A Shattered Peace:
Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today

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Co-sponsored by World Policy Institute and the Overseas Press Club

A revealing look at the powerful lessons the Treaty of Versailles has for us today

With author David Andelman, Executive Editor of forbes.com
Discussion lead by New York Times Assistant Managing Editor Craig Whitney

Veteran correspondent David Andelman offers a compelling new perspective on the origin of many of today’s most critical international issues. He turns the spotlight on the many errors committed by World War I peacemakers that ultimately led to crises from Iraq to Kosovo and wars from the Middle East to Vietnam. He focuses, too, on the small nations and minor players at Versailles, including figures such as Ho Chi Minh and Charles de Gaulle, who would later become boldfaced names. With a cautionary message for us today, he shows how world leaders dismissed repeated warnings from their experts and laid the groundwork for a host of catastrophic events.

January 15, 2008

Club Quarters
40 West 45th Street, Manhattan
Doors open at 6 p.m. Cash bar.
Discussion begins at 6:45 p.m.

This event is free but RSVP is required to secure your seat. Please RSVP via email to sonya@opcofamerica.org or by phone at (212) 626-9220.

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