and i look forward to talking to you about dwight eisenhower. dwight eisenhower was born in 1890. he grew up in abilene, kansas, one of five brothers. his mother and brother emphasized the values of personal faith, hard work, self-december palestinian and education -- self-discipline and education. he wanted to advance his athletic career and the second to get a free education. his athletic ambitions were cut short when he suffered an injury playing football. but to eisenhower, football was a unique sport because he believed that it has a transformative effect on people. football, he wrote, instills in men the feeling that victory comes to hard almost slavish work. team play, self-confidence and enthusiasm that amounts to dedication. he would take this concept of football and apply it quite effectively to military training. after graduating in 1915, he arrived at port sam houston assigned to the 15th infantry regiment. national guard troops were sent to the border. because of tensions with mexico now, the 19th was responsible for training these guard units. so eisenhower was attac

and so he comes to eisenhower to pitch the idea. and eisenhower arrives on an airplane. and montgomery avoids the aircraft and eisenhower is sitting there in the seat. montgomery gets right, nose to nose with him. he says look, this is what you're doing wrong. this is not working. you have to change your plans. you have to get away from this. you have to let me go with a full thrust to end this war. finally, after being braided for a few minutes, eisenhower puts his hand on montgomery's knee. now, now, you're talking to your boss. that's how he dealt with some of these personalities, he understood that he was coming in as a newcomer, as someone without the kind of cachet that comes with the decorations and the combat. he understood all that. but that was not as important to him as building his teams and working with allies and making them feel a part of what was going on, but never stepping too far. but he wouldn't challenge him directly, more pushing and shoving and things like that. if you think for a moment, he put mcarthur in the position of shaf. the british would s

eisenhower to ridgway, ridgeway guenther, gum 13 north stat. north stat.to but, because an idea is stronger than any individual, though the faces changed, the work drove on. it was in the field that results counted and it was in the field they were realized. at each meeting, the ministers could report further progress and a growing unity. thanks to the cooperation of 15 nations, what had been a document with signatures was becoming the atlantic alliance in fact and in strength. steadily, the clouds of fear that had hung over europe were lifting. vigilance and readiness were paying off. disunity, the strongest weapons in any arsenal were no longer available to him. moreday found nato prepared and more competent. though the strength was not yet what nato would had liked, they must account the cost. should an attack come the , atlantic allies could call in their defense not only from conventional weapons, but upon a whole new arsenal. yes, now to a would-be aggressor, the costs loomed large indeed. now they would need far more , than shoes. nato's

he talks about when he brought eisenhower into the war plans division, and then later sending eisenhower to north africa. testsll looks at this as and evaluations for eisenhower, and depending on how eisenhower performed, that would have had of bearing on marshall's comfort with having eisenhower assume command for overlord. that is really how marshall did it. he met people and his memory was able to remember the contacts andexts and remember people their strengths. and your second question regarding the place of rotc and having leadership from rotc in the army command structure, i've believe general millie the chief of staff of the army currently is an rotc graduate. i'm trying it remember the last one before that. it does not happen often, but it happens on occasion where the rotc graduates do go on to have , hold high-ranking positions in the military. from marshall's perspective that is a very good thing because you are getting the experience that an rotc cadet and i have may be different than west point graduate. so to be able to have that balance is always a helpful thing to have.

end it in 1960, when eisenhower saved the arctic refuge, anwar and that's our nation's greatest wildlife refuge. >> host: this is a story about points. let's begin with president teddy roosevelt. >> guest: he saved the whole grid of modern oklahoma. today we have an alaska maritime national wildlife area, the aleutian chain. their stopped the timbering on the panhandle of alaska and places leak the yukon delta, i and roosevelt thought democracy had to be synonymous with wilderness and alaska is an incredible wilderness and a wornland. america without an alaskan welder -- more temperatured landscape in alaska than any state extraction sits, oil, gold, sill very, sink, always looking to despoil the state. >> host: did tr ever visit alaska. the visited himself opportunity come with the heriman expedition in 1899, be get from them at the spanishar and ran for governor of new york but he selfed volumes of -- received volumes of the report of others who went to alaska and wrote reports, what were or heirlooms, what needed to be saved two areas today just under pressure to develop, bristol by a

he talks about when he brought eisenhower into the warplanes division, and then later sending eisenhower to north africa. marshall looked at this is all just tests and evaluations for eisenhower. depending on how eisenhower performed in that, that would have had a bearing on marshall's comfort with having eisenhower assumed the command for overlord. that is how marshall did it. he met a lot of people, and his memory was great. your second question regarding the place of the rotc, and having leadership from rotc in the command structure, i believe general millie, who is the chief of staff of the army currently is an rotc graduate. i am trying to remember the last one was before that. it is not something that happens often, but it does happen on occasion where the rotc graduates do go on to have higher ranking positions in the military. from marshall's perspective, that is a very good thing, because you are getting the experience that an rotc cadet has, that may be different from the outlooks that a point graduate may have. so to be able to have a balance is always helpful to have. >> as p

dwight eisenhower, your hearing drill baby drill up there. oil was sent to 60 people want to go into a great wildlife refuge. that would be like mining the grand canyon or chopping can redwood trees and redwood national park. it's a badve idea but with the public doesn't get up there to see the arctic polar bear and the great caribou herd, they think in terms of energy instead of a gift that will pass on to future generations. >> host: what role didid alaska play in the founding of the bull moose party? >> guest: very similar role because long story that we don't have that much number roosevelt after left the presidency 48 hours after leaving, he said mount olympus in washington state, part of olympic national park, went to africa for the smithsonian institute and while he was gone he left behind william howard taft is chief foerster, adaptive administrationon started getting sweetheart deals to corporations, what they called the guggenheim syndicate, today's exxon mobil or anglo-american corporation or shell, giving them these sweetheart dea

president dwight eisenhower announced that the u.s. would launch an earth orbiting satellite within the next three years. two days later the kremlin told the world it was planning to put a satellite up to. people in the west could only guess at how far the soviet ten progressed with their secret project. is. there were a number of americans who were convinced that the russians had very good engineers and that they should be taken seriously as competitors and that we americans would have to make a big effort if we wanted to win. there were other americans that said the russians weren't that far along but they were backwards in everything and were peasants that couldn't do it. so we had nothing to fear. most americans were convinced the soviet union was an enormous very backward country. there was even a general of jokes about their blocky looking cars and the peasants in the kremlin . by contrast the american way of life meant prosperity huge streamlined automobiles and optimism. it was a country that could be sure of itself in every re

he talks about both when he brought eisenhower into the war plans division and then later sending eisenhower to north africa, basically marshall looks at this as tests and evaluations for eisenhower. and depending on how eisenhower performed, that would have had a bearing on marshall's comfort with offering or having eisenhower assume the command for overlord. so that's really how marshall did it. he met a lot of people and his memory was able to know certain contacts in which he met people and remember what their strengths are in that way. and your second question regarding the place of the rotc and having leadership from rotc in the r.a. command structure. i believe general millie, the chief of staff of the army currently, is an rotc graduate. so this is, i'm trying to remember the last one was before that. i know it's not something that happens often, but it does happen on occasion, where the rotc graduates do go on to have, hold high-ranking positions in the military and you know, from marshall's perspective, i think you know that's a very good thing because you're getting the experience

eisenhower wanted to be run by the cia. following,le was the it is a military plane with a military pilot flying over a foreign hostile country. they'll be considered an act of war. but if it's a civilian pilot and civilian plane flying over a foreign hostile country, it would be espionage, a slap on the wrist. program,ontrol of this scour the air force to try and dod fighter pilots that can missions. he starts to fly in 1956. orthe left of the stage you're right, we have one of the evils. this particular photo's of baghdad, the presidential palace. that was one of the targets of this particular mission on november 6, 1956. the other image is his flight map. my father is recruited by the cia in 1955, he is trained at area 51 in the nevada desert, he starts to serve in turkey near a donna. years he'st 4.5 flying these flights over the former soviet union and other india,es, such as pakistan, middle eastern countries, eastern european countries, the soviet union, as well as china. it is not just the soviet union he is flying

eisenhower authorized each and every u-2 flight. he admitted and acknowledged this when he was at his press conference taking full response abilities for his actions. while all this is unfolding dad , has been stuck in a russian prison cell. going to the first week of interrogations. grueling questions, threats of death. no physical torture, a lot of mental anguish, mental torture. anxiety. some of you might be familiar with good cop bad cop. one kgb agent would come in yelling and screaming, you, tell us everything or we will shoot you tomorrow. the next guy would come in, mr. powers, you help us, we can help you, trying to get him to cooperate. trying to get him to reveal secrets. most likely by any means necessary, short of physical abuse. during the first seven days of my dad interrogation at the prison, he was lying to his captors out right. holding back as much information as possible. misleading them anyway he could. on may 7, international headlines around the world, u-2 shut down, summit conference in jeopardy, the type of

he talks about both when he brought eisenhower into the world planes division and later sending eisenhower to north africa. he looks at it as evaluations for eisenhower and depending how he performed in that, that would certainly have a bearing on marshall's comfort with offering -- or having eisenhower assume the command for overlord. that's how marshall did it. he met a lot of people, his memory was able to remember certain context in how he remembered people and their strengths in that way. and then your second question regarding the place of rotc and having leadership from rotc in the army command structure, i believe general millie, the chief of staff of the army currently, is an rotc graduate. so, this is -- i'm trying to remember who the last one was before that. it's not something that happens often, but it does happen on occasion where the rotc graduates do go on to have higher positions in the military. from marshall's perspective, i think, again, that's a very good thing. because you're kind of getting the experience that an rotc cadet may have, a little different than a west po

president eisenhower: we stand together at a pivotal point in history.ns, and those went before us, have built, all we believe in, is challenged as it has never been challenged before. the new horizons of competition range from the polar areas and extend to the infinity of outer space. [applause] >> one of the most successful endeavors of english speaking allies is the tripartite board standardization board made up of high ranking officers from canada, britain, and the united states. ideas are exchanged and new weapons are evaluating by these men working in washington, ottawa, and london. [explosions] when american troops maneuvered with live nuclear weapons at desert rock proving ground recently, canadian units participated, thereby gaining valuable experience on a simulated atomic battlefield. ♪ far from the nuclear testing ground, retreat ends the day for the garrison at quebec. [trumpet playing] [drumline playing] [officer shouting orders] [horns playing] >> canada's modern army embodies a living tradition begun long ago, nourished by the many soldie

i won wisconsin, the first time since dwight eisenhower in 1950.

eisenhower signed the state act. up, we visit the foundation to learn about one of the longest serving members of congress. >> mr. president, alaska was not a folly. it is no longer an impoverished territory. and anis a great state essential contributor to our nation's energy security and national defense. i am proud to have had a role in tos transformation, working help alaska achieve its potential. it has been and will continue to life's work. >> senator ted stephens was senator moreor over 40 years. senator stephens was involved in the seminole legislative initiatives that helped shape alaska. continuing on through the claims settlement act, the conservation and trans-alaskat, the pipeline act and numerous others that we're going to talk about today. the ted stevens foundation was created in 2001 as a way to his service and to apply his legacy to outreach and education. foundation is primarily working on archiving and senator's papers. we're hard at work. he had over 4800 box. one of the largest congressionallal c

eisenhower in paris when he was head of the nato forces in europe. she developed a friendship with mrs. eisenhower. she was a guest at the white house on several occasions. according to her daughter, at a white house dinner, she decided to leave her collection to the u.s. government for use in the white house. as much of this collection as possible was exhibited in a newly created form a room. this is how that room appeared in 1960. this is the from a room as it appears today. there are not as many pieces on being, and certainly some important examples. there are over 1500 pieces in the collection, a variety of forms dating mostly to the 18th century and 19th century, made by some of the finest english and french silversmiths. an english regency silversmith is represented by several objects, including a set of 61 coolers, each decorated with classical roman scenes. on the left is an example of one of the wine coolers. today, they are found on the mantle of the east room. on the right is a soup terrain, to of a pair made from 1778 1779. e --soup terri

i passed by a bookstore so i picked it up about dwight eisenhower who has always been a great hero and his time has gone on and people realize what a good job he did not only in leading the military but also leading thleaving the country. there were hairless times, so three days in january is about his last days when he gets his federal addres address and turne power over to john kennedy but he also goes back and does a short biography of eisenhower and at least in the first part for some stories i haven't heard beforhadn't heardbefore so thatn testing it fascinating. the third one that we ran across is this nation shall not endure. not only was he the second to serve in the cabinet, he was the secretary of agriculture under eisenhower and was also the president of my church and also my former chief of staff, so there is a personal reason i want to go through this one. i enjoyed the philosophy as he talks about this nation in the future of politics in the united states. i'm looking forward to that one. the final one that was recommended by my staff is entitled where nobody knows your n

in russia this is the russian economic policy of the runtime is eisenhower you know actually if you can learn from disaster so they went through a disaster genuine disaster in ninety eight russia did and they learned from that so we went through a disaster here as well during the dot com crash and the two thousand and seven eight nine crash we could have learned a lesson what we we haven't however we just bailed out everybody and we didn't learn the hard lessons because they made it you know the central banks basically made the system not take its medicine like. if you talk to any russians that ninety eight was a brutal brutal situation and they don't want to ever repeat that here people feel like well what was so bad about it like we can repeat the crisis because it wasn't so bad and we got free money exactly right if you can tell there is no such thing as can fall sizzle if you can't have losers in a capitalist society that you don't you have some kind of socialist quagmire like venezuela which is like the us now anyway we've got to take a break and we'll come back so don't go awa

when i was little boy, i had of meeting dwight eisenhower answer has always ispired me and i think heated one of the best presidents in american goingy and i am also to read chris matthews kennedy, ibobby think that chris matthews has thisan excellent job in regard and, of course, we commemorate this year, the the anniversary of tragic assassination of senator kennedy and so, these books at the hope to lists to read this summer. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading. send us the summer reading book tva twitter at or instagram at book post it totv or the facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. book tv on c-span2 sell vision for a serious reader. next, a book tv exclusive. city's tour visits into or leans, louise man. to learn more about the literarystory and life, for seven years now we traveled to u.s. cities bringing the book scene to our viewers. you can watch more of our visits@c-span.org/cities tour. 88888888888888888888888888888888 8888888888888888888888♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

president eisenhower, and this is a quote from october 21, 1956, president eisenhower today accused soviet premiere nicoli boganon of meddling in the american election campaign, the united press reported. again, october 21, 1956. suggested thaton democrat no, ma'am -- democratic nominee adlai stephenson was more likely to get an agreement halting h-bomb tests. that, he argued, was meddling in our internal affairs in the midst of a national election campaign. historian bruce deer stein reported that the russian ambassador in 1960 invited stephenson, adlai stephenson, to the embassy, plied him with drinks, caviar, and fruit and offered to back him if he'd run for president again. stephenson rejected the offer. that was the russian ambassador in 1960, clearly attempting to interfere. nikita kruschev, the soviet premier in 1960, bragged in his memoirs that, quote, by waiting to release the pilot gary powers until after the election, we kept nixon from being table claim that he could deal with the russians. our ploy made a difference of at least half a million votes which gave kennedy the edge

a conversation about the early career of dwight eisenhower. his work with tanks and to get an overseas fighting near france. this is just over an hour. >> what an incredibly good-looking crowd. pleasure to be here. i want to thank the folks in the macarthur memorial. my good buddy, jim zobel, for having me here today. i have always been fascinated by world war i. i was lucky because i had parents who filled the house with books. and my mom would say, go to the library. and i was a little kid, and i picked up a book on the western front. i'm sure most of the people have read it. and at the end, i can remember, i'm not giving in too much emotion, but at the end when

up next, the conversation about the early military career of dwight eisenhower. we'll hear about his training of soldiers for the first world war, his work with tanks and attempts to secure the overseas assignment near the fighting in france. the macarthur memorial hosted the symposium on the experiences of the world war ii leaders. this is just over an hour. >> what an incredibly

eisenhower. macarthur was the only guy he ever met who was a speed reader, who had a photographic mind. the guy talks about being, when he was superintendent, people would come in with problems. macarthur would listen to them, stand up and walk back and forth and repeat verbatim what the other guy had just said to him. and the aide to macarthur put a stenographer outside the door just to see if he really could do it, if he was missing words and things like that. during world war ii, they would have these staff conferences. this is attested to by many people that saw it many times. they would probably be having some staff meeting where the staff is, okay, we're laid in on this beach, at this day, at this hour, and macarthur would be like, you can't do that. why not? the tide is high at 7:30 that morning. he's got the tide schedule for new guinea implanted in his head for two years. arthur macarthur as well was a lawyer. and these guys instilled, unless you want to be an ignorance doofus all your l

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it's called the age of eisenhower. it is by professor william hitchcock of the university of virginia. when i was a little boy, i have the honor of meeting dwight eisenhower. he has always inspired me. he is now rated one of the best presidents in american history. i'm going to read chris matthews biography, bobby kennedy. i think chris matthews has done an excellent job in this regard. of course, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of senator kennedy. these are three books at the top of my list to read the summer. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list on a book tv on twitter. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. . .

eisenhower. mrs. biddle was a guest at the white house on several occasions and according to her daughter at a white house dinner she decided to leave her collection to the us government for use in the white house. as much of this collection of possible was exhibited in a newly created room and this is how that room appeared in 1960. this is the room as it appears today. there are not as many pieces on view but certainly some important examples. there are over 1500 pieces in the collection, a variety of forms dating mostly to the 18th and 19th centuries, made by some of the finest english and french silversmiths. and english regency silversmith's record -- represented by several pieces, each decorated with classical roman scenes. on the left is the example of one of the wine others. today they are found on the mantels in the east room. on the right, is the soup terrine, one of a pair made in 1778 to 79 from designs by the english architect robert adams. the soup terrine's were actually made for the du

. >> kennedys come and nixon's eisenhower. >> no spoilers. it was a lot of fun to learn about these people and to figure out how to write dialogue for them by reading up on them whether it is the robert caro books are others just to get in their head. if lbj were to meet my character and then turn on the senate tram and overheard them talking about the democratic senator who nobody's ever heard of them today, but back then -- well maybe this audience because your learned, but a lot of people out there have never heard ofav it. in 1952 he ran for president, democrat from tennessee anyone all the primaries but because back then literally it was rigged. the backroom guys nominated that like stephenson said and he was a frustrated guy. so what would lbj say if he ever heard people talking? i should make that mistake. everybody here knows everything. i know that from now on. >> you started writing a string of ominous ration. >> i did. by mccarthy era washington? >> i started writing it ended to place in the 1700 that's really tough to pull off. so

. >> the kennedys, the nixons, dwight eisenhower, everybody from 1950s washington. >> no spoilers. >> right. >> yeah. yeah, i know, i mean, it was a lot of fun to learn about these people and to learn -- and to try to figure out how to write dialogue for them by reading up on them, reading whether it's the robert caro books or others just the try to get into their heads. if lbj were to meet my character and his intern on a senate tram and overheard them talking about estess kiev offer who was a democratic senator -- nobody's ever heard of him today -- [laughter] but back then. well, maybe this audience because you're august and learned -- [laughter] but a lot of people out there have never heard of him. in 1952 he ran for president as democrat of tennessee. he won all the primaries, but because back then literally it was rigged -- [laughter] the back room guys nominated adlai stevenson instead, and he was a frustrated guy and thinking about running for president again. anyway, so what would lbj say if he overheard people talking about estes -- i shouldn't make that mistake. everybody

the time was right for edward bernays power play in january nine hundred fifty three dwight eisenhower became the new president of the united states. help me. eyes in heart advocated a frontal offensive against communism. he placed two brothers in keepers john foster dulles became secretary of state allen dulles head of the cia both had been legal advisors to the united fruit company. the new ambassador to the united nations was senator henry cabot lodge a faithful lobbyist for the company's interests. kids family were longstanding shareholders. they were all men with an open ear for edward bernays messages. in august one nine hundred fifty three allen dulles as cia introduced new methods in iran which overturned the government of mohammad mosaddegh who had nationalized his country's petrol industry he was accused of communist collusion. in the success of the operation in iran convinced the eisenhower administration the cia was given a green light to intervene in guatemala. the operation was named success. edward bernays efforts were bearing fruit. the cia supported an opponent of the

>> guest: well, i start with nixon and eisenhower. you know, of course when -- there was a lot of discussion about joe lieberman as a devout jewish man. you know, that was a big issue -- >> host: kennedy was considered in 1956 briefly. >> guest: yes, of course. and it's amazing now to think that the fact that he was irish catholic was a huge issue at the time. but this book isn't about religion at all. i mean, it's about the relationship between presidents and vice presidents. of our 48 vice presidents, 14 have become president. most of whom became president because of the death of the sitting president. thet, last vice president we had who won an election on his own is george h.w. bush, and that's the person who mike pence most admires. and it's because he pulled that feat off. it hadn't been done since martin van buren. it's a big deal. .. >> they have their chief of staff listening in on that conversation and that is very telling of the nature of their relationship this is a personal moment to the vice president is the only member

eisenhower did it unwittingly.ause as it turned out he disagreed with a number of warren's rulings in the '50s and '60s, oddly enough the decision that eisenhower made turned out to have enormous impact on american history fork decades after he was gone. >> we always enjoy your insights. come back when you have that book written. >> yes. >> we are dplaed to hear it. >> a daring mission. to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in thailand ends successfully. every member of the team has made it out. they are on dry lands. but why doctors are now keeping a very close eye on those kids who were quarantined as they recover from the ordeal. yes. it's a targeted medicine proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, and lower oral steroid use. about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. fasenra™ is designed to work with the body to target and remove eosinophils. fasenra™ is an add-on injection for people 12 and up with severe eosinophilic asthma. don't use fas

he also goes back and does a short biography of eisenhower and the least the first part that i've read so far since her as he had not heard so far. that is always interesting and fascinating to me. the third one we ran across has done by then been. this nation shall not endure. pick this up because of the author. i'm only with significant you time to serving cabinet cabinet, new secretary of agriculture under eisenhower. he was also the president of my church and my former chief of doubt, the grandson. so there is a personal reason why i want to go through this fund. i enjoyed the philosophy he has at the top about this nation in the future politics in the united states. i'm looking forward to that one. the final one is one that i really found of the library that was recommended by my staff where nobody knows your name. the cool part about this is it's going to be all about my nearly a small players and those who have made a name for themselves in the minors. some may have gotten up to the majors, but this is about those who favored for the pay is not great and the love of the game is

it features efforts by general dwight eisenhower to convince 12 nations to fund, equip, and staff in order to contain soviet expansion. >>

a book by brett baer about dwight eisenhower.he'salways been a hero but he was underrated by while he was president and people realize what a good job he gave , not only in the military but leading country through perilous times so it's three days in january. is his last federal address and he turns it over to john kennedy but in it he goes back and does a short biography of eisenhower and at least in the first part, there arestories i had not heard before so that's always interesting and fascinating to me . there we ran across is done by ezra benson, this nation shall not endure. not only was ezra benson the second youth on to serve, he was the second under eisenhower and was also in my church and another reason is my former staff is the grandson of as recasting there's a personal reason i want to go through this one and i enjoy the philosophy he has as he talks about this nation and the future of politics in the united states and the final one is one that i really found at the library and was recommended by my staff . it's the

eisenhower signed the state act. up, we visit the

in russia this is the russian economic policy of the runtime is eisenhower you know that actually if you can learn from disaster so they went through a disaster genuine disaster in ninety eight russia did and they learned from that so we went through a disaster here as well during the dot com crash and the two thousand and seven eight nine crash we could have learned a lesson what we we haven't however we just bailed out everybody and we didn't learn the hard lessons because they made it you know the central banks basically made the system not take its medicine like. if you talk to any russians that ninety eight was a brutal brutal situation and they don't want to ever repeat that here people feel like well what was so bad about it like we can repeat the crisis because it wasn't so bad and we got free money exactly right if you can tell there is no such thing as can fall sizzle if you can't have losers in a capitalist society there you don't you have some kind of socialist quagmire like venezuela which is like the us now anyway we've got to take a break and we'll come back so don't g

i also hope to read a new biography of one of my favorite american presidents, dwight eisenhower. it's called the age of eisenhower, and it's by professor william hitchcock of the university university of v. when i was a little boy i had the honor of meeting dwight eisenhower, and he is always inspired me and i think he is now rated one of the best presidents in american history pick and i'm also going to read a chris matthews biography, bobby kennedy. i think that chris matthews has done an excellent job in this regard and, of course, we commemorate this year the 50th anniversary of the tragic assassination of senator kennedy. so these are three books at the top of my list to read this summer. >> booktv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter or instagram or post it to our facebook page. ..

and then in the kennedy administration, and eisenhower before, anyone wanted to see eisenhower and there was a program of tours. but when you talk about a million a year or 2 million going through that house. and president johnson had great sensitivity to sound and he would try to take a nap upstairs and the steel in the house would vibrate. [laughter] and it would just give him headaches. so i think the best is being done that could be done. president eisenhower talked about moving into a high-rise . clay and all the world war ii heroes like him all lived wherever. he liked that. but he quickly rescinded the suggestion. the public was infuriated about this. >> could i get you to jump in on this? >> yes. it's interesting. if you put the white house in the context of which it was built in the 1790's and the era of these great country estates, great country leaders. in fact, in ireland they were emulating and trying to create similar states, as well as in great britain. these were not necessarily, even at that time walled off, separate from the public. washington at mt. vernon was plagued