dr. mark moyer. i am the director of the center of diplomatic history. we have heard today about the reasons why we need a center like this. there are problems on the supply and it might side. -- and demand side. military history is out of fashion at civilian universities which is why you have a defense staff and a lot of phd historians who are not teaching at universities. and on the demand side, there is a deficit of knowledge about history here in the policy world and also to some extent, a lack of interest. we are trying to rejects both of those problems. politicalentists, scientists will often tell you that historians do not know how to do anything but tell stories. that is silly. fidel castro does not do anything besides provide help to the needy. but i am going to start with a story because it is an effective way of getting people's attention and after a day of bombarded with speeches and as being the last place, i thought it would hopefully help us provide a point of departure. eight years ago, in this same town, there was a lot of talk about a n

dr. mark moyer, the director of our newly formed center for military and diplomatic history. we've heard a bit today about some of the reasons why we actually need a center like this. there's problems on the supply side and demand side. the supply side, military and diplomatic history are out of fashion at civilian units why ywhy -- civilian universities and pd historians not teaching at universities where they would in normal circumstances teaching. on the demand side a deficit of knowledge about history here in the policy world and also, to some extent, a lack of interest. we're trying to redress both of those problems. social scientists, political scientists will often tell you historians don't know how to do anything except tell stories, which is about as silly as s saying fidel castro doesn't do anything except for provide help to the needy. i am going to start with the story because it is a very effective way of getting people's attention. after a day of being bombarded with speeches and us being the last place i thought it would hopefully help us provide a point of dep

dr. mark moyer, the director the our newly formed center for military and diplomatic history and we've heard a bit today about some of the reasons why we actually need a center like this. there is problems on both the supply side and the demand side. the supply side, military and diplomatic history are really out of fashion at civilian universities, which is why you have someone like a ben sass or a lot of other ph.d. historians here who are not teaching at universities where they would, under normal circumstances be teaching. on the demand side there is i think a deficit of knowledge about history here in the policy world and also to some extent a lack of interest. so we're trying to readdress both of those problems. now, social scientists, will often tell you historians don't know how to do anything except tell stories which is about as silly thing, fidel castro doesn't do anything except provide health to the needy. the -- but i am going to start with a story because it is a very ee eke five way of getting people's attention, after a day of being bombarded with speeches and us being the l

dr. mark moyer, the director the our newly formed center for military and diplomatic history and we've heard a bit today about some of the reasons why we actually need a center like this. there is problems on both the supply side and the demand side. the supply side, military and diplomatic history are really out of fashion at civilian universities, which is why you have someone like a ben sass or a lot of other ph.d. historians here who are not teaching at universities where they would, under normal circumstances be teaching. on the demand side there is i think a deficit of knowledge about history here in the policy world and also to some extent a lack of interest. so we're trying to readdress both of those problems. now, social scientists, will often tell you historians don't know how to do anything except tell stories which is about as silly thing, fidel castro doesn't do anything except provide health to the needy. the -- but i am going to start with a story because it is a very ee eke five way of getting people's attention, after a day of being bombarded with speeches and us being the l