fox connor mentioned eisenhower to general marshall, and general marshall introduced eisenhower to fdr as well. >> marshall was the chief of staff and, of course, the point when roosevelt had to choose a leader for the d-day invasion, it ended up being eisenhower, so they had a complicated relationship. >> but i don't think that, the dr felt he could do without marshall in washington at that time. and marshall was an incredible administrator and sowning board for fdr -- sounding board. >> one of the first really important meetings between the two of them took place in casablanca after the north africa invasion. and it was a difficult time for eisenhower. he wasn't sure whether he was going to get fired or whether he was going to get promoted. >> it was quite a show after the invasion of africa, don't you think? have i wonder what it was like for eisenhower as he was going into that room with churchill and roosevelt and all those military leaders and having to justify everything that happened until then. >> one of the things i've been amazed about eisenhower is his ability to remain cal

fox connor mentionson eisenhower to general marshall and general marshall introduce eisenhower to fdr as well. >> and marshall was the chief tf staff at the point where they had to the leader for the invasion was always going to be marshallll but it ended up being eisenhower's and they had a complicated relationship. >> but i don't think that fdr felt that he could do without marshall in washington at that time and marshall was an incredible administrator and sounding board for fdr. >> one of the first important meetings between the two of them took place in casablanca after the north africa invasion and it was a difficult time for eisenhower he was not sure whether he was going to get fired or promoted. >> it was quite a show for the americans after the invasion of africa don't you think. >> and what it was like right now or is it was going into the room with churchill and roosevelt in the military leaders of both sides and having to sort of justify everything that happened up until then. >> one of the things that i've been amazed with his ability to remain calm rated he could lose h

so i want to end with one of my favorite photographs of roosevelt and eisenhower. there aren't that many photographs of the two of them together. it's very interesting. but at the big three conference with churchill and stalin when churchill and fdr committed to the may >> committed to may 1944 invasion of france. stalin said who will be the supreme commander. we haven't selected one yet. it's all nonsense until you select a supreme commander, and so on his way back from the united states, okay, i guess i have to make a decision and he flies to north africa and he meets with eisenhower and there's a photograph of them in the japan and the expression on their faces is so classic and this was one of the historic moments. the fate of the war hung in the balance. two men realizing that they gave everything for their country and this is the moment that captures. >> i know that photograph well and i love their faces. >> thank you very much for joining us today here at homes in with the

us today to answer that question the director of the eisenhower library. welcome to. >> high and it's delight to be here with you today. >> so anything, what was the qualities that eisenhower that made choose him first for the africa and then the day and what was it about eisenhower really attracted fdr pretty; think of it makes sense to point out that eisenhower had an amazing relationship the general honor and fox connor took him under his wing and helped him develop some of his military lessons or his military knowledge. and he mentioned him to general marshall and general marshall introduced eisenhower to fdr as well pretty. >> and marshall was the chief of staff and of course, president roosevelt how to choose a leader for the invasion and its marshall but he ended up being eisenhower so they have a complicated relationship pretty. >> yes, i do but i don't think that fdr felt that he could do without marshall in washington at that time and marshall was an incredible administrator and sounding board for fdr pretty. >> one of the first important meeting

eisenhower, in other president has been approved his ranking has improved over time and eisenhower left office people thought he was genuinely a nice guy. but he had not really worked hard at his presidency. he spent more time golfing then leading he was a preside or not a president. new archival evidence shown that as an image eisenhower strategically allowed people to have of him. he worked extremely hard behind the scenes to point to pushing himself to a heart attack. he claimed to not engage in personalities. but he manipulated people left and right and generally speaking he developed political skills people did not have at the time. we also valued some of the decision eisenhower made as president back and then did not necessarily seem significant. 1954 the french fallen vietnam there is a pressure on eisenhower to intervene. he says no, ground war in southeast asia cannot be one and therefore should not be fought. ten years later the united states begins to seriously get involved in vietnam with eight decade long that does not work out and our national interest. that seemed to be a

harry truman and dwight eisenhower. and both of them had been in the renaissance and rehabilitation of the reputation after they left office but even then, the rankings and of that impressive if you've the seventh greatest president of all time, then you're not even in the top 20 percent. going on the list, we can see that nixon's average rating is 32 and 425 and others reagan 18 and bush and clinton is 17 and bush, 36, and as we took the average ranking of all of these presents, it is 19. and franklin roosevelt and the average ranking was 19 of the greatest and why is that set the result of their individual fault, ball to some extent sure, over the course, is very critical of jimmy carter and not out of any personal opposition to anything he tried to accomplish. the criticism of his understanding of executive authority and is use of the powers of leadership. carter's ranking as we saw we flipped back here, concord, 25 and 1919 and 27, 25 and 26. and we can identify those specific reasons that carter fell short of great

>> eisenhower, when he renamed it the tree with eisenhower in colorado about 20 total and that includes the ash and the barracks for a single one etc. >> let's talk about the staff at camp david, you are the commander. what types of jobs to they perform? >> over 200 sailors and marines and five officers with maintenance. you have one officer to marine officers and security company. we put all the sailors together. we'll have a white house communication staff there in charge of communication. >> did you tell us a little bit about how camp david changed over the years? it was very rustic when fdr first came to camp david. but then some notable additions like that one. -- at camp david. tell us a little bit about the building, the activities and how that complex change overtime? go back to fdr again, he took the sailors off the uss potomac. and cook them with him to camp david. he also brought the marines on. fdr went there during the non winter months. he had the trees pushed back. and during eisenhower's time it was winterized. they still maintain that. but over the years, the use -- pre

as mail president eisenhower renamed after his grandson, camp david. that is how we know it today. >> you describe kempton for a lot of our viewers and listeners who i'm sure have never visited camp david in person. i'm probably will not visit camp david. when you paint a picture of what the camp is like? >> i will try. great partners of ours 1800 feet elevation, on the spring and summer months. a leafy canopy perfectly manicured yards, the road meanders to the camp. in these cabins we presidential walk-through all the cabins have this oak plank siding with the certain shade of green paint. all the roofs are cedar shake shingles. these very rustic, very leafy, very fresh. but at night i find it particularly surreal definitely quiet, no white except pathway light. no noise except for a squirrel in the tree no lights, no noises from below eerily quiet peaceful. inside the campus is called cedar just from the corner from aspen and the president's logic. >> how many cabins are in camp david, how big is the site? >> there are about four guest cabins preside

he picked aspen because that is the tree of navy eisenhower's home state. and about 20 total that include the fire department and the clinic, eucalyptus, and the support facilities, the barracks for our single sailors and marines, et cetera. >> so t let's talk about the stf at camp david. you were the commander. what is the size of the military staff at camp david and what types of jobs do they perform? >> sure. about over 200 sailors and marines. fiveai civil engineer corp officers maintain for office and maintenance. we haver one chaplain, officer one supply corp and two marine officers overseeing the marine security company o which is comg out of washington, d.c. alll told you put them together it is just over 200 staff. we also have a white house communications agency debt there attachmentca there called -- in charge of communications, that is a joint command coming out of the main command and downtown. >> d could you tell us how camp david has changed over the years? it was very rustic when fdr first b came to camp david. there has been some notable ad

eisenhower renamed all cabins after trees. he picked aspen because that's the tree of mamie eisenhower's home state of colorado. 12 for entertainments and 20 total, that includes the fire department's ash, the clinic, eucalyptus, the admin office, popular, support facilities, the barracks for our single sailors and marines, et cetera. >> let's talk a little bit about the staff at camp david. you were the commander. what is the size of the military staff at camp david, and what types of jobs do they perform? >> sure. about over 200 sailors and marines, five civil officers. one chaplain, one supply core and two marine officers overseeing the marine security company which comes out of washington, dc. all told, you put all the sailors and marines together, it's just over 200 in staff. we have a without communications agency detachment in charge of communications. that's a joint command coming out of the main command in downtown dc. >> so can you tell us a little bit about how camp david has changed over the years? it was very rust

>> arthur burns had no nixon from eisenhower white house. he thought moynihan was an academic and he chewed on the pipes them all the time. >> even in this picture. >> arthur was a very decent good human being and he went on to a real estate career and as an ambassador. he was conservative and nixon as a political matter realized two professors from harvard in the top national security adviser and daniel patrick moynihan of urban affairs he thought i have to take care of my concerns so they reached out to arthur and he said i know you want to be chairman of the fed but in the meantime i want you to oversee broad policies so he came in and put it late counter pointed the moynihan appointment. they were intellectual sparring partners because they would fight each other with great decorum and quite articulately that went on for the next almost 12 months. >> i think if we move forward past that we have a photograph. this is the urban affairs counsel and this tells a lot about that moynahan sense of humor so can you describe what's going on there

eisenhower when he renamed it camp david named all the cabins after trees. all named after trees, about 12 for entertainment and about 20 total that include the ash, the clinic, eucalyptus, all the support facilities, the barracks for our single sailors and marines, et cetera. >> let's talk a bit about the staff at camp david. what is the size of the military staff at camp david and what types of jobs do they perform? >> about over 200 sailors and marines. we have one chaplain and two marine officers overseeing the marine security company. all told you put all the sailors and marines together just over 200 staff. we also have a white house communications agency attachment there that's a joint command coming out of the main command in downtown d.c. >> so can you tell us a bit about how camp david has changed over the years? it was very rustic when fdr first came to camp david. there's been some notable additions to the complex. you mentioned there's a chapel at camp david. talk a bit about the activities and how that complex has changed over time. >> go back

he coined the term and eisenhower was republican and you want to be in eisenhower publication be whatever or who the right winners for those days maybe taft i guess. but it sounded good to me, what little i knew about it. why not be an eisenhower republican and he was my hero. >> giver have a quote that you wish you could've take back pretty. >> yes lots of them if you're the leader subject about with some guy in office were lady just to show the good little support, back, god for boats or something yet have some of those. and i voted against the attorney general from georgia. and i apologized to him for it because the secretary of transportation a black guy, bill: a great lawyer and a great guy, and a severe republican leader and you can't vote for this guy. i think i was one of 19. he endorsed me 96 in atlanta. so, regretted that because he won the race fair enough. just a good old southern gentleman. >> i think later on people had second thoughts when he was nominated to supreme court because they think they realize that the politics had taken over. >> i voted for him but he was a bad

eisenhower lived in paris. there was something about paris that was different from any other city or the entire u.s. army says, ok, we are going to swing towards paris, we are going to open up that city. host: and as you know, for all the successes in world war ii, george patton was immortalized for his division coming into paris from liberating the city. those scenes are classic throughout history. mr. dugard: yeah. sorry, go ahead. host: your thoughts on it? mr. dugard: well, here's the thing. when you write a book like this, you start at the beginning and you go with the emotions of the people. as i researched it, i felt the sadness of the city falling in 1940, and i felt the despair as the jews were taken away from paris and sent east on trains, and in the systematic destruction of the city and the basement by the nazi army. so, you feel that. feel that those people are hanging on, clinging to hope. and roosevelt is not getting -- giving them hope. they are the last thing on his mind. so all of a sudden, th

eisenhower and de gaulle were on opposite sides.ou said it was a political and philosophical debate versus a technical one. -- a tactical one. why was the decision to take paris, why did it ultimately prevail? mr. dugard: if there is a poignant moment allowed in a war like this, it's de gaulle's insistence on taking paris, because he knows it is the spiritual capitol. as i said earlier, there is no reason to take paris, especially at this point in the war. forget when the germans came in at 1940. by that time paris was a relatively prosperous city. by 1944, people were eating leaves off of trees, people were starving. if the u.s. went in there, we would have had a moral obligation to feed them, to leave troops behind, to strengthen the city. it just made no tactical sense when we could just bypass paris completely and chase the german army before they got back into germany. you know, and so, this story is told in taking paris, but basically de gaulle was so insistent that he goes to eisenhower and says, you need to take paris. and s

and he coined the term in the eisenhower republicans, you ought to be in eisenhower republican and i'm not sure who the right-wingers were those days. baby taft but it sounded good to me. as all i knew about it because why not be in eisenhower republican because he was my hero. >> did you have a vote that you wish that you could take back. >> will a lot of times of year the leaders of w have to vote was some guy in office or some lady justice show that you've got support and of course back home about four votes or something. i have done some of those. and, i voted against the attorney general from georgia griffin bell and i apologized for it of course because the secretary of transportation, bill coleman, a great lawyer and a great guy called me up and said bob year the republican leader. you can't vote for this guy read and he gave me his record i think that i was one of 19. and he endorsed me back in 96 in atlanta. i kind of regretted that because it turns out is a good old southern gentleman. >> and subways, some had second thoughts when nixon was nominated in the supreme court they

we don't think of eisenhower as a great warriotor. he read his stuff and did pretty well in the press conferences. big innovation in television came with j.f.k. j.f.k. did have live press conferences. this was a format that was particularly good for j.f.k. number 1, he got the reporters. he understood them culturally. he had briefly, in fact, been a reporter himself after he got out of the navy in the second world war. he didn't need the money obviously, but he wanted to be able to say that he had had civilian jobs so his father arranged a reporting gig and he understood the press. he understood how to handle himself at the press conference and he was very good at it and -- and he came across well on tv in part and we will talk more about this when we get into debate. ironically because of medication he was taking. you look at pictures of j.f.k. in early 1950's he looks sickly. by 1960's he looks much better because he was taking cortisone which sometimes as the unfortunate effect of detorting people's features but j.f.k. was so thin

and at times eisenhower, who had gotten a pilot's license, would actually take the controls.etimes he actually flew the plane. he was extremely competent the guy. so eisenhower did do some traveling, made some speeches around the country, even did some television. one thing he didn't do though in the 1950s was live press conferences. the pressure from the press for him to do live press conferences, and he was resistant to that because he thought that he might inadvertently reveal national security information. now, you may wonder why was he so paranoid and sensitive about national security information. well, he had been the commander of american forces this in world war ii! and when you go toe to toe with hitler, you kind of get sensitive about those things. but he did end up having recorded press conferences x they worked rate well. and he was good at them. we don't think of eisenhower as a great orator or somebody who was particularly an expert this domestic policy, but the guy read his briefing book, he knew his stuff, ask he did well in the press conference. the big innov

some of you may not know was a h anniversary present eisenhower signing legislation that established the nation's interstate highway system. awfullyl would be an nice anniversary present if we could get it to president biden's desk. i think the real point of his observation was the second piece of the dialogue that is beenra going on for several months. this is definitely the bill i am here to talk about it's the heartin infrastructure area. the democrats have also wanted to move forward a social infrastructure bill there is a no those two things are moving around in the same sphere. i can tell you they are not linked. the 19 republican senators who voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill back in august i almost certainly will tell you they're going to be opposing the democratic social infrastructure bill. that big debate is been going on in the house. some elements are using that are trying to utilize the bipartisan infrastructure built to leverage the social infrastructureal bill. that is part of the reason we are here today looking at what will be the second or third extensio

dwight eisenhower's leadership allowed fdr to select him for these incredibly important

he's the last of the eisenhower republicans call in power is the last of the eisenhower republicans.and in truth, colin powell was seen as a kind of black eisenhower for many people, and that was the south on him when people were thinking about a presidential run. yeah i as we all know republicans wanted him to run for president in 1996, but he declined. we talked a little bit about this, professor this you know, the american people trusted him. but as we wrap up this conversation, we cannot reflect on pals life. without talking about iraq. obviously, it was a big part of it. yeah and it was a terrible, terrible, you know, blender, and everyone will acknowledge that. um but i don't think that again will be the thing that will be the legacy of call them powell, he acknowledged. it will be a stain and it will be a large part of his obituary, he said, and we're acknowledging it, but again in the in the grand scheme of his life and the balance of his life. it's who he was without sin. let him throw the first stone because colin powell otherwise was an exemplary american and an exemplary

he had been vice president under eisenhower and he ran against jfk. he was convinced he lost that close election because the eisenhower administration decided to deal with controlling inflation as opposed to stimulating the economy and creating more jobs. nixon, as president, was extremely clear to his advisers that he would allow inflation to flair if that meant increasing employment. very clear about that. he wanted nixon's admiration. personality plays a lot. burns simply, he wanted to be in nixon's good graces. he came to the conclusion that neither fiscal nor monetary policy was the right policy but inflation was being caused by labor unions which were negotiating ever higher wages, which made companies raise prices and it came as spiral, a wage price spiral. rather than focus on interest rate, arthur burns decided he wanted a wage price freeze. he convinced nixon to do it. it was a terrible decision. when those controls came off, prices shot up. we face a very tricky situation now. i don't know if it's a parallel. the biden administration is foc

guest: i was not alive during the eisenhower administration but i like ike. he was a great guy from what i know. speaking to the economics, i agree. we need a system that works for all americans. a system that puts americans to work. i think the fed has done a tremendous job in the past 16 months, 18 months at doing that by having a strong response to the pandemic recession by promoting aggregate demand and national spending, and it put millions back to work more quickly than it would have. the gentleman used the phrase trickle down. that is a use of-ism -- euphemism for supply-side economics. i am a supply and demand economist. in the long term i recognize we need structural reforms in congress to improve the long-running growth and employment prospects of the economy. the gentleman alluded to the lacquer curve. if taxes are high, you can still bring in more revenue. it promotes economic activity. economist debate the validity of that. i am generally skeptical at current tax levels that in general reducing taxes would bring in more revenue. there are some sp

election because the eisenhower administration decided to deal with controlling inflation. so nixon was extremely clear to his advisers that he would allow inflation, if that meant increasing employment. he was very clear about that. in other circumstances, -- he said if you are going to do that -- >> but his chairman was burns, a very complex person. burns above all wanted nixon's admiration. i go into this a lot about how personality plays a major role. burns simply wanted to be in these situations. he came to the conclusion that neither fiscal nor monetary policy was the right policy but in fact, inflation was being caused by labor unions negotiating for higher wages which made companies raise prices so, rather than focus on interest rates, he wanted a way to convince nixon. so, inflation played a big role. when i think about it today, i think we face a tricky situation now. i don't know if it's a parallel, but certainly, the biden administration is very focused on getting everyone back to work. they are saying the inflationary pressures are pressing. and i hope they und

he had been vice president under eisenhower and ran against jfk. he lost a close election because the eisenhower demonstration decided to control inflation as opposed to stimulating the economy and creating more jobs. nixon as president was extremely clear to his advisers that he would allow inflation to flare that meant increasing employment. he was very clear about that. now in the other circumstances you may have had the head of the central bank has said well if you are going to do that i'm going to tighten interest rates quite dramatically. but his bid chairman was arthur burns, very complex person. burns was above all he wanted nixon's admiration. i go into this a lot to cause personality plays a major role in knowledge these decisions and burns simply wanted to be in nixon's good graces but he also was a distinguished economist and he knew something about inflation and he came to the conclusion that neither physical nor monetary policy was the right policy and in fact inflation was caused by labor unions which were negotiating ever higher wag