president and they are surprised that anybody has ever heard of charles seymour.hey always say the same thing. he was the last of the old fashioned presidents of yale. he had an edwardian air about him. >> the last out of the five "forlonzo handy the survival of democracy." the consensus on the new deal remains unsettled, but roosevelt global leadership in the late 1930's until world war ii made america the superpower it remains. >> i think it is a brilliant book. i think that it is the best, to me, the best description of roosevelt's thinking about foreign affairs. as a kind of thesis -- he has a kind of pieces that the profession have a more profound effect on foreign affairs and the recognized and how limited the options of the british and us and others. he also makes the point that roosevelt was a steady and consistent voice for liberal democracy, what ever you want to call it, during that time. some of the greatest minds of the time were being seduced by communism and fascism and others predict roosevelt was a force for democracy -- and others. roosevelt was

president and they are surprised that anybody has ever heard of charles seymour.hey always say the same thing. he was the last of the old fashioned presidents of yale. he had an edwardian air about him. it is now long dead, i assume, at yale and elsewhere. >> the last out of the five best is the alonzo handy "for the survival of democracy." you analyze these in long paragraphs. the last thing you say is to attack -- is, "the consensus on the new deal remains unsettled, but roosevelt global leadership in the late 1930's until world war ii made america the superpower it remains. -- remains." it sounds familiar from the book. why this offer? he is the only one living of all these authors. >> i think it is a brilliant book. i think that it is the best, to me, the best description of roosevelt's thinking about foreign affairs. as a kind of thesis -- he has a kind of pieces that the -- a thesis that the depression had a more profound effect profession have a more profound effect on foreign affairs and the recognized and how limited the options of the british and us and