we are thrilled to welcome our speaker sir max hastings his work has appeared in every british national newspaper and now reviews regularly for the new york review of books and publishing 26 books including the secret war, catastrophe and armageddon the battle of germany. spending much of his early years as a correspondent reporting 11 conflicts including vietnam editor in chief of the daily telegraph and at the evening standard he has received many awards for his books in journalism and journalist of the year and reporter of the year in the british press of words and editor of the year in 1988. in 2012 the pritzker military library presented him with a 100,000-dollar literary award for lifetime achievement. his most recent book, vietnam available for purchase and signing in the lobby following the presentation please join me to welcome sir max hastings. [applause] . >> think you so much for that and also for coming tonight we feel like an intruder as an english man writing about a national tragedy but then also an american tragedy. this war and this country meant a huge amount in my li

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