brian: jean edward smith, author of "bush." en did you first think it was worth doing a biography so close to his presidency. jean edward: i had just finished the eisenhower biography. i was in new york having lunch with my editor at random house

brian: jean edward smith, author of "bush." when did you first think it was worth doing a biography so close to his presidency. jean edward: i had just finished the eisenhower biography. i was in new york having lunch with my editor at random house and he asked me what i wanted to do next. this was in 2012. i said, how about george bush? he said fine and we started on george bush. brian: why? jean edward: he needed to be treated. none of the books out at the time had adequately treated him. brian: i want to jump in to chapter 12. "george w. bush was regarded by many of his classmates at harvard business school as dynamically ignorant. he was energetic but ill informed, untutored, and unread. and he flaunted it. little had changed in his 2002 state of the union and the phrase -- axis of evil reeked of arrogance. bush has spoken without bearing the consequences. jean edward: i think that is right. that is why someone had to say that. brian: when did you start to feel this way about him? jean edward: when he was president. brian: w

brian: our guest has been jean edward smith. the book is called bush. thank you very much. an edward: thank you. >> for free transcript or to give us your comments about the program, visit us at q and a.org. programs are also available at c-span podcasts. podcasts.an if you enjoyed this week's queue and eight interview with jean edward smith, here are some other programs you might like. former president george dubya bush on his book, decision points. palmer defense secretary donald rumsfeld talks about his book known and unknown and author sean williams discusses his book, the rise of american democracy. or can watch these anytime search our entire library at c-span.org. >> c-span's washington journal live from the democratic national convention in philadelphia. coming up monday morning, national political reporter for pittsburgh tribune review gives us a preview of the democratic national convention including speakers and themes for the day. sanders2016 bernie delegate of washington state shares her efforts to cover her expenses to be at this convention including turning to

. >>> this sunday night on "q & a" jean edward smith on his biography of george w. bush. >> maybe bush's worst fault is the fact that he's a born-again christian who brings the ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. bush called the president of france on the telephone, trying to get france to join in the attack. during the course of the conversation he told the president that we're fighting gogenmegog. now creatures in the new testament, that's the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians, and bush generally believed that. bush

brian: jean edward smith, author of "bush."hen did you first think it was worth doing a biography so close to his presidency. finishedrd: i had just the eisenhower biography. i was in new york having lunch with my editor at nd

. >>> this sunday night on q&a, the university of toronto of jean edward smith on our president, george bush. >> maybe bush's fault is a fact that he's a born identity of christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. >> bush called francois of france -- the book of revelation of the new testament, that's the center of the center of the universe from many evangelicals. sunday night at 8:00 eastern pacific on cspan q&a. >>> next, nancy unger, discusses of american history of the 20th century. unger is the author of "bel "belle la follette." >> the humanist of association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event and it is about an hour. >> professor unger asked me if i can give her only a brief introduction. lets see if i can. i would like to pronounce i it it - it -- in research of "bell "belle la follette." she discovered the truth who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. what? disgraceful? she fought for women and peace and civil rights. that was so much more. the most influential of al

. >> john: jean edward smith, you've written about a lot of presidents, and you write clitically about george w. in all the presidents you've studied. grant, f.d.r. and bush, talk about the decision making and the quality of a president. what makes a good decision making president and one not so good? >> i think the good quality is longing at all sides of an issue. and george w. bush did not? george w. bush came to office with a certain view, and became the decider. and cheney and his underlings in the white house. bush was making the decisions and bush came to a process believing he was god's agent on earth. with that view, you can get into trouble. >> john: arthur herman, macarthur was sure of what he believeed and got into crashes with presidents. h the comparison of god as a figure. he is -- one of the reasons i have the subtitle, the american warrior. he's objects just as war with american foes but his own leadership, including in the army. including three presidents, hoover, roosevelt and truman. it's amazing when you think about it, because considering his eformous rise within h

also, because i was so taken with the biography of marshall by gene edward smith. in college i had suffered through beverages of marshall multi volumes and not very interesting but the man comes alive in the gene edward smith biography, which i recommend to all of you. another possibility would be the first justice john marshall holland. think of what his parents had in mind when they named their child after a great chief justice. because he was, as i said before, a man who grew up in kentucky on a plantation with slaves and then he became, i suppose, best known for his dissent in plessy against ferguson. the case that established the separate but equal doctrine. but even before that in 1885 in the so-called civil rights cases he dissented when the court struck down a major piece of reconstruction legislation for public accommodations. a law that gave people without regard to race access to places of public accommodations. the court said congress didn't have the authority to do that. and he wrote a fine dissent very much like the later dissent in plessy against fer

gene edward smith recalls the ten euroof america's 43rd brez in bush. in bobby kennedy, journalist larry tie looks at the life and career of the former senator and attorney general. in kick, biography poly burn remembers the life of kathleen kennedy, john f kennedy's younger sister. kaitlyn fits describes the relationship between the united states and latin america during the 18th and 19th centuries in our sister republic. craig pittman looks at how florida influences the rest of the united states in "oh, florida". look for the titles this coming week and watch for the authors n coming weeks. >> authorer and documentary filmmaker sebastian junger. his books include "the perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea, fire, a death in belmont, and war," war answered viewer questions and talked about books during our in-depth program. >> host: sebastian junger, how did you end up in jilet, wyoming? >> guest: i graduated college and group outside of boston in a suburb and felt like i was never challenged. i grew up very affluent. and i decided to set o

. >>> this sunday night on q&a, the university of toronto of jean edward smith on our president, george bush. >> maybe bush's fault is a fact that he's a born identity of christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. >> bush called francois of france -- the book of revelation of the new

q&a, university of toronto professor gene edward smith on his critical biography of george w.ct that he is a born again christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. was god'ss that he agent here on earth to fight evil. president sharad of france on the telephone to get france to join in the attack. during the course of that conversation, he told the french fighting that we were creatures in the book of revelation in the new testament. that is the center of the for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians. thatush genuinely believed he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> this morning, a preview of the democratic national convention which opens tomorrow in philadelphia. we will speak with clinical reporter tom fitzgerald. former governor ed rendell and will bunch about the convention preparations, the schedule of events, and the protests that are being plants. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: welcome to philadelphia an

"and jeanne edward smith chronicles the george w. bush administration in" bush." a look at the current best sellers according to the "washington post." many of this authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch then on our web site, booktv.org. block. [applause] >> good evening. it is both a pleasure and honor to introduce -- the distinguished socialist mitch duneier. i am a former professor at the john hopkins university up the street. my baltimore connection. as a school i take delight in books which were painstakingly researched and keen interpretation, help me understand a complex continue or phenomenon with greater clarity. the book "ghetto" is just such a book. i had the opportunity to teach "get to" in my last semester at hopkins in 2016 with the professor of history and director of jewish studies. ken and i were impressed with the manner which the professor discussed the conflict of the ghetto. and i don't mean the context of jewish and black communes, and also how the concept itself and its application has shifted over time and n both the pop

announcer: this sunday night on q&a, university of toronto professormer truss --mer truss gene edward smith on his biography of george w. bush. >> maybe bush's worst fault is the fact that he is a born again christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. which called president chirac of france on the telephone trying to get france to join in the attack, and during the course of that conversation, he told chirac that we're fighting going and magog before the final judgment. going and magog are creatures in the book of revelation of the new testament. that's the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians. and bush generally believed that. bush genuinely believed that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. "q&a."an's announcer: professor carol emberton teaches about the confederate prison where 13,000 union soldiers died and the post-war trial of its commappeder henry wirz. she also discusses the halt of the prisoner exchange program toward the end of the war and how the worst tri

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presidential biographer jean edward smith recalls the tenure of america's 43rd president in bush.in bobby kennedy,journalist larry tie looks at the life and career of the former senator and attorney general . in kick, biographer paula byrne remembers the wife of kathleen kennedy, john f. kennedy's younger sister. northwestern university history professor caitlin fits this drives the relationship between the united states and latin america during the 18thand 19th injuries in our sister republic . in tampa bay times reporter craig whatsit how for that influences the rest of the united states in oh florida. look for recitals in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv. >>. [inaudible conversation] again, good afternoon. good afternoon one more time. all right. so our next panel, black writers in the digital age. black writers in the digital age. i'm very excited about this panel. today alan is going to moderate the panel and he's going to be joined by

rounding out the list, presidential biographer jean edward smith chronicles the george w. bush administration and, bush. that's a bush. that's look at the bestsellers according to the washington post. many others have appeared or will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on our website, but to be.org. >> i was told by several people that you really should start showing up in d.c. in mid june. this is a big decision and typically they hold off on the decisions until the end of the term. but they said start showing up in mid june just to be there. so starting to 15000 d.c. for every decision day. at that point we all thought, monday june june 29, because they had only, they had scheduled only decision days on mondays. so that is is likely when it will happen. the week of the 22nd i was there on monday, that was the day they announced we will release decisions on thursday and then the added friday. that was when we started to think friday june 26, that is the important date for the gay rights movement. so we all started to think that is going to be on friday. that morn

"and jeanne edward smith chronicles the george w. bush administration in" bush." a look at the current best sellers according to the "washington post." many of this authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch then on our web site, booktv.org. block. [applause] >> good evening. it is both a pleasure and honor to introduce

. >> this sunday night on q&a, university of toronto professor emeritus, jean edward smith on his critical biography of president george w bush. >> it may be bush's worst fault is the fact that he is a born-again christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god aged here in earth to fight evil. bush called the president of france on the telephone to try to get friends to join in the attack during the course of the conversation he told him that we are fighting god before the final judgment and in the book of revelation for the new testament, that is the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians. bush generally believe that. bush generally believed that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. sunday. sunday night at eight eastern pacific. >> . . the most recent "showdown: thurgood marshall and the supreme court nomination that changed america". he will be taking questions were the next three hours. >> host: author wil haygood, you write about black men who heroically manifested themselves into mainstream america. i t

presidential biographer jean edward smith recalls the tenure of america's 43rd president in bush. in bobby kennedy, journalist larry tie looks at the life and career of former senator and attorney general. in kick, biographer paula burns remembers the life of kathleen kennedy, john f. kennedy's younger sister. northwestern university history professor caitlin fitz describes the relationship between the united states and latin america in the 18th and 19th centuries in our sister republics. tampa bay times reporter craig pittman looks at how florida influences the rest of the united states in oh florida. look for these titles in bookstores in the coming weekend watch for authors in the near future on booktv. >> now on booktv we want to introduce you to bill thomas, publisher of doubleday books. what kind of book does doubleday publish? >> approximately 50 books a year, half are nonfiction and half are fiction. we publish a lot of literary novels. on the nonfiction side we publish a lot of history, narrative nonfiction, politics and science. >> host: how long has it been in business?

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. >>> this sunday night on q&a, university of toronto professor a mer tus jeanne edward smith on his biography of george w. bush. >> bush east worst fault is the fact he's a born again christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. bush called the president of france on the telephone trying to get france to join in the attack. and during the course of that conversation he told him u that we're fighting before the final judgment. creatures in the book of revelations of the new testament, that's the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians. and bush generally believed that and believed that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> next, art history professor, curator and officer bonnie yokelson about jacob riis. the professor argues that the danish-born riis was not an artist but used photography as a mechanism to expose poor living conditions and poverty in new york city during the late 19th and early 20th c

university of tomorrow -- university of tour on toe, jean edward -- university of toronto, jean edward smith. >> one of the worst faults of george w. bush is that he's a born again christian and he brought that ideology into the presidency. he believes he was god's agent on earth to fight evil. bush called presidential rock of france on the telephone trying to get them to join in on the attack. during the course of that conversation he told him that we are fighting gog and my god before the final judgment. those are creatures in the book of revelation and new testament. that's the center of the for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians. bush generally believe that. he genuinely believed that he was god's agent on earth to fight evil. >> tonight, at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> c-span, created by america's television companies. our live coverage of every minute of the republican and democratic national conventions is brought to you as a public -- buyery your damage cable provider. steve: hello, from philadelphia, pennsylvania. the city finalizing preparations for

thank this absolutely wonderful panel. [ applause ] >>> this sunday night on "q&a" professor jean edward smith on his biography of president george w. bush. >> maybe bush's worst fall is that he is a born again christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. bush called president chirac of france on the telephone trying to get france to join in the attack. and during the course of that conversation, he told chirac that we are fighting gog and magog before the final judgment. that's the center of the universe for many evangelicals, and fundamentalist christians. and bush generally believed that. he genuinely believed that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >>> up next, a panel of historians and scholars discuss who is considered black in america. this hour and 45-minute talk was part of a three-day conference called "the future of the african-american past." it was co-hosted by the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture

. >> this sunday night, gene edward smith on his critical biography of george w.h. >> his worst fault is he is a born-again christian who brings the ideology into the presidency. he believes he was god agent here on earth to fight evil. him on the telephone, trying to get france to join the attack. during the course of that conversation, he said we are fighting before the final judgment. the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians. bush generally believed that he was here to fight evil. >> "washington journal" continues. phonewe will take your calls and tweets for the rest of the show. we want to know what you think about hillary clinton choosing tim kaine as her running mate. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. ndependents, (202) 748-8002. a special line open for virginia residents. we want to hear from you. (202) 748-8003. you can find us on social media. our twitter handle is @cspanwj. about tim kaine. he is 58 years old, he has been a u.s. center -- a u.s. senator sense 2013. governor of virginia from 2006

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. >> this sunday night on q and a, university professor emeritus james edward smith on his biography of president george w. bush. >> maybe bush's worst fall is the fact that he is a born-again christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god agent here on earth to fight evil . bush called president sharad of france on the telephone trying to get friends to join in the attack and during the course of that conversation he told sharad that we are fighting god and magog before the final judgment..in my dog are creatures in the book of revelations in the new testament. that's the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians and bush generally believed that. bush genuinely believe that he was god agent here on earth to fight evil sunday night at the eastern and pacific on c-span's two and day. >> british defense secretary michael fallon testified before a parliamentary committee. the conclusion of the nato summit in warsaw and the findings of the british iraqi war inquiry known as the chilcot report. he told the members of th

[applause]and on q and a,ay nice university of toronto professor emeritus, jean edward smith on biographyggest fault is a born again he is christian who brings that ideology into the presidency. believes he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. called president chirac of france from the television trying to get france to join in attack and during the course of that conversation he told fighting goingre before the final judgment. are creatures in the book of the new testament, the center of the universe for and fundamental christians and bush genuinely god's agent here on earth to fight eastern. 8:00 easternht at and pacific. >> in his weekly address, obama is joined by massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. they discussed financial regulations on the anniversary of the signing of the dodd frank law. republican weekly address is chair ryans priebus. president obama: hi, everybody. i'm here with senator elizabeth warren, one of our strongest advocates for families and consumers like you. today we want to talk to you about some of the actions we've taken to protect everything you wor

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this sunday night on q&a university of toronto professor gene edward smith on critical biography of george w. bush. >> maybe bush's fault is that he's a born-again christian and bringing back the ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. bush called president of france on the telephone trying to get france to join in the attack and during the course of the conversation he told that we are fighting gog and magog, creatures in the book of revelation in the new testament. that's the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians and bush generally believed that. bush genuinely believed that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. >> sunday on c-span's q&a. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> most important to me in this election this year are environmental issues but also issues with education. one of the things that most important as a voter is how i am going to get tan education but also the quality of education. there's been a lot of stuff that i have seen this year about candidates about making public education free and i'm all