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and the book that he came up with was truman.and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book for the for the time. but david was just such a class act and didn't it didn't waste a word on the page. he was he was not a verbose writer. he he was he was an artist himself. he literally he he he made watercolor illustrations. and i often thought that his his artistry extended to the page that that he was writing like a painter. and you could you could see the characters in his books. i loved working. i got to publish his book on the wright brothers. and and that was a kind of a classic david mccullough book, because he could. it allowe
and the book that he came up with was truman.and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book...
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and the book that he came up with was truman.and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book for the for the time. but david was just such a class act and didn't it didn't waste a word on the page. he was he was not a verbose writer. he he was he was an artist himself. he literally he he he made watercolor illustrations. and i often thought that his his artistry extended to the page that that he was writing like a painter. and you could you could see the characters in his books. i loved working. i got to publish his book on the wright brothers. and and that was a kind of a classic david mccullough book, because he could. it allowe
and the book that he came up with was truman.and obviously that changed the trajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a massive bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle of that years presidential election, because all the people running for president, when that book came out wanted to be thought of as the next harry truman. the guy who could make the tough decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book...
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well, a harry truman was devoted to bess truman from the time he was five years old and saw her in sunday school. he never loved anybody else. he was he, in fact, propose to her many, many times before she finally accepted. and he was devoted to her really his whole life. and he wrote her letters on virtually everything in the white house. politics is all life it was. he was just completely emotionally open to her. but there was one exception where he when he became when he became president, of course, he was covered. all of a sudden, he had all of these incredible problems after fdr died of what he was going to do. and he was not accepting. he wasn't really all that prepared. you hadn't been, in fact, given that much information about some of the c of the agreements that roosevelt had made. but he when he and at christmas time of 1945, when he came home, it took a but it was a big snowstorm. he was late and bess was just upset about it and wasn't, i guess, very nice about it. he wrote this letter, which he was smart enough not to actually send, but his daughter margaret found years later
well, a harry truman was devoted to bess truman from the time he was five years old and saw her in sunday school. he never loved anybody else. he was he, in fact, propose to her many, many times before she finally accepted. and he was devoted to her really his whole life. and he wrote her letters on virtually everything in the white house. politics is all life it was. he was just completely emotionally open to her. but there was one exception where he when he became when he became president, of...
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i think in 2024 more people are interested in reading reagan than they are in truman. but i also think in the modern era, again, to build a little consensus here, i've got two democrats, fdr and and i've got two republicans, eisenhower and reagan. and so you can see that presidents from both parties were great at their in their leadership traits are knowing and and passing to the next generation. so some say the wobbly as choice here actually is there are only 4000 thousand days and had a rocky personal life, to put it mildly. tell to talk about war. but but but you make the point that he learned on the job. walk us through a couple of to start with. let's do his his civil rights speech which was it wasn't even finished when he began in 69. no response in 63, right after birmingham. but he really he came into office he'd been a playboy in congress in the in the senate. he'd never pursued a serious bill. he wasn't respected at all. he was viewed as a playboy, handsome, charismatic, wealthy pulitzer prize winning historian. profiles in courage which, of course, was writt
i think in 2024 more people are interested in reading reagan than they are in truman. but i also think in the modern era, again, to build a little consensus here, i've got two democrats, fdr and and i've got two republicans, eisenhower and reagan. and so you can see that presidents from both parties were great at their in their leadership traits are knowing and and passing to the next generation. so some say the wobbly as choice here actually is there are only 4000 thousand days and had a rocky...
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jim townsend during this time, what was the truman administra tions response to these hearings? well, the truman administration vigorously defended itself in terms of both, you know, continuing to. require that its, you know, the members of the administration, members of the, you know, employees in the u.s. government. answer questions about their loyalty and about their activities. so the truman administration was not, you know, backing off from from trying to find communists who might be spying or might be infiltrating the government. but at the same time, they vigorously oppose the kinds of tactics that that senator mccarthy was employing. you know what what senator mccarthy would do would be to basically rely on rumors and even invented evidence to suggest the whole departments of government were under the sway of communists. one of his chief targets early on was the voice of america, which was a service that the united states government provided to broadcast news around the world, particularly in countries that that were under the control of totalitarian governments. and he
jim townsend during this time, what was the truman administra tions response to these hearings? well, the truman administration vigorously defended itself in terms of both, you know, continuing to. require that its, you know, the members of the administration, members of the, you know, employees in the u.s. government. answer questions about their loyalty and about their activities. so the truman administration was not, you know, backing off from from trying to find communists who might be...
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truman's house. i remember how mr.portant arguments in favor of this is our faith in the un. the un has three important roles to play. first, provide a path to negotiations and resolution of disputes peacefully. second: provide an opportunity to unite the efforts of un member countries, complying with the un charter. finally, it allows us to find ways to reduce the threat of aggression and promote further disarmament. i believe that it is not only the sacred duty of the security council to take a leading role in the investigation into resolving the issue of sabotage on the nordstream gas pipeline. i don't. i support the role of the united states in this war against the soviet union, and the destruction of the norstream gas pipeline has no, no justification, caused significant damage to the german economy. and this has nothing to do with the conflict between russia and ukraine. this sabotage only made the situation worse. while working for the cia, i gained experience in identifying terrorist operations carried out in a
truman's house. i remember how mr.portant arguments in favor of this is our faith in the un. the un has three important roles to play. first, provide a path to negotiations and resolution of disputes peacefully. second: provide an opportunity to unite the efforts of un member countries, complying with the un charter. finally, it allows us to find ways to reduce the threat of aggression and promote further disarmament. i believe that it is not only the sacred duty of the security council to take...
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jim townsend during this time, what was the truman administra tions response to these hearings? well, the truman administration vigorously defended itself in terms of both, you know, continuing to. require that its, you know, the members of the administration, members of the, you know, employees in the u.s. government. answer questions about their loyalty and about their activities. so the truman administration was not, you know, backing off from from trying to find communists who might be spying or might be infiltrating the government. but at the same time, they vigorously oppose the kinds of tactics that that senator mccarthy was employing. you know what what senator mccarthy would do would be to basically rely on rumors and even invented evidence to suggest the whole departments of government were under the sway of communists. one of his chief targets early on was the voice of america, which was a service that the united states government provided to broadcast news around the world, particularly in countries that that were under the control of totalitarian governments. and he
jim townsend during this time, what was the truman administra tions response to these hearings? well, the truman administration vigorously defended itself in terms of both, you know, continuing to. require that its, you know, the members of the administration, members of the, you know, employees in the u.s. government. answer questions about their loyalty and about their activities. so the truman administration was not, you know, backing off from from trying to find communists who might be...
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so let's take harry truman's presidency as an. truman's presidency, one of the most corrupt in the 20th century. banner continued that the real story of that presidency consisted of policy issues such as the berlin airlift and the marshall plan and quote if you try to write history of the truman administration on the grounds of the misconduct of, the white house, then you're not really writing the history of the truman administration. at one point, a strong ideological skew among historian as against ronald reagan almost did him in. amid the disclosure of the iran-contra affair in 1988 american heritage ran an article by irwin friedman that put reagan in the same category as grant harding and nixon, complete with a cartoon one showing the four presidents falling into a hellish fiery pit around the same time, in his private correspondence, see woodward, despite doing his part during the 1950s to perpetuate the corruption narrative. describe the traditional narrative about the gilded age, including grant's presidency, as a howling a
so let's take harry truman's presidency as an. truman's presidency, one of the most corrupt in the 20th century. banner continued that the real story of that presidency consisted of policy issues such as the berlin airlift and the marshall plan and quote if you try to write history of the truman administration on the grounds of the misconduct of, the white house, then you're not really writing the history of the truman administration. at one point, a strong ideological skew among historian as...
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a committee led by harry truman in the 1940's, examine the defense program and whether there was corruption, waste and inefficiencies. the committee's work was said to save money and lives and shortened world war ii. watch congress investigates on saturdays on c-span2. >> the house will be in order. >> this year, c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we have been your primary source for capitol hill, providing balanced, unfiltered coverage of government. all with the support of america's cable company. sue spent, 45 years -- c-span, 45 years and counting. powered by cable. >> earlier today president biden took an aerial view of the damage caused by the collapse of the francis scott key bridge. >>>> there they are. [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible conversations] [indiscernible background conversations] [indiscernible background conversations] [sound of helicopters overhead] [indiscernible background conversations] [indiscernible background conversations] [indiscernible background conversations] [laughter] [indiscernible background conversation
a committee led by harry truman in the 1940's, examine the defense program and whether there was corruption, waste and inefficiencies. the committee's work was said to save money and lives and shortened world war ii. watch congress investigates on saturdays on c-span2. >> the house will be in order. >> this year, c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979, we have been your primary source for capitol hill, providing balanced, unfiltered coverage of...
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, clifton truman daniel.els attending the nato ceremonies. it's good to have you on. >> mr. daniel, thank you so much for being on here. your grandfather's a hero of mine and so many around the table, and i know dr. brzezinski. he did so many things between '45 and '49. we can talk about the doctrine and the plan, but nato seems to be the legacy that is still impacting this world and keeping it safe every day. talk about the importance of his vision, especially as it pertains to nato. >> well, thank you both for having me on. i appreciate it. i think i said this last night at the ceremonies that you just had a clip of secretary blinken speaking at, for my grandfather, it was a simple thing, a simple idea. democracy, the right of self-determination. he likened nato to a group of homeowners with similar interests that banded together for self-protection and protecting their values, their borders. we're always going to have people who want to take that away from us. he knew that. we're at it again today, but for
, clifton truman daniel.els attending the nato ceremonies. it's good to have you on. >> mr. daniel, thank you so much for being on here. your grandfather's a hero of mine and so many around the table, and i know dr. brzezinski. he did so many things between '45 and '49. we can talk about the doctrine and the plan, but nato seems to be the legacy that is still impacting this world and keeping it safe every day. talk about the importance of his vision, especially as it pertains to nato....
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i think i'm a truman scholar. and so when he said he wanted both of them to to kill each other, if at all possible. but in the end, during world war two, you'd have to go with stalin in order to make sure that hitler didn't prevail. that right there is a description, a deal with the devil and it accords very much with what churchill said a couple of different times, famously. but what makes it worse now in some ways, because we know more history now than the statesmen at the time who could only do what they could do is as history unfolded for them and with the facts that they knew on the ground at the time, and they did very well, i think overall is that knows he wants a world war in order to expand so a lot of what he in the 1930s is actually encouraging and setting up a world war. so it is a deal with the devil, but it's it's one that many on the allied side in world war two, they didn't know how much he had done before it. and so here, the museum, we're very focused on making sure that that visitors understand
i think i'm a truman scholar. and so when he said he wanted both of them to to kill each other, if at all possible. but in the end, during world war two, you'd have to go with stalin in order to make sure that hitler didn't prevail. that right there is a description, a deal with the devil and it accords very much with what churchill said a couple of different times, famously. but what makes it worse now in some ways, because we know more history now than the statesmen at the time who could only...
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bush, clinton -- and truman . that's 14.ut the subtitle of your book is 70 years and 13 president. who was left out? mr. charter: obviously he is part of american history, but sadly, not one that the queen met while he was sitting president. lbj. there are reasons for this, which i go into in the book. there are accidental, if you like, reasons that when jfk was assassinated, she was planning -- she would have liked to have gone to the funeral. she could not go pretty her doctors prevented her because she was too heavily pregnant at the time. when churchill died a couple of years later, lbj wanted to come but he got sick during his inauguration in january 1965. and his doctors prevented him from traveling to the u.k.. so if it were not for those unfortunate accidents of history, they would have met. but what happened of course was that lbj's full term became completely overwhelmed with vietnam and he was angry with the british under their prime minister who would not commit troops to vietnam. and he basically had little time
bush, clinton -- and truman . that's 14.ut the subtitle of your book is 70 years and 13 president. who was left out? mr. charter: obviously he is part of american history, but sadly, not one that the queen met while he was sitting president. lbj. there are reasons for this, which i go into in the book. there are accidental, if you like, reasons that when jfk was assassinated, she was planning -- she would have liked to have gone to the funeral. she could not go pretty her doctors prevented her...
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and the socialist bloc led by the soviet union began with the adoption in the united states of the trumanoctrine aimed at containing the ussr. world. split into two poles. cold the war between washington and moscow began to gain momentum, accompanied by an arms race, primarily nuclear. this confrontation began to lose its urgency only in the mid-eighties, with mikhail gorbachev coming to power in the ussr. on april 16, 2003 , forty-year-old michael jordan played his last nba game. playing as an attacking guard, jordan became an olympic champion twice and is still... considered the best basketball player in history. he did a lot not only to popularize basketball throughout the world, but also achieved that basketball began to be perceived as a prestigious game, big money came into it. jordan was the first billionaire athlete to become a billionaire and is still ranked by forbes as the highest-paid athlete in history. if we translate everything he earned at today’s exchange rate, the amount will exceed $2 billion. in many ways. jordan's success was facilitated by his unique explosive style
and the socialist bloc led by the soviet union began with the adoption in the united states of the trumanoctrine aimed at containing the ussr. world. split into two poles. cold the war between washington and moscow began to gain momentum, accompanied by an arms race, primarily nuclear. this confrontation began to lose its urgency only in the mid-eighties, with mikhail gorbachev coming to power in the ussr. on april 16, 2003 , forty-year-old michael jordan played his last nba game. playing as an...
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the truman committee headed by senator and future president harry truman examined the national defense program during world war ii and whether there was waste and corruption in defense contracting. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, university of kentucky writing and rhetoric professor brandon irby on the legacy of her efforts to bring awareness to the murder of her son, emmett till. at 90 5 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a discussion about per -- about president ulysses s grant. exploring the american story. watch american history tv, saturday on c-span two, and find a full schedule on our program gue watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. announcer: the senate impeachment trial for homeland security secretary alejandra mayorkas is set to begin next week. on wednesday, house impet managers will formally deliver the two artif impeachment to the senate, which charge the secretary of willful and stic fusel to comply with the law and breach of trust for his handling of the u.s. southern border. a full trial will proceed on t senateloor, but it is possible senators may vote to dismiss the charges
the truman committee headed by senator and future president harry truman examined the national defense program during world war ii and whether there was waste and corruption in defense contracting. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, university of kentucky writing and rhetoric professor brandon irby on the legacy of her efforts to bring awareness to the murder of her son, emmett till. at 90 5 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a discussion about per -- about president ulysses s grant. exploring the american...
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having automatically inherited presidential powers, harry truman ordered, without performing an autopsyat happened. rumors spread about violent death, but those who even then knew how to manage public opinion came to power. and here... interesting, documentary evidence from perhaps the most popular soviet political observer, americanist, subcorrespondent in the usa for many years, valentin sergeevich zorin. he once had the opportunity to directly ask president kennedy a question that made me angry. don’t think, we are not going aside, but telling all this in order to understand the prehistory of the creation of nato. she is important. so, june 1961, kennedy's european tour, vienna. and here is valentin zorin. that's where i went out for a walk. as he said, to move away from a too heated conversation with khrushchev, i approached him and asked an unexpected question for him: when president roosevelt died on april 12, 1945, 2 weeks before the victory, our wonderful scientist, academician... lev nikolaevich ivanov read a wonderful lecture to us as a student, in which he argued that rooseve
having automatically inherited presidential powers, harry truman ordered, without performing an autopsyat happened. rumors spread about violent death, but those who even then knew how to manage public opinion came to power. and here... interesting, documentary evidence from perhaps the most popular soviet political observer, americanist, subcorrespondent in the usa for many years, valentin sergeevich zorin. he once had the opportunity to directly ask president kennedy a question that made me...
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but, you know, he campaigned for he campaigned for harry truman. he campaigned for helen geoghegan, douglas against richard nixon, which i consider a in his favor. but by 63 said, you know, we famously said, i didn't leave the party. the party left me. and who's right? he's right. the democratic party was moving steadily to the left. it had changed from the pro-worker pro pro-american party to he didn't recognize anymore. so he switched the republican party. the parallels are clear, more clear than i think people realize. one is, is that they both challenge authority. they both challenge the washington establishment. look, you go back to the 80 campaign and look at the terrible things that were said about ronald reagan by the establishment, by everybody. everybody. you know, i'm having trouble thinking of some of the people, but it's in one of my books, they recount some of but they were terrified that ronald reagan was coming to washington and he was going to upset the establishment. and the same thing now is being said it's the same playbook now
but, you know, he campaigned for he campaigned for harry truman. he campaigned for helen geoghegan, douglas against richard nixon, which i consider a in his favor. but by 63 said, you know, we famously said, i didn't leave the party. the party left me. and who's right? he's right. the democratic party was moving steadily to the left. it had changed from the pro-worker pro pro-american party to he didn't recognize anymore. so he switched the republican party. the parallels are clear, more clear...