truman called for a meeting. truman's call for immediate action also prompted the justice department to initiate within three business days of the arrival of that letter, the criminal prosecution of lynwood shaw show in the federal district in south carolina for the violation of the civil rights of isaac woodard. then, an unprecedented federal prosecution on december five, 1946, president truman announced the creation of the first presidential commission on civil rights. at the time, paul. showed 6% of voters supporting new civil rights legislation. the civil rights committee conveying the first meet its first meeting on january 15, 1947, in the cabinet room to emphasize the importance of its work. truman appeared at the first meeting and urged its members to be bold in attacking america's deep seated racial problems and to determine, quote, just how far the federal under the constitution has the right to go in these civil rights matters in quite. on june 29, 1947. while his civil rights committee was actively co

truman did so first and foremost. out of the deep conviction, believing that the jewish deserve the right to self-determine nation in their ancestral homeland. he did not do only what he perceived as beneficial, but more importantly, what he perceived be fundamentally right. truman was avid, avid reader of history. once, when he reflected to a jewish audience on his decision to recognize israel, he told them that he was informed, among other things, by his deep impression a child reading the bible with father of king cyrus's decision in the year 538 b.c. to allow the jewish people to return to their homeland from exile in babylon and to rebuild the temple in jerusalem. truman was also well aware of the horrors of the holocaust just a few years earlier. it was not lost on him that the jewish people having just emerged from a systematic effort to exterminate them, were ever more longing, willing to fight for their independence. ultimately, president truman has been proven right rather than his opposing advisors because

i'm the director of the truman library. welcome to the truman library. always a great pleasure to welcome and an eager audience. and we feel like just kind of in some ways getting back into swing of things here and having some great opportunities in the post pandemic to get together again. we as we used to and as we look forward to doing again. so thank you for being here. we're just delighted tonight to have this very special. it's such a unique opportunity, us and and for all of you everyone involved, to welcome garry kasparov to the truman library is a world chess champion, an author and a master of strategy and a great humanitarian who is concerned about the state of the world. and you're going to hear a little bit about that tonight. someone who's spending his fame, his energy, his resources to try and make the world a better place for everyone in it. and i think there are only a handful of people who ever get to do something like that. and i'm very proud and happy to have him here. and it's wonderful to be associated with him even these brief conte

both truman. and that bold plan represented because we desperately need people like him and both thinking like that today. we hear all the time these days about what supposedly can and cannot be done. harry truman instead cared about needed to be done, and then found a way to do it. he was famously man of few words, but when those words are like the four he said about berlin, we will stay, period. he didn't need many four words can change the world and they did. this is the wrong audience for me to go on about a technical of the berlin airlift the astounding details are well known if hard to believe. 75 years later. today we have a supply crisis. every time there is a ship stuck in a canal or there is flag on the other side of the world. for over a year. from june 26, 1948, to september 30, 1949, american and, british air forces flew all quarter million flights to bring essential supplies to the people of the blockaded city the big american cargo planes alone flew over. 92 million miles. it was on

truman said, no. and so i'm going to wrap things up therekevin is assistant proff history at the university of california at los angeles. he specializes in korea and also in northeast asia. he teaches a wide variety of courses u.s. politics and diplomacy, the cold war, the global cold war, decolonization and dissent. the history of capitalism and much more. kevin has written numerous essays and articles for some of the leading pop culture and scholarly journals, including diplomatic history, the nation and the village voice, his a national fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university. there it is again that stanford university, where he's completing a new book with the tentative title, world's unseen, henry wallace, herbert hoover and the making of cold war america. no doubt kevin will be talking on that subject right now. kevin, all yours. well, thank you, burt, for the kind introduction. thank you. also, too, as everyone else has said to to the thomas schwartz for leading this charge into

this is organized under the leadership of the truman administration.he truman administration that brings the korea issue to the united nations. there are a total, i believe, of 22 nations that participate in the united nations command. and, of course, you have south korea as one combatant alongside the u.s. command on one side, and then on the communist side you have the north koreans and the korean people's army as well as the chinese volunteers who serve under the leadership of the chinese communist party. >> and what were some of the turning points of the work? >> i think there are a lot of turning points, especially when you talk about the military conflict. i think one of the key turning points is the battle of inchon. during the early stages of the war, the north koreans were actually successful. they pushed u.s. and south korean forces all the way back to an area southeastern perimeter. they occupied for a period of several months most of what we now consider south korea. then in september of 19, the inchon landing. with the inchon landing north

it is the truman administration that brings the korea issue to the united nations.here is a total of i believe 22 nations that participate in the united nations command and of course you have south korea as one combat along you -- un command. on the communist side he had the -- the chinese volunteers who served under the leadership of the chinese communist party. host: what were some the turning points of the war? guest: there are a lot of turning points especially when you talk about the military conflict. one of the key turning points is the battle of inchon because during the early stages of the war, the north koreans were actually quite successful. they pushed u.s. and south korea forces all the way back to an area in southeastern korea is known as the pusan perimeter they occupied for a period of several mth most of what we co south korea. in september 1950, macarthur decides on the inchon landing and with datlaing, and with data landing, the korean forces are trapped in a pincer movement and they are forced to retreat. another key turning point would come in t

it is the truman administration that brings the korea issue to the united nations.here is a total of i believe 22 nations that participate in the united nations command and of course you have south korea as one combat along you -- un command. on the communist side he had the -- the chinese volunteers who served under the leadership of the chinese communist party. host: what were some the turning points of the war? guest: there are a lot of turning points especially when you talk about the military conflict. one of the key turning points is the battle of inchon because during the early stages of the war, the north koreans were tually quite successful. they pushed u.s. and south korea forces all the way back to an area in southeastern korea is known as the pusan perimeter they occupied for a period of several months most of what we considerou korea. in september 1950, macarthur decides on the inchon landing and with data landg, and with data landing, the korean forces are trapped in a pincer movement and they are ford to retreat. another key turning point would come i

however, marshall tried to make truman aware of the consequences of his decision. we are in the midst of very critical situation, we should." therefore carefully avoid approaching international problems on an emotional basis. finally, marshall said that if truman recognized israeli interim government, he would not support his candidacy in the upcoming elections, but two days later, on may 14th 1948, the leaders of the jewish national council went to this building, the tel avive museum to proclaim the establishment of an independent jewish state. the next ab israeli disp. was over waterway built in 1869 in egypt. this canal connected port said on the mediterranean coast to the gulf of sweez in the red sea. this waterway later became known as the sweez canal. the canal was built so that ships traveling from the west to the ports of the east of the world would not have to go around the african continent. forces are ready for war, the gulf belong to egypt, there is no way that we will allow israeli ships to pass through, the jews are threatening war, we tell hello and

however, marshall tried to make truman aware of the consequences of his decision. we are in the midst of very critical situation. we should therefore carefully avoid approaching international problems on an emotional basis. finally, marshall said that if truman recognized the israeli interim government, he would not support his candidacy in the upcoming elections, but two days later, on may the 14th, 1948, the leaders of the jewish national council went to this building, the tel aviv museum to proclaim the establishment of an independent jewish state. זוהי זכותו הטבעית של העם היהודי להיות בכל עם ועם עומד ברשות עצמו במדינתו הרבנית, אשר יותח להרוחה את שערי המולדת לכל יהודי ותענית לעם היהודי מעמד שלומה בזיות בתוך הענים. shortly before this announcement, alaho epstein head of the jewish agency in washington wrote to the us president that the act of independence would become effective at one minute after 6 p.m. on may the 14th 1948 washington time. with full knowledge of the deep bond of sympathy which has existed and has been strengthened over the past 30 years between

truman. the most important place to express this sense of responsibility was in the united nations general assembly to divide palestine in. to two independent states, arab and jewish, it was possible to create nation with the vote of the majority and give them land in the same place. those are in favor will say yes, those are against will say no. afghanistan, no, argentina. argentina, abstention, egypt, no, iraq, no, no, lebanon, no, soviet union, yes, united kingdom, abstain, united states, yes, paraguay, yes. the resolution of the duck committee for palestine was adopted by sir this three boats 13 against 10 abstentions israeli flag was hoisted outside the united nations just after this session. when the un general assembly voted on the partition plan for palestine, the zionist did not keep the great powers waiting. the representative of the jewish agency at the un told the members of the security council what they were waiting for. not later than may 16th next, a provisional jurish governm

and at a critical moment when truman is on time. weitzman is desperate to meet with truman because marshall wants to undo the partition plan. it's eddie jacobson gets him in the door. someone came from missouri, a -- once said to me something like, you know, if eddie jacobson had treated truman badly in that haberdasher business, there might not be a state official today. and of course the story is both a story of individual actors who seize the moment that providence is placed for them. but it is of a story of providence as well. the two of them are together in world war one. fdr is on his plane, is on a train to. the 1944, a democratic convention, and he says, you know, they ask him who do you want to be your vice president? and he says i don't know. you know, maybe douglas maybe truman and at least according to one version of events cited by mccullough, the head of the democratic national committee, has that written up and tells the secretary to switch truman and douglas and put truman first so that that letter will be handed out

it is the truman administration that brings the korea issue to the united nations. there is a total of i believe 22 nations that participate in the united nations command and of course you have south korea as one combat along you -- un command. on the communist side he had the north koreans and the korean people's army as well as the -- the chinese volunteers who served under the leadership of the chinese communist party. >> what were some the turning points of the war? >> well, i want to take a step when you talk about the military conflict, a big one is the battle of inchon the noreans were actually quite successful anthey pushed u.s. and south korean -- all the way back to eastern korea. it occupied for a period of several months what we consider south korea. in some number 1950,macarthur decides on inchon landing and forces are trout and they are forced to retreat. another key turning point would come in the fall of 1950. the u.s. and south korean counteroffensive in the fall of 1950 is very successful. for a period of time you actually have the u.s. and south k

a lot of truman's staff pleaded with him to reject the formation of israel. but the point is is that the hatred of the palestinians living in gaza, west bank, and lebanon will never stop because they are the descendants of people who lived in palestine for 1700 years -- 1,700 years. host: don next in new york. democrat line. caller: that guy couldn't be more wrong. he's talking about 1948's. i go back to moses. the jews go back to moses what are you stupid, pal? moses. abraham. i support israel. i'm polish and italian. i have no jewish blood in me. i support israel. you don't line with people they want to kill you. you don't treat them with courtesy. if you want to kill me, i'm not going to treat you with courtesy. and you heard linken say, the jews have -- this is jewish land. let's go back to the time of moses. host: i got the point. one more call, caleb in colorado. last call, independent line. caller: the israel israel-palestinian conflict is blatantly unethical and i find it disgusting how many americans take propaganda from openly far right governments.

let me ask you a question about your view of use israel relation. 1948 president truman did something that the state department quite frankly did not recommend that you do. he didha that because of his belief that israel should the same values of the united states and ahe part of the lord will we have no country that shared those values. that relationship is grown over that time as you pointed out including memorandum of understanding and billions of dollars of aid, the development of iron dome in the list goes on and on, shared intelligence information and technology. so i would just like to get your view as to s that relationship y woit is special and what you hae done in your public life to help strengthen the ties between israel and the united states. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it will come as no surprise to you that i grew up believing that harry truman was a hero, that he didn't have to do what he did and the state of israel may not have come into existence and lasted had he not done that. i think relationship between tha united states and israel is special because we share val

truman gave him at least a polite ear on this, whereas roosevelt not truman, however, and this is something i talk a great deal about in the book, and i'm going to have to do a very potted version of it now. although truman listened to hoover's arguments that he should not mortgaged the future of northern asia to communism by selling out everything to the soviets, despite the fact that roosevelt's already promised the soviets they could have sakhalin and probably manchuria, and even at yalta he promised them korea as well, or at least a northern part of korea in exchange for a promise to enter the war against japan. three months after the war in europe was over and not a moment sooner, truman said, you know what? i think in the i've got an ace in the hole. the ace in the hole, of course, was in alamogordo, new mexico, a subject of a recent blockbuster film that was the atomic bomb. so what he thought in the end, he excluded stalin from the potsdam declaration, he kind of cut stalin out at potsdam because he hoped and he thought that he could maintain roosevelt's policy of unconditional surr

missouri and truman said, the jews have the money, the jews have the votes, i have to support this. well, today we have a similar situation where the people actually know what's going on, are horrified by this, even partisans of of israel to exist and thrive, and jewish people who have a some misguided love of the so-called jewish state, the experts in in the united states realize that this is uh complete. counterproductive, even from israeli standpoint, and so we have lot of descent as we should have, but how many of those desenters are willing to separate themselves from this crime against humanity, so that they won't have to be put on trial, it's all over and the dust clears. thanks lot, kevin barret, editor of veterans today, joining us from saidia morocco, and with that it brings us to an end here on this segment of our in-depth coverage of the war on gas. uh once again we're seeing live images as the israeli um attacks and assaults on the besige gaza strip continue for a 20th day but uh we are going to keep a close eye on all the latest developments for you right here on press

in his message to congress, harry truman outlined a new foreign policy program.nt said that the united states has an obligation to help free peoples in their struggle against totalitarian regimes and called on congress to provide economic and military assistance to greece and turkey to prevent the spread of soviet influence in southeastern europe. in a situation where almost all countries are forced to choose between two mutually exclusive ones. lifestyles, politics the united states will be to help free peoples defend free institutions and national integrity against aggressors who are trying to impose a totalitarian regime on them. this is how the term free world arose, aka the first world, this is the usa, western europe, as well as canada and australia, the countries of the socialist camp opposing them, led by the ussr, called the second world, all the remaining countries. asia, africa and latin america are the third world. the logical continuation of the truman doctrine was the marshall plan and the bloc created in 1949 nato. in 1950, the truman administratio

finally, marshall said that if truman recognized the israel interim government, he would not support his candidacy in the upcoming elections, but two days later, on may 14th, 1948, the leaders of the jewish national council went to this building museum to proclaim the establishment of an independent jewish state. בתענית לעם היהודי מעמד הלומחיות בתוך העמים ועל יסוד החלטת עשרת האומות המחדות אנו מחרים בזאת אל מדינה הדינה אשראי? shortly before this announcement, alijah epstein, head of the jewish agency in washington, wrote to the us presidents that the act of independence would become effective at the 1 minute 6 p.m. on may 14. 1948 washington time, with full knowledge of the deep bond of sympathy which has existed and has been strengthened over the past 30 years between the government of the united states and the jewish people of palestine, i have been authorized by provisional government of the new state to tender this message and to express the hope that your government will recognize and will welcome israel into the community of nations. hours later, just 11 minutes past 6 p.m. harr

the munro doctrine, the truman doctrine are really the two. the last doctrine was george bush in 2002 and that was about preventing nations getting weapons of mass destruction and even setting aside iraq and what uniform they applied because they also had north korea acquire nuclear weapons in those years. so we resisted to speak to the nature of barack obama and how he looked at things. giving the complexity of the world we resisted in saying there is a one size fits all foreign-policy. i can still describe what we are doing in a way that answers the question. the obama foreign policy has to be understood as a transitional period. in america's role in the world, in the sense that when i look back on it, and having had the benefit of being able to reflect after a few years, there was a period from the end of the cold war until the iraq war, we are america was this unparallel hegemon in the world. we really had a capacity to shape events in a way that was unnatural and unusual in world history. and by the time obama took office in 20,000 2009,

they became a logical continuation of the truman doctrine.lan and created in forty-nine year nato bloc. in the fifties , the truman administration already strictly adhered to the doctrine of two worlds. it was set out in the top-secret strategic document of the us national security council (nsc)-68, which essentially declared the struggle between the free world and the soviet world, according to the principle of who will win. between 1950 and 1953, the united states tripled defense spending from five to 14% of gdp. damage to free institutions anywhere was equivalent to a general defeat, and the united states was required to ensure rapid and a decisive increase in the political , economic and military power of the free world. with its decision to enter the korean war that year, the administration put theory into practice by demonstrating the united states' intent to defend its borders freely. peace everywhere. in january '61, john kennedy, in his inaugural address, emphasized the rivalry between the free world and the communist world. he promi

that this seems to me the most important thing in this text, in this book, and confirmation of what trumanldly important female image, it serves the fact that we still remember, know and read this book, well, this image of the main character, it seems to me that it is important, because she seems to be as far as possible from the bourgeois ideal of a woman , yes, what is the ideal woman? the ideal of a woman is a respectable and chaste housewife, the mother of the family, that means she keeps up... she raises the children, she cooks for her husband, i don’t know , it’s roast beef, or cabbage soup, while she’s waiting for him to get to work, the wife, yes, yes, that’s the feminine ideal that we bourgeois society presents, as if consciously, yes, at the same time there is a fantasy of its unconscious, psychoanalysts call it phantasm, yes, that is, it is some kind of unconscious fantasy around which it is organized... but phantasm is still something erotic, not not entirely, but insofar as the life of the unconscious is generally in many ways - erotic, the main thing here is that we are not a

in 1950 , the truman administration already strictly adhered to the two worlds doctrine. in a top-secret strategic document of the national security council usa (nsc-68), where the struggle between the free world and the soviet world was essentially declared, according to the principle of “who will win.” between 1950 and 1953, the united states tripled its defense spending from five to five. gdp. damage to free institutions, anywhere, amounted to a general defeat. and the united states was required to ensure a rapid and decisive increase in the political, economic and military power of the free world. with its decision to enter the korean war that same year, the administration put theory into practice by demonstrating its intent usa, protect the borders of the free world everywhere. in january '61, kennedy, in his inaugural address, emphasized the rivalry between the free world and the communist world. he promised that the american people would pay any price, bear any burden, face any difficulty, support any friend, oppose any enemy, to ensure the survival and success of

the buck stops here, as truman would say. madison removing it's not until after this mess before madison removes him. he keeps in office in competent generals, incompetent cabinet members, which, you know, the president, you know, the first way i think we can really assess president is their cabinet choice, whether experience diversity, you know, friends geographic, whatever it tells us. i think a little bit about their agenda, who they are, who they surround themselves with. and in that case, madison deserves, very low grade a very low grade. yeah. and conversely, where the american forces are led by a secretary of war who's really incompetent and and at times insubordinate, the british have a real crack team coming here to take on the united states. is that correct they do command and the british sail over 4500 men. that's not a large army in european standards, but for this continent, that's a massive force. moreover, it's not just any army. today we would call them special forces. this is the army that beat napoleon. so t

but truman didn't always do that. right. i mean, the the famous dean acheson defensive perimeter speech where he says everything on this side of the line is in our interest. everything on this side of the line, we're not going to defend. and of course, what happens next. the north koreans invade south korea, and that's an oversimplification, what happened, of course. but there has been slippage between grand declarations and the reality on the ground since. i mean, the truman doctrine and i mean the probably if i thought hard enough about it, the money over doctrine, right so professors love nothing more than to like poke a hole, a big grand statement. so. so i think so. so then. so what's the lesson from that. the lesson, from all of this. from the discord leaks from the from the from trying to analyze how how successful or how sweeping or how credible these doctrines are, is. you shouldn't expect them to be. and it's when we start talking about the slippage that everybody gets frustrated right. so if the obama is about thi