join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets for allen guelzo,day, january 2nd at noon eastern on "in depth" on booktv. ♪ >> washington unfiltered. c-span many your pocket. down hold c-span now today. ♪ >> host: and now joining us on booktv is author phillip magness, co-author of this book, "cracks in the ivory tower." first of all, mr. magness, what doin you do for a living? >> guest: i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> host: have you been in academia before? >> guest: i have. i spentnt about ten years teachg college at george mason

and allen guelzo will be discussing is new book with "robert e. lee - a life" the biography. [inaudible]. lots of interesting insight in the book and a copy just published yesterday, and is going to have you allen guelzo and. [inaudible]. and is online at and shipping and in-store pickup to help support is here and quickly introduced tonight speaker and i will turn in odium tv and orientation an introduction to his work, a scholar at the council of humanities at princeton university, the author of several books about the civil war, and century american history at the lincoln sweet and local history and other honors and also in pennsylvania. allen guelzo, welcome and thank you so much for being here. >> thank you very much clear for hosting this program and monique for acting as our wonderful technical support and hello to you in atlanta i've enjoyed their from w many more than 30 years many many wonderful years and am delighted to be appearing at the atlanta history center once again and madame, number of members of the civil war able and as just

. >> sunday january 2 on "in depth" historian allen guelzo joins us live to talk about the intellectual history of the united states. the civil war and the reconstruction era. his book titles include robert e. lee, a life, a biography of the general in the civil war. join in conversation with your phone calls, , facebook comment, texts and tweets for allen guelzo sunday january 2 at noon eastern on "in depth" and booktv. >> sunday night on q&a catholic theologian author and distinguished senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center george wigle talks about some of the people he profiles in not forgotten, his new book of allergies and reminisces. >> scoop jackson, sargent shriver and other portraits here, lindy boggs, longtime member of congress, these are people who went into public life in public service to get things done. and some of them were sparkling speakers and wits like henry. some of them were norwegians like scoop jackson. some of them were utter charmers like lindy boggs but they were all people who wanted to change things not so much for themselves but for the count

. >> sunday, january 2nd, on "in depth," historian allen guelzo joins us live to talk about the civilr and the reconstruction era. joining the conversation -- join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and betweens for allen guelzo sunday, january 2nd, at noon eastern on "in depth" on booktv. ♪ ♪ >> host: on "about books," we delve into the latest news about the publishing industry with interesting insider interviews withes publishing industry experts. we'll also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books, the latest book reviews, and we'll talk about the current nonfiction books featured on c-span's booktv. >> host: and welcome to the "about books" program and

join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets for allen guelzo, sunday, january 2nd at noon eastern on "in depth" on booktv. ♪ >> washington unfiltered. c-span many your pocket. down hold c-span now today. ♪ >> host: and now joining us on booktv is author phillip magness, co-author of this book, "cracks in the ivory tower." first of all, mr. magness, what doin you do for a living? >> guest: i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> host: have you been in academia before? >> guest: i have. i spentnt about ten years teachg college at george mason university, american university. >> host: and what was your experience like? >> it was an interesting environment to put it mildly. many good positive things came out of it both in terms of college i work with and the research that i did. i also got to see the inside behind the scenes of what happens in the way a university runs. >> and what did you find? >> my immediate take on it is, if we judged a university just as a normal business operation there are things that happen in u

and before you get to meet this incredible panel, i want to turn it over to doctor allen guelzo, and to engage in the conversation by putting your questions into the question box. dr. allen guelzo, welcome. >> thank you so much angela and what a pleasure to be able to participate on this program on the american presidency and what we have a president and the history person, i will schedule some background for how we got this particular office of government that recall of the president of the united states predict and it is the privilege of the united states, the most familiar face in the world. in the dominance, very few people of the nation's founding expected whatever be the case after all this was a revolution advanced in a single executor pretty by the executive in the case of the revolution being the king of england. and americans have had long and difficult times of our governmental executives for the years preceding it for 1776, the governors of the universe colonies, for instance as far back as the 17th century, and in america, to have a very difficult task, the council commi

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conversation -- join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and betweens for allen guelzo sunday, january 2nd, at noon eastern on "in depth" on booktv. ♪ ♪ >> host: on "about books," we delve into the latest news about the publishing industry with interesting insider interviews withes publishing industry experts. we'll also give you updates on current nonfiction authors and books, the latest book reviews, and we'll talk about the current nonfiction books featured on c-span's booktv. >> host: and welcome to the "about books" program and podcast. on this episode we'll talk with longtime new york times book review editor pamela paul, and we'll talk about her most recent book, "the hundred things we've lost to the internet." but let's start with this week's publishing industry news and the two top items involve the cuomo brothers. andrew cuomo was ordered to turn over his recent proceeds. multiple reports show that he used state resources to produce the book american crisis leadership lessons from the pandemic. it's estimated that the proceeds amounted to about $5 million. in

join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets for allen guelzo, sunday, january 2nd at noon eastern. >> our weekly series, the presidency, highlights the politics, policies, and legacies of u.s. presidents and first ladies. coming up next, did president truman set the precedent for a politicized high court? ron james provided his answer in the truman court, law and the limits of loyalty. >> my name is steven, and i'm the director of programming and marketing for the kansas city public library. welcome to this special truman day, three days removed, installment in our virtual series. our guest tonight is ron james, author of the soon to be released the truman court, law and limits of loyalty. james is a graduate of yale university and duke university school of law. he has practiced law in washington, d.c. for the last two decades and the author of two previous books. root

it's my pleasure to welcome you all an audience and to welcome our guest, allen guelzo. he is discussing his book,'robert e. lee: a life', a biography of the figure that we all may know, and has a lot of interesting insight in the book. it was just published yesterday, and allen, we are so excited to have you. you can get a copy of the book from atlanta history museum store and it's online, we ship, there is in store pick up. we want to quickly introduce my speaker and then turn it over to him. to give you an orientation and introduction to his work. allen guelzo is a research scholar at council of humanities, princeton university. he's a specialist in early 19th century american history. he won the lincoln prize three times, a prize for military history and other honors. he lives in pennsylvania. allen, welcome, and thank you so much for being here. >> thank you very much, claire for hosting this program, monique for acting as our wonderful technical support and hello to all of my friends in atlanta, a city i have known and enjoyed for more than 35 years. many, many won

. >>> sunday, january 2, on in depth, civil war historian allen guelzo joins us live to talk about thestates. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. >> our weekly series the presidency highlights the politics, policies and legacies of u.s. presidents and first ladies. coming up next, a photographic center film covering the december 9, 1967 white house wedding of president lyndon johnson's daughter linda. the film is courtesy of the lyndon johnson presidential library.

eastern on the presidency, historian allen guelzo and other scholars examine a fundamental question about whether the united states needs a president. and then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, southern utah university professor laura june davis talks about confederate guerilla attacks on u.s.

it's my pleasure to welcome you all an audience and to welcome our guest, allen guelzo. he is discussing his book,'robert e. lee: a life',

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at noon eastern on "in depth" civil war historian allen guelzo joins us live to talk about the early intellectual history of the united states. his books include redeeming the great emancipator, gettysburg, and his latest robert e. lee, a life, biography. at 10 p.m. on "after words" former georgia republican congressman doug collins reflects on the events leading up to the first impeachment a former president trump. this book is called the clock and the calendar, a front row look at the democrats obsession with donald trump. he's interviewed by colorado republican. watch booktv every sunday and c-span2 and find a full schedule in your program guide or watch online any time at booktv.org. >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday american history tv document america's stories, and on sundays booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding for c-span2 comes from these television companies, and more, including cox. >> cox is committed to providing eligible families access to affordable internet through the connect and compete program bridging

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eastern on the presidency, historian allen guelzo and other scholars examine a fundamental question about whether the united states needs a president. >> and then at 8:00 p.m. eastern in lectures in history, southern utah university talks about attacks on u.s. waterways in the civil war and describes pro-confederate sympathizers who sabotages union vessels. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, saturdays on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> so our guest tonight, candice milard is the author of three "new york times" best sellers, the river of doubt, theodore roosevelt's darkest journey. destiny of a republic, james garfield, and hero of the empire, a daring escape and the making of winston churchill. that book was named amazon's number one history book of 2016. her work has also appeared in "the new york times" book review, "washington post" book world, the guardian, national geographic, and "time" magazine, and candice is going to be in conversation tonight with matthew pearl who is a writer of fic

eastern on the presidency, historian allen guelzo and other scholars examine a fundamental question about whether the united states needs a president. >> and then at 8:00 p.m. eastern in lectures in history, southern utah university talks about attacks on u.s. waterways in the civil war and describes pro-confederate sympathizers who sabotages union vessels. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, saturdays on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history.

eastern on the presidency, historian allen guelzo and other scholars examine a fundamental question about whether the united states needs a president. and then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, southern utah university professor laura june davis talks about confederate guerilla attacks on u.s. waterways during the civil war, and describes pro-confederate sympathizers who sabotages union vessels. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, saturdays on c-span2. and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online any time at c-span.org/history. >>> the study of history explores the questions of why and how things happened. sometimes what seems to be familiar is revealed to possess many facets. in his new book "liberty is sweet" woody holton seeks out the hidden history of the american revolution. holton used more than 1,000 eyewitness accounts to construct this history. many of those are freely available online for you to read for yourselves. the original words of leading figures of the revolution may be found on founders online, a website hosted by the na