so now let's bring in a bill ality, q 3, professor of middle east history, a university of mary washington. so net bill, what is the most challenging thing for refugees to face? what about for the host country as well? sometimes the, the, the biggest issue is numbers, but otherwise i think the biggest issue for refugees would be acclimating to a new society and getting used to the positive or the, the reality that they have to reinvent their lives entirely from the ground up. the moment they arrive in a very strange and alien culture to their own. and for the whole societies it's, it's sort of the similar but in reverse, it can be very hard to successfully seamlessly integrate the refugees into the culture. especially if the culture's not historically welcoming or unsure what to do with them. so that, and that varies from country to country though. and are there things that can be done to alleviate this refugee crisis? as it seems like this is a problem with no viable solution. well, this is the areas that i knew best, namely iraq, later on in the middle east. what are the most vulnerable,

so now let's bring into bill ality, q 3, professor of middle east history at university of mary washington. so net bill, what is the most challenging thing for refugees to face? what about for the host country as well? sometimes the, the, the biggest issue is numbers, but otherwise i think the biggest issue for refugees would be acclimating to a new society and getting used to the possible for the, the reality that they have to reinvent their lives entirely from the ground up. the moment they arrive in a very strange and alien uh, culture to their own. and for the whole societies it's, it's sort of a similar but in reverse, it can be very hard to successfully seamlessly integrate the refugees into the culture. especially if the culture is not historically welcoming or unsure what to do with them. so that, that varies from country to country though and are, there are things that can be done to alleviate this refugee crisis, as it seems like this is a problem with no viable solution. well, this is the areas that i knew best, namely iraq, later on in the middle east. what are the most vulnera

so now let's bring in a bill out to q 3, professor of middle east history at university of mary washington. so net bill, what is the most challenging thing for refugees to face.

so now let's bring in the bill out to q 3, professor of middle east history at university of mary washington. so net bill, what is the most challenging thing for refugees to face? what about for the host country as well? sometimes the, the, the biggest issue is numbers, but otherwise i think the biggest issue for refugees would be acclimating to a new society and getting used to the positive or the, the reality that they have to reinvent their lives entirely from the ground up. the moment they arrive in a very strange and alien culture to their own. and for the whole societies it's, it's sort of the similar. but in reverse, it can be very hard to successfully seamlessly integrate the refugees into the culture. especially if the culture is not historically welcoming or unsure what to do with them. so that, and that varies from country to country though and are, there are things that can be done to alleviate this refugee crisis, as it seems like this is a problem with no viable solution. well, this is the areas that i knew best, namely iraq, later on in the middle east. what are the most vulne

more, let's bring in again bill out to create a professor of middle east history at the university of mary washington. so professor, obviously it is a humanitarian thing to do and the right thing to do. but are there any benefits to accepting mass refugees or are the countries who accept refugees now just struggling with the extra burden on society? i think that's absolutely accurate. there was all of this hemming and hawing when the syrian refugees originally came in 2015. and again, that was a very large movement, it was over a 1000000. but now these years later, they're mostly doing very well. and they were not treated well by many players, including other east european states that tried to prevent their trends, their transportation over their territory when they were just trying to get to germany. and a more recent example that plays into the ukrainian crisis directly is the example that happened like 2 or 3 months before the launch of the, the russia, ukraine war. and that was a number of refugees were in bella, who's trying to get to poland. and what i think was november december of 2021. it wa

remain as the definitive account and so of the great pleasure indeed that i welcome to the university of mary washington and to the great lab series, one of america's most outstanding young historians and biographers. professor beverly gage. well, thanks to bill for that kind introduction and to so many of you for turning out on this warm winter evening to hear some talk about a man who i think in many ways dominated american politics and government in the 20th century. but who also in the 21st century was ripe for some reinterpretation. and that's what i've tried to do in this biography. and tonight, i'm just going to give you a few highlights of that and then hopefully we will have a robust question and answer period. i think part of the nature of of hoover is that i can give the big picture and then in my experience, many people have come with questions about particular the investigations, particular aspects of his life which spanned so much time and for better and worse, as bill said, he had his fingers in so many different things over the course of the 20th century that i want to make sure that we

i y don't want to say thank youo all be coming out tonight for thank you to the university of mary washington. thanks for the lecture series. and thanks to allie who works here at the university. for two years we've been trying to make this network. it was on, then it was off everything is on, then it was off. as recently as yesterday i thought this event was going to be live streamed. i was told he would not have a crowd tonight and i would be standing behind this podium in this beautiful room all by kmyself. hand in these times we have all had to learn how to adapt and learn how to roll with the punchess. the store might close early. the restaurant might not be open. the spirit we like might not be available. i was willing to do whatever it took to finally make this event happen. of course is little upsetting a little depressing and disappointing i was coming here to fredericksburg city i've been before and do really enjoy it and i was goingng to be in this empty room. i said to my wife yesterday before i got on the plane, should i even bring nice shoes? should i even plan to wear pants up

thank you to the university of mary washington. thanks to the great lives lecture series and thanks to ali heber who works here at the university, you know for two years. we've been trying to make this night work. you know, it was it was on and then it was off and then it was on and it was off and and as recently for me anyways recently as yesterday, i thought this event was going to be live streamed. i was told. know we would not have a crowd tonight. and i would just be standing behind this podium in this beautiful room all by myself. and you know in these times we we've all had to how to adapt. and learn how to roll with the punches, you know, the store might close early the restaurant might not be open our cereal that we like might not be available. so, you know i was willing to do whatever it took to finally make this event happen, but of course it was a little upsetting a little depressing and disappointing that i was coming here to fredericksburg a city that i i've been before and do really enjoy and i was going to be in thi