moyar: and inks chris to you as well. i am 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 ag

i'm mark moyar for the center for military and diplomatic history. and we heard a bit today about some of the reasons why we actually need a center like this. there's problems on both the supply side and the demand side. on 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, actually a lot of other ph.d. historians here who are not teaching at universities where they would under normal circumstances be teaching. and then 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 address both those problems. now, social scientists, political scientists, will often tell you that historians don't know how to do anything except tell stories, which is about as silly as a thing that castro doesn't do anything except for provide help to the needy. but i want to start with the story, because it is a very effective way of getting people's attention. and after

i'm mark moyar for the center for military and diplomatic history. and we heard a bit today about some of the reasons why we actually need a center like this. there's problems on both the supply side and the demand side. on 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, actually a lot of other ph.d. historians here who are not teaching at universities where they would under normal circumstances be teaching. and then 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 address both those problems. now, social scientists, political scientists, will often tell you that historians don't know how to do anything except tell stories, which is about as silly as a thing that castro doesn't do anything except for provide help to the needy. but i want to start with the story, because it is a very effective way of getting people's attention. and after