Constraining my remarks to that period of time and well be asking the question of what is it like to be arrested during these times in history . An arrest is a simple thing, right . It seems like a simple thing. There are few necessary elements to making something an arrest. The person making the arrest has to be a representative of the state. They must accuse a person of knitting an offense against the community. They must move them from the place within to a place without the community, after making their arrest. So it seems like a fairly simple process. Yet, were absolutely fascinated with the scene of the arrest. And this suggests that there is something more to the arrest that we want to understand. Headlines about arrests always have grabbed attention. These are just several of the headlines that a came through from the 20th century, headlines about arrests. There are thousands and thousands of headlines about arrests. We are all familiar with them from our daily newspapers and j
Columbia department of history. Each year, the History Department select one of its leading historians to chair a panel of three jurors chosen from the finest scholars in the field, hailing from top three Research Universities across the country. We are delighted that cspans American History tv has elected to expand its partnership with us this year, by recording tonights program for airing and archiving on its website. We will circulate word when the Online Access is available. We are also thrilled that so many guests are joining us for tonights program. Which features brief interviews with the book Prize Winners and their scholarly works, delving into the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is a joy to be celebrating books tonight. In addition to the important prizes that are awarded, the endowment left to columbias library by Frederick Bancroft enables us to continue to acquire those rare archival materials, and new publications of Scholarly Research conducted by historians around th
Hes the author of many books, including peace works the citizens role in ending the cold war peace a history of movements and ideas and as the springboard for this session, a peaceful superpower. Lessons from the Worlds Largest Antiwar Movement, which was just published this year on the 20th anniversary. More or less of the start of the u. S. War in iraq and i think all of you who registered in advance for the conference received a pdf of that of that book. From 1978 to 1988. David was the executive director of sane first and then sane freeze after. The two organizations merged. He was an antivietnam war activist as an an enlisted soldier, and he was later in 2000 to a founder of win without war, which he discusses in the in the book a peaceful superpower. We will next go to my right, carolyn, rusty isenberg, who is professor of history at hofstra university. She just published this year fire and rain, nixon, kissinger and the wars in southeast asia. Her first book drawing the line the
David cortright eight, who is Professor Emeritus at the university of notre dame and the former director of policy studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace studies. Hes the author of many books, including peace works the citizens role in ending the cold war peace a history of movements and ideas and as the springboard for this session, a peaceful superpower. Lessons from the Worlds Largest Antiwar Movement, which was just published this year on the 20th anniversary. More or less of the start of the u. S. War in iraq and i think all of you who registered in advance for the conference received a pdf of that of that book. From 1978 to 1988. David was the executive director of sane first and then sane freeze after. The two organizations merged. He was an antivietnam war activist as an an enlisted soldier, and he was later in 2000 to a founder of win without war, which he discusses in the in the book a peaceful superpower. We will next go to my right, carolyn, rusty isenberg, w
Good evening, everyone. My name is not in on behalf of romans bookstore, i want to welcome you to our event featuring nathan masters in conversation with david kaplan presenting crooked the Roaring Twenties tale of a corrupt attorney general, a crusading center and the birth of the american political scandal. We have a full calendar of wonderful events in store. If youd like to keep track of whats coming, check out our website. Sign up for our newsletter. Social medias all that good stuff. Just a few housekeeping notes before we get started. Please make sure your phones are on silent so that there arent any interruptions throughout the duration of the event. If youd like to purchase a copy of the book, you may grab one on a lovely display at the bottom of the stairs, conveniently placed near the register. When you get to the split at the stairs, just go ahead and turn right. They are right there. If you plan on getting that signed, we ask that you just please purchase it before doing s