and that's where i met archie. in addition to our intellectual exchanges, one encounter was especially beneficial for me. in the spring of 1974, archie stop me near the library and asked, are you going to apply for the job at johns hopkins university? to which i responded in my most urbane manner, what job at johns hopkins university? [laughter] >> frg hadn't asked me that question, my own career probably would have followed a different and less happy path. i'm also intended to doctor brown and a more general scholarly sense. his major publications include the gorbachev factor published by oxford in 1996, seven years that changed the world, published in 2007. and most recently "the rise and fall of communism" published by that go into thousand nine. in addition to his work on political leadership and on communist history and politics, he has written on the end of the cold war and is edited and porton cyclopedia and reference works on rush and ussr. he has been an astute observer of the world in general, of russia i

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. >> if carter had named archie cox to that judgeship, would he have reconsidered running for president? one of the things he is candid about our his laws. there is one moment where he says there are so many stories about me, unfortunately, some of them were true. some of them were embellishments, and some were so amazing i cannot believe anyone thought i could do that. it creates an unusual kind of humility in a public figure. when you talk about empathy for the suffering, which he had,

. >> if carter had named archie cox to that judgeship, would he have reconsidered running for presidentone of the things he is candid about our his laws. there is one moment where he says there are so many stories about me, unfortunately, some of them were true. some of them were embellishments, and some were so amazing i cannot believe anyone thought i could do that. it creates an unusual kind of humility in a public figure. when you talk about empathy for the suffering, which he had, there is also a sense of human frailty. having a sense of human frailty is a very useful thing in confronting the world, and being honest about it in yourself can make you a far more understanding and decent person. he was not someone who was flawed and then judge everyone else by some other standard. was struck about his own tendecandor. >> let's talk about that in terms of biography, a political autobiography. 99% of people the right political autobiographies about himself are lies. this book is amazingly self revelatory. you would be surprised at the level of truth that he sees and saw when he looked i

. >> if carter had named archie cox to that judgeship, would he have reconsidered running for presidentone of the things he is candid about our his laws. there is one moment where he says there are so many stories about me, unfortunately, some of them were true. some of them were embellishments, and some were so amazing i cannot believe anyone thought i could do that. it creates an unusual kind of humility in a public figure. when you talk about empathy for the suffering, which he had, there is also a sense of human frailty. having a sense of human frailty is a very useful thing in confronting the world, and being honest about it in yourself can make you a far more understanding and decent person. he was not someone who was flawed and then judge everyone else by some other standard. i was struck about his own tendecandor. >> let's talk about that in terms of biography, a political autobiography. 99% of people the right political autobiographies about himself are lies. this book is amazingly self revelatory. you would be surprised at the level of truth that he sees and saw when he looked

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. >> when carter -- woodcarver have named archie cox would he have rerun?just on your point, one of the things he talks about our has faults. there is one moment -- are his faults. some of the stars or embellishments of the truth and some of them were so amazing i could not believe anyone believe i would do that, even me. i think that is also a piece of him. it creates an unusual type of humility in a public figure. when you talk about empathy for the suffering, which he had, but there's also a sense of human frailty. having a sense of human frailty is a very useful thing in confronting the world and being honest about yourself. he was not flawed and then judged everyone else by some other standard. >> let's talk about that. the want to write down your thoughts? [laughter] >> i am not that old. [laughter] >> let's talk about that and in terms of his biography. 99% of people who write political biographies about themselves alive. -- lie. this book is amazingly sell for revelatory. i think you'd be surprised at the number of truth he saw -- number of truth as

. >> if carter had named archie cox to that judgeship, would he have reconsidered running for president? one of the things he is candid about our his laws. there is one moment where he says there are so many stories about me, unfortunately, some of them were true. some of them were embellishments, and some were so amazing i cannot believe anyone thought i could do that. it creates an unusual kind of humility in a public figure. when you talk about empathy for the suffering, which he had, there is also a sense of human frailty. having a sense of human frailty is a very useful thing in confronting the world, and being honest about it in yourself can make you a far more understanding and decent person. he was not someone who was flawed and then judge everyone else by some other standard. i was struck about his own candor. >> let's talk about that in terms of biography, a political autobiography. 99% of people the right political autobiographies about himself are lies. this book is amazingly self revelatory. you would be surprised at the level of truth that he sees and saw when he looked in

. >> if carter had named archie cox to that judgeship, would he have reconsidered running for presidentone of the things he is candid about our his laws. there is one moment where he says there are so many stories about me, unfortunately, some of them were true. some of them were embellishments, and some were so amazing i cannot believe anyone thought i could do that. it creates an unusual kind of humility in a public figure. when you talk about empathy for the suffering, which he had, there is also a sense of human frailty. having a sense of human frailty is a very useful thing in confronting the world, and being honest about it in yourself can make you a far more understanding and decent person. he was not someone who was flawed and then judge everyone else by some other standard. i was struck about his own tendecandor. >> let's talk about that in terms of biography, a political autobiography. 99% of people the right political autobiographies about himself are lies. this book is amazingly self revelatory. you would be surprised at the level of truth that he sees and saw when he looked