Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of the series, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.
The Story of Conversations with History
The Cold War
Lord Carrington; Secretary-General of NATO:
"Diplomacy,
the Nuclear Arms Race, and East - West Relations," 10/25/84
John Kenneth Galbraith; Paul M. Warburg Professor
Emeritus of Economics, Harvard University: "Intellectual
Journey: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom," 3/27/86
Timothy Garton Ash; Fellow at St. Antony's
College, Oxford: "An Intellectual
Odyssey," 5/4/96
Leslie Gelb; President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations: "Power, Ideas and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century," 04/3/09
Galia Golan; Professor
in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Herzlia,
Israel: "The Israeli Peace
Movement and the 2006 Lebanon War," 10/16/06
John
Hulsman: Senior Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin): Ethical
Realism and U.S. Foreign Policy," 10/25/06 (with Anatol Lieven)
Anatol
Lieven: Senior Fellow, New America Foundation: Ethical
Realism and U.S. Foreign Policy," 10/25/06 (with John Hulsman)
Jack Matlock; former U.S. Ambassador to the
Soviet Union: "Collapse
of Soviet Union and End of the Cold War," 2/13/97
Robert S. McNamara; former Secretary of Defense: "A
Life in Public Service," 5/15/96
Linus Pauling;
Nobel Laureate: "The Peace Movement
in Historical Perspective," 1/18/83
William Pfaff; columnist, International Herald Tribune:
"The End of the Cold
War in Europe,"
5/7/90
Paul Warnke; Former U.S. SALT Negotiator and Former
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency: "Prospects
for Arms Control," 10/25/84
Tom Wicker; Associate Editor, The New York Times:
"The Presidency, The
Press, and the Cold War," 11/3/83
Frederick S.
Wyle; Esq.:"National Security
and the Rule of Law," 12/05/07
Alexander Yakovlev; architect of glasnost and perestroika:
"Shaping Russia's Transformation:
A Leader of Perestroika Looks Back," 11/21/96
Herbert York; Professor of Physics, UC San Diego: "Reminiscences
from a Career in Science, National Security, and the University," 2/6/88
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