At the Whitefield Library April 19, 7 p.m.

Ukraine’s Struggle for Freedom

Louis Sell, retired Foreign Service Officer of the U.S Department of State,
historian, and author will be speaking at the Whitefield Library, 1 Arlington Lane
on Rte. 126 on April 19 at 7 p.m. as part of our series of Author Talks.
Louis Sell served for many years in the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, where he
fulfilled the Chinese proverb “May you live in interesting times.” These included
the rise of nationalist dictator Slobodan Milosevic, the disintegration of Yugoslavia
and subsequent conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo; the 1991 collapse of the USSR and
the events which followed. He will be speaking about the conflict in Ukraine –
what’s happening and what it means for the US and the world, with a dollop of
what to expect from Vladimir Putin thrown in.
Louis is the author of two books: “Slobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of
Yugoslavia” and “From Washington to Moscow: US-Soviet Relations and the
Collapse of the USSR,” both published by Duke University press.

This talk is free to the public.