STATE OF WISCONSIN, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
30 West Mifflin Street, P.O. Box 7843, Madison, WI 537077843 PHONE: (608)2661311 18009478387(WIS VETS) WEB SITE:http://dva.state.wi.us EMAIL:Headquarters@dva.state.wi.us FAX: (608)2647616 Attention Newsroom—Media Advisory
November 12, 2003Contact: AndrewSchuster 6082671797 For Immediate Releaseor Kathleen Scholl 6082673582
British Journalist to Discuss “Hitler and Churchill”
(MADISON)—Andrew Roberts, a British journalist, scholar and author, will present “Hitler and Churchill” at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, this Friday, Nov. 14, at noon. A book signing will follow his presentation.
Roberts’ newest book,Hitler & Churchill: Secrets of Leadership, analyzes the leadership styles and dynamics of Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill. Roberts has received several awards for his writing, and is a recognized British television and radio correspondent.He writes for The Sunday Telegraph, and reviews history books and biography for The Spectator, Literary Review, Mail on Sunday and Daily Telegraph. He is perhaps best known to transatlantic audiences for his sevenhour NBC broadcast with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, and his CNN broadcasts at the time of the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Roberts’ presentation at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is part of the WimmerChurchill
Lectureship. Admission is free.
The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is a free public educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across the street from the State Capitol.The museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (year round) and Sundays (April through September) from noon to 4 p.m.The museum’s research center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment.For more informationcontact Laura Kocum, at 6082647663, or go tohttp://museum.dva.state.wi.us.