. >> on the presidency, former boston globe journalist curtis wilkie on the book the road to camelot, inside jfk's five-year campaign. >> i was a junior in college in 1960, and it was the first time i had heard the word charisma, and it was because he had charisma. richard nixon did not have charisma. lbj did not have charisma, but jack kennedy had charisma, and i think that could have possibly tipped the balance in some people's minds. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. onamerican history tv c-span3 every weekend featuring the american history tour, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here is a clip from a recent program. --i should go back and say give you some information about the guys that were there. just who were they? all came from special forces. they were special forces. there was no special test to say you are qualified to go to berlin. if you have become special forces, you have the qualifications, with one caveat -- you had to speak the eastern european language or german well enough to pass as a local