>> i finished a couple books i would highly recommend, john mecham viagra via dandridge jackson. which is fairly recently out. a fabulous different look at andrew jackson from previous biographies about i have read of him and i have read several. it really focuses mostly on his presidential years and also a good deal about his personal life, how a poor and his family was. his wife died right after his election and so was never in the white house, but he had a collection of relatives who served as the visors and supported him and this really delves deeply into their relationship with him. and all so the infamous what was commonly referred to as the peggy eaton matter which was the wife of one of his cabinet members who have been maligned, he felt similar to the way his wife had been maligned during the campaign, and he defended her and made it into a really big issue so john mecham is a good writer and it is a good read. all so i finished a book, actually since then, that is older, been at a couple of years by michael korda, a biography of eisenhower. a very well-written book and

coming up later in the program, we will be hearing from john mecham, -- jon meacham, managing editor of "newsweek." parisa hafezi it is the reuters bureau chief in iran. good morning. >> good morning. host: how long have the polls been open? what is the mood like in iran? guest: local time, it caught 15, the polls were open. it is an unprecedented event because in 1997 cut the president was elected. it was not like this, and people were killing in front of the station -- where -- people were queueing in front of the station. they say they want a moderate candidate to lead. the turnout is expected to be around 18%, 26 million iranians are eligible to but note -- are eligible to vote. when you go to poor areas like tehran or rural areas, you can see supporters of president ahmadinejad, but the rest of the country is going to vote for hussain masaaki. he has been campaigning with his wife. how was that a priority? >> in iran, women and beyond are very important for the outcome of the election. because he can say that he is the first politician who is accompanied by his wife during the e

john mecham's biography of andrew jackson, which is fairly recently out.t's a fabulous, sort of different look at andrew jackson from previous biographies that i've read of him and i've read several. it really focuses mostly on his presidential years and also a good deal about his personal life, how important his family was. his wife died right after his election and so was never in the white house. but he had a collection of relatives who served as advisors and sort of supported him and this really delves deeply into their relationship with him and also the infamous -- what was commonly referred to as the peggy eaton matter, which was the wife of one of his cabinet members who had been maligned similar to the way his wife had been maligned during the campaign and he defended her and made it into a really big issue. so, you know, meacham's a good writer and it's a good read. i also finished a book actually since then that's older, been out a couple of years by michael korda, a biography of eisenhower. it dawned on me i never read any eisenhower books and f

book about the life of andrew jackson, particularly during the time of his white house days by john mechamtom ricks, i guess, i have to say he's my favorite author who wrote "fiasco" has a new book titled "the gamble" which is general petraeus's efforts in iraq between 2006 and 2008. and several others here, "fox in the der" which is the story of the german african corps. three victories and the defeat that is the rise and the fall of the first british empire. the defeat being the american revolution and one that i just completed, malcolm gladwe'll book the "outliers" and why some people are successful and why some who are large iq's are moderately successful. i find it to be quite revealing and it explains a lot of people's history as to how well they can do and as well as they will do. but i'm always reading several books. mostly history. a great deal of military history. that's what i do. i'm chairman of the arms services committee and i think it's important that people involved with the military understand history, where we've been 'cause it helps us determine where we're going. >> to

out like to read this summer although i don't know how many will get red but top of my list is john mecham, his new book american lion about into jackson. i love to get at least one good political biography in a summer and believe it or not sitting on the beach with truman one year was quite lovely. it seems odd but it is true. i have started but not yet made its as much of a event in the new book breakthrough and so that is another goal of mine as well. if we are going into the fiction category, although this is non-fiction fiction, quirky, some people don't necessarily appreciate his sense of humor. i personally find him hysterical. when you are engulfed in flames is a book that came out i think probably a couple years ago that has been sitting on my nightstand, that one will get red especially. a good play in a book or a pick me up for those days when i just can't slog through much else. what is also going to get read this summer because i have a two and a half year all the, in a lot of bugs that i don't have any choice but i will read them every night and for those of you with young ki

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