of our underwriters of the Kennedy Library museum. The Lowell Institute in our media sponsors the boston globe and wbur. We look forward to robust questionandanswer period this evening. You will see full instructions on the screen for submitting your questions via email or in the comments on our youtube page during the program. We are so grateful to have this opportunity to explore president kennedys earlier years and depth with our distinguished speakers this evening. This is the first major work about president kennedy in many years. We have been anticipating this for some time. Much of professor legevalls research took place in the kennedy archive and we are please to look at this conference a new look at president kennedys formative years. Im now delighted to introduce tonight speakers. We are so glad to welcome Frederik Logevall back to the Kennedy Library virtually. He is lawrence the bill for professor of International Affairs and professor of history at har
Eisenhower,president of the United States of america. [applause] this happy occasion preserves unbroken, a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience. And tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as preeminent among World Leaders in our of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid ascension of communist aggression as millions of people were enveloped the hide of farreaching iron curtain. I have in mind the stalemate of futility in korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings of the many and troubling thevoters of our Free Enterprise economy. Here then is the man trained in war who will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundation of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with adeep and abiding affection. [applause] [music] welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im George Hammond chair of the Humanities Forum that put tog
Put this bike of a drawing compass into a map of virginia at dairy farm, George Washingtons boyhood home, extent of the like of the compass of reaches out 60 miles and draw a circle. Whence in it not only washington but also Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born. Grew to manhood and made their home. From this small expanse of land on a north American Continent came four of the nations first five president s. A dynasty whose members lead in securing independence, created the constitution and building the republic. What a great way to start a book. I spent most of last that reading it and its a wonderful chronicle, four major leaders and interconnected networks that tied them together at the founding of this country. Its a story that evokes the spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. Dr. Cheney is a longtime member of aei faculty so want to take a moment to knowledge how much we all appreciate her scholarship and intellectu
India, turkey, across europe and kansas city. He most recently finished the coeditor of the coeditor of First World War. And doctor t keller is a National Certified instructor. When you ask those questions, make sure they have a question mark at the end of them. Now, please help me welcome him. [applause] good evening. I am thrilled to be here and happy you could join me. I will talk about my current research, a Global Environmental history of the First World War. I am interested in Energy Geopolitics that link the battle lines on the home fronts with agricultural and industry in ways that fundamentally shaped the 20th century. So i will talk about the main battlefield many of us are familiar with, then hop, skip, and jump around the globe to point out areas that had an incredibly profound Environmental Impact. Now, few human endeavors have altered the Natural World as much as agriculture industry and warfare. In 1914, these came together in ways that were incredibly destructive. When