next pulitzer prize-winning historian james mcpherson's analysis of the civil war, battle cry of freedom followed by the late journalist david halverson's accounts of how america became involved in the vietnam war in the best and the brightest. earnest anyway's novel for whom the bell tolls is on the list as well as ingush poet robert graves's autobiography, goodbye to all that. arizona senator mccain's reading list continues with the pulitzer prize-winning recount of the first month of world war i in the guns of august. .. washington bureau chief for real clear politics, his book on this date provides a history of the united states through 365 events. one for each day of the calendar year. >> how did you end up choosing -- >> i know these guys.

impressive list of recipients that includes doors kearns goodwin, david mccullough, ken burns, and james mcpherson. the event will be held on september 6 and at the cooper union in new york city. [applause] mr. carmichael: oh's going to ask if you are going to talk about your career into an half hours? i'm really worried because cooper union holzer 950 people. there will be buses to take this group of. but lincoln could not fill the hall. what am i going to do? mr. carmichael: and who is going to help you fill the hall is stephen lang. mr. holzer: he will be my makingcutor fresh off of "avatar" 2 and 3. mr. carmichael what is your favorite stephen lang performance? as many problems as i have with the script interpretation, i think gods and generals is my favorite. mr. carmichael: i'm surprised. what about death of a soldier? mr. holzer: i did not see it. i fit we were just doing film. men, he played the nicholson part before nicholson on broadway. mr. carmichael: full disclosure -- harold and i have had some email correspondence about this evening. we have a framework. the last email that i receiv

significant contributions to the profession and he joins a list of recipients, including ken burns and james mcpherson. this event is going to be held on september 6 and at the cooper union in new york city. are you going to talk about your career? get two and a half hours in like lincoln did? >> i'm really worried because cooper union holds 950 people. there will be buses to take this group out. but lincoln couldn't fill the hall. what am i going to do? >> and you're also -- who is going to help you fill the hall. >> stephen lang, been there in times. he's going to be my interlocker fresh out of making avatar 2 and 3. >> what is your favorite stephen lang performance. putting you on the spot. >> as many problems as i have with the interpretation, script interpretation, i think "gods and generals" is my favorite. >> i'm surprised. >> why? >> what about "death of a salesman". >> i didn't see it. >> oh, the tv show. i thought we were just doing film. "a few good men" he played the nicholson part before nicholson. >> harold and i have had some e-mail correspondence about this evening, not that he needed

one of the revered speakers at this conclave, james mcpherson, was quoted in "usa today" three or four years ago on presidents' day saying buchanan was the worst president we had. a debatable proposition, but not one most disagree with. certainly mcpherson was not the first person to suggest that. others have said it in rather firm tones. and what we do know about buchanan tends to, again, be more of an elevator talk than a very complicated rendering of a very, i would call it, formidable individual in a time of great trouble for the country. and he was not fundamentally up to meeting the challenge that he faced. what we know about buchanan, or at least what we think we know, is that he was weak-kneed in the time of greatest stress and crisis. the historian robert remeni loved to talk about how buchanan did only two things in the secession crisis. he prayed and he cried. according to remeni. to add to that, he would say something to the effect that he would say, please let this chalice pass from me. it doesn't give you a sense of formidable leadership at all. that's what john and i wer

mcpherson's ridge. what you notice about it is tham john buford is dismounted. it was sculpted by a man named . jamese. kelly. there was a trooper in tom devins' 6th new york by the namt of wheeler. he will make it up to the rank of majoror before he is court martialed. he goes home to new york city and marries well, he marries a woman whose last name is macy. he ends up being the president of the macy's mercantile empire, which he will ultimately sell. he will move to a place called aspen, colorado, where he will invest his money -- if you go to aspen to this day, you will find the wheeler opera house and jerome hotel, both named for him. wheeler ended up losing everything because he swindled h people in silver mines, but he did hire this sculptor john e. kelly. kelly decided to depict him standing rather than mounted riy because it reflected the defense. if you take a good look, it is an extraordinary accurate depiction of john buford. the uniform is right, facial features are right. his west point classmate saw it before it was erected and said that's him, john buford. that should tell you somethi

pulitzer prize winning historian james mcpherson's analysis of the civil war, battle cry of freedom followed by the late journalist david hauber stands account of how america became involved in the vietnam war in the best and brightest. curtis hemingway's novel for whom the bell tolls was also on the list as well as english poet robert green's biography , goodbye to all that. senator mccain's summer reading list continues with jerry and barbara, pulitzer prize winning of the first months of world war i in the guns of august. he also plans on reading british playwright number 76 models coming-of-age novel of human bondage and ravens life lessons, make your bed. wrapping up senator mccain's summer reading list is playwright william trevor's novel the story of lindsay golf. >> free speech issues. he's interviewed by marji ross, president and publisher of regnery. >> host: milo yiannopoulos,, great to have you with us today. wonderful to have a chance to talk with you. i wish you were here with me in d.c. bu but i see up in new york and we are excited to have you to have a chance to talk. that's