first up is william hitchcock, professor of history at the university of virginia and the randolph compton professor at the miller center. he received his undergraduate degree from kenyon college and yale university. before coming to you, at wellesley college and temple university where he was chair of the history department. is 2008 book the bitter road to freedom, in the history of the liberation of europe was the finalist for the pulitzer prize and tell us about the age of eisenhower? >> thanks for being here and thanks to my distinguished co-panelists, great to be here. here is the question was why should we care about dwight eisenhower? i have a book here to answer that question. the book makes the argument that dwight eisenhower who may seem like a figure from a very different era than ours is one of the most consequential presidents of the postwar era. a lot of scholars and academics would how with laughter at that assertion is i have a book to show them. eisenhower had a significant impact on the shape of modern america since world war ii and i argue in the book in many ways we are