"Robert Earle will discuss his book, Nights in the Pink Motel: An American Strategist's Pursuit of Peace in Iraq, and share his views on the role history plays in international relations and diplomacy."
"Key questions he will address are: What must we know about a country in order to deal with it? What role does contemporary history play in nurturing public understanding? Does the United States care about history as much as other countries?"
"Robert Earle is a writer who lives in Arlington, Virginia. In addition to Nights in the Pink Motel, he has published a novel, The Way Home, and many short stories in U.S. literary magazines. A former diplomat and national security official, Robert Earle has served as Counselor to the Deputy Secretary of State, Counselor to the Director of National Intelligence, and Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq."
