Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass discuss his new book “The World: A Brief Introduction” in an online book talk presented by Barrett Bookstore and the Darien Community Association. — an announcement from the Darien Community Association
Haass will talk about his new book with with fellow author and Council on Foreign Relations member Kevin Peraino. The $25 event starts at 7:30 p.m., June 4. Now more than ever, we know that many of our biggest challenges come from the world beyond our borders. Haass, a former senior Middle East advisor to President George H. W. Bush, draws from his extensive experience as a diplomat and policymaker to present a primer on international relations.
Kevin Peraino, veteran foreign correspondent, will discuss the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong’s Communist forces in 1949 on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. “It was an extraordinary political revolution that shapes East Asian politics to this day,” says Peraino. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
“The events led to decades of friction with Communist China, a U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.”
Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, plus CIA documents, he reveals what happened through the eyes of the key players: Mao, Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Congressman Walter Judd and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Peraino’s latest book is titled A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of Modern China, 1949. The talk will start at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. DMA meetings are held at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.
Kevin Peraino, veteran foreign correspondent, will discuss the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong’s Communist forces in 1949 on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. “It was an extraordinary political revolution that shapes East Asian politics to this day,” says Peraino. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
“The events led to decades of friction with Communist China, a U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.”
Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, plus CIA documents, he reveals what happened through the eyes of the key players: Mao, Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Congressman Walter Judd and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Peraino’s latest book is titled A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of Modern China, 1949. The talk will start at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. DMA meetings are held at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.
Kevin Peraino, veteran foreign correspondent, will discuss the fall of Nationalist China and the triumph of Mao Zedong’s Communist forces in 1949 on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at the Darien Men’s Association. “It was an extraordinary political revolution that shapes East Asian politics to this day,” Peraino says. — an announcement from the Darien Men’s Association
“The events led to decades of friction with Communist China, a U.S. commitment to Taiwan, and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.”
Drawing on Chinese and Russian sources, plus CIA documents, he reveals what happened through the eyes of the key players: Mao, Truman, Secretary of State Acheson, Congressman Walter Judd and Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Peraino’s latest book is titled A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman and the Birth of Modern China, 1949. The talk will start at 10:45 a.m. and is open to the public. Darien Men’s Association meetings are held at the Darien Community Association, 274 Middlesex Road, Darien.
