so thank you, ambassador eizenstat. thank you, stu, for your service to our country and the world for producing this important work. everybody go buy it. everybody go read it and to our speakers and audience for joining us. great. well, thank you very much, fred. welcome, everyone, to the atlantic council. president biden has said that. the world is at an inflection point. the united states and its allies and partners face an increasingly contested geopolitical landscape, perhaps the most dangerous since world war two wars in ukraine and gaza rage on revisionist autocracies challenged the us led order. so there's no more important time for and no greater need for proactive, engaged u.s. global leadership in the world. strengthening u.s. global and sharpening our diplomatic toolkit requires both a reflection on where we've been and a projection and looking towards where we may be going. and that's what we're going to do today. so to discuss these issues, i'm fortunate to be joined by such a distinguished panel. as fred m

stuart eizenstat, the art of diplomacy. how american negotiators reached historic agreements changed the world. thank you for spending a few minutes with us here at the national book festival. our coverage of the national book festival now continues with bestselling author erik larson. good afternoon. who here is a medgar evers fan of a mega-star and eric larson. journalist and author. erik larson is author of six national bestsellers the splendid and the vile dead week in the garden of beasts thunderstruck talk the devil in the white city and isaac's storm. collectively, larson has sold more than 10 million copies. one of them amazing achievement. his newest title, the demon of unrest a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the dawn of the civil war. brings to life the five months between the election of abraham lincoln and the start of the civil war and describes the tragic miscalculations made by key men in power who ultimately led america to the brink. the session is moderated by david

so thank you, ambassador eizenstat. thank you, stu, for your service to our country and the world for producing this important work. everybody go buy it. everybody go read it and to our speakers and audience for joining us. great. [applause] >> well, thank you very much, fred, welcome everyone to the atlantic council. president biden said that the world is at an inflection point as united states, allies and partners face geopolitical landscape, the perhaps the most dangerous since world war ii, wars in ukraine and gaza, challenge the u.s.-led order, so there's no more important time for diplomacy and no greater need for proactive engaged u.s. global leadership in the world. strengthening leadership in the world requires both reflection on where we've been and a projection and looking towards where we may be going and that's what we are going to do todaydoo to discuss these issues i'm fortunate to be joined by such a distinguished panel as fred mentioned you're experts and part of the book. she's also a senior fellow at

joining us now, though, is diplomat stuart eizenstat. his new book is called the art of diplomacy how american negotiators reached historic agreements that changed the world. ambassador eizenstat was domestic policy adviser for jimmy carter and u.s. ambassador to the european union during the

stuart eizenstat, the art of diplomacy. how american negotiators reached historic agreements changed the world. thank you for spending a few minutes with us here at the national book festival. our coverage of the national book festival now continues with bestselling author erik larson. good afternoon. who here is a medgar evers fan of a mega-star and eric larson. journalist and author. erik larson is author of six national bestsellers the splendid and the vile dead week in the garden of beasts thunderstruck talk the devil in the white city and isaac's storm. collectively, larson has sold more than 10 million copies. one of them amazing achievement. his newest title, the demon of unrest a saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the dawn of the civil war. brings to life the five months between the election of abraham lincoln and the start of the civil war and describes the tragic miscalculations made by key men in power who ultimately led america to the brink. the session is moderated by david and rubenstein, author and co-

how american negotiators reached historic agreements that changed the world by ambassador stuart eizenstat. politics and prose are selling copies outside. for those of you watching online, you can get your copy at amazon or other local booksellers once again. thank you very much. and please join me in thinking our speakers. it is an honor to welcome general frank mckenzie, his 42 year career in the marine corps began in 1979, which was a pivotal in the middle east, and it in april of 2022, not long after the us withdrawal from afghanistan, he's written a really excellent new book, the melting high command and war the 21st century, in which. he reflects on his career and in particular the three years that he spent at the head of central command, centcom,. from 2019 to 2022. so again, general, welcome to stimson. we share a profound interest. some might call it an obsession with the islamic republic of iran. and in your book you refer to iran as the core problem that you faced. central command. you've obviously studied iran deeply. i was struck by your knowledge of iranian. you write, iran i