her is michael kazen -- next to her is michael kazin. we always say the other george. he is a scholar who is an expert of u.s. politics and social movements. his most recent book is the war against war, the american fight 19 14 to 1918. it was the war to end all wars. his previous book was american dreamers, how the left changed a nation and it was named best book for the new republic newsweek, daily beast and the progressive. he is also an editor of the review defense. i have to apologize to all of you and to peter kuznick for the technical difficulties that will introduce then to film we would have benefited from. professor -- professor kuznick is a professor of history and founder and director of the nuclear studies institute at american university. he has authored several -- he was books on active in the civil war and entech vietnam war movements -- anti-vietnam war movements. his current projects include a book on scientists in the vietnam war. so i think we will have a rich discussion. and let me turn it over to professor eisenberg. with -- are people ok >> i was