arthur herman received is ba from the university of minnesota. i thought everyone would love hearing that. he actually is a fourth generation of arthur herman to graduate from university minnesota andy received an ma and phd from johns hopkins university. he sternly senior fellow at the hudson institute and author of now ten books including "new york times" bestseller have scots invented the modern world, and gandhi and churchill which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. he currently lives in washington, washington, d.c. i think with that i will turn it right over to arthur to begin his presentation will take questions after the presentation. arthur, thanks so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you very much. and hello, everyone. it's good to see you if only virtually and it's good to return it only virtually to my birthplace, where i was born a number of years ago but the number is classic, the exact date. and also where i was an alumnus of the university of minnesota, as max mentioned, the three arthur herman who preceded me also received

and lives in washington dc printed and i will just turn it right over to arthur herman. etiquette is presentation and then take questions after his presentation. >> thank you very much and hello everyone. i'm in minneapolis and minneapolis is good to see you. it is good to return if only virtually, to my birthplace where i was born. a number of years ago, and that number is classified. it also where in minnesota as max mentioned, and the arthur herman who preceded me, will also received degrees a different kind is, father had a phd from u.s. of minnesota and his father god from minnesota and then. [inaudible]. and my great grandfather, also from thehe university of minnesota. and during class registration time when a couple of times one of the stretchers during i received notices from the registrar saying that i would not be allowed to register for the interview fine for a textbook. i went down to the registrar's office and explained to them that they were talking to the wrong person. i think would really have to get with my grandfather of course is not with us so univer

arthur herman received a ba from theuniversity of minnesota . he actually is a fourth generation of arthur herman's to graduate from university of minnesota and received an and a phd in history from johns hopkins university and is currently a senior fellow at the hudson institute and author of 10 books including the new york times bestseller how the scots invented the modern world and dottie and churchill which were finalists for thepaula surprise . i think with that alternate right over to arthur. to begin his presentation and then we will take questions after the presentation. arthur. >> thank you very much. and hello everyone. it's good to see you if only virtually. and good to return if only virtually to my birth place where i wasborn . a number of years ago it was classified. and also where i was alumnus at the university. as max mentioned all the arthur herman superseded me also received degrees of different kinds. my father got a phd from minnesota. his father got m.d. from the university of minnesota and my great-grandfather from the uni

it's my pleasure tonight to have arthur herman, the author of the book the viking heart -- and afterwards we will have a session so please if you could submit a question at the bottom of the screen and if you are on a desktop or laptop that button should appear on the bottom of the window the button should appear there as well. thankmo you everyone for joining us tonight and with that i would like to introduce the speaker for this evening who received his ba from the university of minnesota. i thought everyone would love hearing that. he is the fourth generation to graduate from the university of minnesota and received his phd from john hopkins university and was a senior fellow at the hudson institute and the offer authorof mountain books includie new york times" bestseller how they invented the modern world and gandhi and churchill which is a finalist for the supplies and works in washington, d.c. so with that i will turn it over to arthur to begin the presentation and then we will take questions after the presentation. >> thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> hello, everyone in