so monte, immediately i mean, the story is eisenhower called him and eisenhower then wanted to go on explaining the situation. monte pretended that the line was very bad and said, i can't i can't hear any more is very bad line. very bad line. put the telephone down, because this in a sense was, you know, his moment. this was what he was born to do, is to take over in difficult circumstance. he'd been through four years of world war one, you know, in the trenches. he was and he felt he was ready for this. well, and arguably, he's he's not a huge fan of you will eisenhower's leadership at that moment. so we'll get to that and so come back to yeah because you know he he adored eisenhower. i mean there's lot of misunderstanding about that he eisenhower was a very adorable person. i mean, it was very difficult not to warm to ike. you know, it just that he felt he was his genius was dealing allies and and remedy. after all, eisenhower had run the d-day invasion in of the air forces. the navy's as well as the land. and so monty was perfectly content, long as eisenhower would say, you deal w

he often was talking eisenhower. i was talking professor nigel hamilton, just before this started, that if anybody really thought in the broad front versus narrow front argument that the united states was going to turn over several field armies to montgomery in order have a narrow front attack on the north side is probably where it should have gone. their their not paying attention because politically that was impossible. the problem for the british is different because they're like us they're running out of troops but they've been at it a lot longer. and their manpower problems much bigger than than the americans. so when you get into shape, kenneth strong, world class soldier, in my opinion. alan book referred to him as a kinloss wonder is a little a little unkind. he was not sufficiently loyal in alan brooks point of view to the to the british perspective and i'll be glad to take shot slings arrows over that later at 12th army group. edwin else seibert was the was a friend of bradley's not surprisingly, bradley tr

she gave me a lot of nice details about how, for example, eisenhower painted, eisenhower was a hobbyainter and quite a good one. generation, she really did get on with reagan and probably what viewers know if theyknow anything about the relationship between the queen of the president, the famous horse ride that was arranged between the queen and reagan when he visited in 1982, that was really symbolic. i did not think you will ever see an american president sharing a horse ride with another world leader, really, or any leader going to the trouble, or perhaps having such an event for the cameras. i will also say that it was pretty clear that she got on famously with the bushes, especially george h. w. bush. that was probably because barbara bush i think she really liked and respected the dog loving, animal loving matriarch whose big family is widely troublesome sons and perhaps something they had in common and just because of that similarity. and then from the younger generation, the postwar generation, it is pretty clear that a really nice relationship developed with the obama's, lat

eisenhower says, you are my boy and goes on to accept the vice president and then eisenhower goes on to win. peter: they met up with the eisenhower's in west virginia after that speech. heath: they did. maney offers to share her coat and pat is a little frosty. their relationship is quite interesting. maybe eisenhower cannot understand and pat says, we have just been through this crisis, obviously the eisenhower's had let them dangle for a while so pat i think forgiveness but does not forget about that whole situation. peter: from your book, the second-class treatment during the campaign and obliviousness the trauma it causmed shhaendured on live after what televisionll the world to e. they had laid themselves we open for the campaign and now were still being treated with little respect. he found it easier to move on but his wife kept silent score. heath: absolutely. peter: where did they live as vice president and second lady in washington? heath: they did not have a residence at that point for the vp. they had various places where they lived and i talked about the last house, their

, for example, eisenhower painted.isenhower was famously quite a good hobby painter. but for her own greatest generation, if you like, she really did get on with reagan. and probably what viewers will know, if they know anything about the relationshipen the queen and presidents, there was a fams horse ride range between the queen and reagan in wind wn he visited in 1982 that was realboli i don't think you would see anywhere else an american president sharing a horse ride with another wool leader. or any leaders going through the trouble or perhaps having the delight of doing such an event for the cameras. but it was pretty clear to me that she got on famously with the bushes, especial george h.w. bush. that was partly because of barbara bush. i think she really liked and respected this dog loving, animal loving matriarch with a big family and slightly troublesome sons. that perhaps was something they had in common. and they got along famously, just because of that similarity. then i also say from the younger generation

general dwight david eisenhower. he believed that america's enormous sacrifices could not be allowed to have been made in vain. so he campaigned for a fledgling alliance called nato and led republicans away from isolationism for the rest of the 20th century. this is the little told story of how a general became a reluctant politician when the world and america needed him most. >> so help me god before eisenhower, there had been president roosevelt, who laid the groundwork for the postwar world in 1943. >> he met with soviet premier joseph stalin, outlining his idea for an international organization with, quote, four policemen. the united states, britain, china and the soviet union. >> we have learned that we cannot live alone. at peace. that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. >> tragically, roosevelt would not live to see his dream realized. >> the flag flies at half staff as a grief stricken nation mourns the death of franklin delano roosevelt, president of the united states

i to susan eisenhower's granddaughter about it and she gave me lots of niceties health about how eisenhowernted the young charles and and because he was a famous hobby painter, quite a good one. but from her owgreatest generation, if you like, e really did get on with reagan and probably what viewers wi know, if they know anything about latiship between the queen and presidents, the famous horse ride that was arranged between the queen and reagan in windsor park when he visited in 1982. that was really symbolic. i don't think you would ever see anywhere else an american president sharing a horse ride with another world leader, really. or indeed any leaders going to the trouble or perhaps having the delight of doing such an event for the cameras. i also say, it was pretty clear to me that she got on famously with the bushes, especially george h.w. bush. that was also partly because of barbara bush. i think she really liked and respected this animal loving matriarch with a big family and slightly troublesome sons. that was perhaps something they had in common and they got along famously, just

hall a, named for a glass of 1915 graduate general and later president dwight d eisenhower.heaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. let's get right to it. here's the west point band performing the west point holiday shows fanfare and theme and the christmas classic up on the house top. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we are going to have fun here today ♪ ♪ say hello here we go ♪ ♪ if the west point holiday sho ♪ ♪ lots of toys for daughters an sons ♪ ♪ sis and bro, let it snow, it' that west point holiday show ♪ ♪ this season throughout the year ♪ ♪ lots of cranberry sauce and turkey ♪ ♪ and the memories we hold dear ♪ ♪ welcome one welcome all ♪ ♪ jingle bells all the way deck the hall ♪ ♪ of mistletoe, here we go ♪ ♪o to to the west point holiday♪ ♪ to the west point holiday ♪ ♪ to vote west point holiday show ♪ ♪ it's the west point holiday show [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ here comes santa claus here comes santa claus ♪ ♪ here he comes here he comes ♪ ♪ up on the house top out pops good old sam a clause reindeer fall ♪ out jumped santa claus ♪ ♪ he wants a guarantee

eisenhower.eaters in america goth designed to hold the entire corpeas of cadets. so let's get right to it, here'h the west point band performing the west point holiday show fanfare and theme and the christmas classic, up on the housetop. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's the west point holiday show ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ here we go to the west pointy holiday, west point holiday, west point holiday show ♪ ♪ it's the west point holiday show ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ here comes santa claus ♪ ♪ up on the house top, click click, click ♪ ♪ down through the chimney with good st. nick ♪lick, do ♪ here comes santa claus ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ who wouldn't go? ♪ ♪ up on the house top, click click, click ♪ ♪ down through the chimney with good st. nick ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ who wouldn't go? ♪ o ♪ up on the house top, click click, click ♪ ♪ down through the chimney with sgood st. nick ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ up on the house top, click click, click ♪ [applause] >> sandra: we will have much: we more of the west point holiday show as this special continues, including th shoe band's re

eisenhower.tent, and buzz aldrin. the list of notable graduates are just as impressive as theju architecture ostn campus. the academ ay was the firstpu institution in the natios.n to adopt the gothic style of architecture.th core buildingsic forming imposig granite fortress symbolic of the strength and tenacity needed to lead the united states army into the future. among them, the exquisite cadet chapel which resembles a medieval fortress overlooking the campus. irish and italian immigrants stone masons were told they would ge ft citizenship if the chapel was completed in five years. they completed it in 14 months many the 192 windows throughout the sanctuary are dedicated to one of the graduating classes 1802 through 1976. tradition remains a big part of the academy. as soldiers wear the same style gray uniforms as those in 1802. as a badge of honor. while living out the motto: duty, honor and country. [commands] dismissed. [. [cheers] >> sandra: the holiday season would not be completholie with

eisenhower" aircraft carrier amid the recent conflicts with the houthis in the red sea. this is part of the editors conference in washington, d.c. >>> the navy's carrier base all weather tracking planes. he assumed command of the ike in march of 2023. >> we're good. thank you, steve. appreciate it. hijack this q&a so i could give a little speech, get my points across. so the story i'd like to tell is about an underdog crew of 3,000 sailors on the "uss dwight d. eisenhower" and how they changed their culture for one of the most challenging deployments for the u.s. navy since world war ii. it's a story about leadership at all levels, about sailor grit. so i took over the ship in march of 2023 like steve said. about eight months before this unprecedented deployment. in the red sea. the crew had done back-to-back deployments during covid and never saw a real port call. people joined the navy for many reasons, but among them is the ability to see the world, travel the world and go to places you might not otherwise travel to. this is followed by a challenging shipyard period,

hall, named for a class of 1915 graduate general and later president dwight d eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here's the west point band performing the west point holiday show, fanfare and theme, and the christmas classic up on the housetop. cu. >> don't delay. we are gonna have fun here today. here we go. say hello. it's the west point holiday show. shopping's done. fun's begun. lots of toys for our daughter and son. sis and bro. let it snow. it's the west point holiday show. there are lots of those yuletide memories of the seasons throughout the years. lots of cranberry sauce and turkey and the memories we hold dear. welcome, one. welcome home. jingle bells all the way. down the halls. >> mistletoe. here we go. >> to the west point holiday. west point holiday. >> west point holiday show. >> it's the west point. holiday. >> show. >> and here comes santa claus. >> here comes santa claus. >> here he comes, here he comes, here comes santa claus. here comes santa claus. here he c

eisenhower. the letters are included in the book concerning the active nature of the assignment and general eisenhower replies with a letter telling general keys exactly how you should function as a commander. the fascinating thing is, is that that is how general keys functions as a commander. and it's interesting that knowing several of his his his sons in law and as well that my father they patterned themselves on general key's approach to command one of his sons in law became a general my father was promoted to brigadier general. so, you know, he was in the first original group of corps staff, of senior corps staff officers that would end up being the ones that served with him for. the capture of rome, all of five of those individuals became army generals. it was an amazing activity of leadership and developing of of individuals. so both keys in patton, right. eisenhower concerning the acting nature of the and that's, you know, eisenhower tells him how to be a commander but the letters to patt

, eisenhower or that all the people in the surrounding communities come through. i was gonna ask you about, the germans were they came through and one of the one of the community, the berger meister and his wife came through. and after seeing the mess that they had, they were and hung themselves, both of them, they just couldn't stand. the shame of it, i guess. but the germans vacated buchenwald the eve day one. they could hear that. they could hear the american tanks coming, and they knew that it wasn't time to get. so they because they knew if if our troops came in and saw the mess that germans couldn't cover, they were burned. those german soldiers right there. i was sure of that. so so real took off and i was in buchenwald, nine months ago today when and i was there of 77, eight months ago, 79 years ago. this this time i met a lady named ursula. i forgot her life, and she was a citizen of the area there. and ursula was 102 and she wanted me because she and i are the only two in our group that were together. eight years ago in the buchenwald. so we had a recent

, eisenhower or that all the people in the surrounding communities come through. i was gonna ask you about, the germans were they came through and one of the one of the community, the berger meister and his wife came through. and after seeing the mess that they had, they were and hung themselves, both of them, they just couldn't stand. the shame of it, i guess. but the germans vacated buchenwald the eve day one. they could hear that. they could hear the american tanks coming, and they knew that it wasn't time to get. so they because they knew if if our troops came in and saw the mess that germans couldn't cover, they were burned. those german soldiers right there. i was sure of that. so so real took off and i was in buchenwald, nine months ago today when and i was there of 77, eight months ago, 79 years ago. this this time i met a lady named ursula. i forgot her life, and she was a citizen of the area there. and ursula was 102 and she wanted me because she and i are the only two in our group that were together. eight years ago in the buchenwald. so we had a recent

eisenhower failed it.ut we hope president obama will demonstrate his compassion and decency and pass that test now. peter: michael meeropol, what were we watching? michael: rob had come up with the idea, probably about four years earlier, that based on the information we had, there were grounds for a declaration of exoneration of our parents and i agree with him. we went on a campaign, which ultimately collected 60,000 signatures. we modeled it on what the governor of massachusetts did in the sacco and venzetti case, issued a proclamation of innocence, not a pardon. we asked obama to look at the record, which we presented to him in voluminous detail, which showed that my mother was convicted on perjurous testimony. unfortunately, we never got an answer from him. we don't even know if you read our materials, but he certainly should have, because we made a hell of a case. peter: robert, earlier in this program, you mentioned this was an exciting time for the ethel rosenberg case. why? robert: well, because -

both keys and patton and eisenhower, eisenhower tells him how to be a commander but the letter is mailed to patton. to forward to keys with the comment that he is to read the letter also, in a handwritten note attached to the letter which i just recently had come into my possession, the letter was addressed as much to him as it was to use. you see had taken great care to see that his protigi was in the limelight. and it came back to bite general keys. now, he and his diary -- he thinks he is already functioning the way eisenhower suggested he shed but the final outcome of the event is his appointment, the second corps commander which he does for the next 22 months throughout the italian campaign including breaking lines at the casino and winning the race. this was to be the secondary attack. is expected to link up attacking out of the so-called -- but it is diverted by the germans and keys capture rome on june 4th, 1940 for two days prior to d-day. he sends the captain and men into rome into cover of darkness to line the entrances and follow the blue to speedy two. speedy two from the ti

i just i think i picked the eisenhower -- [inaudible] first went to look at.it was an old ship at that time -- [inaudible] -- so yeah, that was my fault. but it was more than that. not any of their own fault. i mean the age of the ship they can do anything about that but they had been through a lot with covid of climates where you're out for months, they set records, you're not allowed to do any port calls because her kind great, remember the bubble? it sounds like by the time you got there what you had was a very tired and in some ways a broken ship that needed to be rebuilt. >> i wouldn't say, walking into a jew is it okay that are broken, but what i found was the still a lot of enthusiasm, people waiting to be led and to be given opportunity to do workups. we see this a lot in the navy. if you're come out of the shipyard i guess you could say morale is lower because people are not doing the jobs they normally do once you get them in their jobs things start to improve. now as a suitably complain all the time even when things are going great. people are compl

truman: [indiscernible] >> and president dwight eisenhower.sident eisenhower: we sense with all our faculties that forces of good and evil are armed and opposed as rarely before in history. >> watch 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2. and next, researchers testify on the impact of micro-plastics, including the amount humans are ingesting, the health implications from it, and our water and waste way systems. this joint hearing before two senate subcommittees is 90 minutes.

eisenhower's chief of staff. correction. eisenhower's g3. he serves their ill access so those kind of connections, i weave them throughout the book. he becomes a machine gun expert. we forget the u.s. army machine gun was a big deal in 1914, 15, 16. the two biggest killers on the battlefield are artillery and machine guns. so he becomes a machine gun guy. and like eisenhower and bradley, not deployed during the war. he stays in the states. one of the places he goes is called camp hancock in augusta, georgia, where he will retire. he goes to germany and the occupation army. in the center there you see a flag coming down. barton became a commander at an infantry regiment and he supervised the lowering the flag in 1923 at erin bridge tynecastle, and that was the last part of the u.s. army's world war i commitment. so he closed out the u.s. army commitment. that is also where he met his wife claire fitzpatrick and they had a quickie wedding. they were married until he died in 1963. fascinating story. move on. okay. there we go. oh, back one. bac

he thinks that he's already functioning the way eisenhower suggested he should. but the final outcome of the whole event is that his appointment adds second core commander, which he does for the next 22 months throughout the italian campaign, including breaking the german lines at the battle of casino, and winning the race to rome. his one to be the secondary attack. but he's expected to link up with fifth corps, attacking out of the so-called bitch head as anzio, and they capture them two days prior to d-day. keyes sends the captain and 30 men into roam under the cover of darkness, to line the roads. follow the blue to speedy 2. from the time they land in north africa, in invasion of north africa, that's their call sign, speedy 2. and there's everything he talks about throw the diary about speedy justice at the speedy beach, the speedy navy. everything is the speedy whatever, including his road signs, which are follow the blue to speedy 2. throughout the remainder of the italian campaign, keyes and second core advanced northward toward the poe valley, often serv

and time did lean hard in for eisenhower at luce's explicit direction. some of the staff members did not want to be as supportive of eisenhower. but luce recognized that an opportunity in eisenhower and he wanted to have a who he was friendly with in stark contrast to roosevelt, but whom he hated and he, even after roosevelt died, lucille said, it is my duty to on hating him even beyond the grave. he was still hating roosevelt, but time did suffer as a result. and there was a joke. i lay out in the book, and i think you noted that there are many jokes in the book. i even have an appendix of all the jokes that i found that were told by or about ceos. and that in itself is, i think, worth the price of admission. but the about time was that time at this time was bipartisan because half the time it praised the republicans and the other half it bashed the democrats. i like that a lot are facebook has come under fire for similar reasons they're not in the tank for eisenhower don't think anybody is these days but a lot of republicans went into grievance mode an

otherwise, eisenhower would have gone to jail and americans would not have liked ike. do you see yourself as somebody who was just trying to function in perhaps an inherently corrupt but legal system, and that theoretically, almost any politician could be snagged the way you were? >> absolutely. of course i do. except i'm giving me higher marks because i was using that money and that power it gave me to fight an established system that served itself on the backs of the people. and when you do that, you a lot of people off and they want to get rid of you. >> but do you think that your earthier about it like more outspoken about it? >> well, i wasn't hiding any of it, but these were because it's legal and that's how you govern. abraham lincoln was able to get the 13th amendment passed in congress, which ratified the emancipation proclamation, freeing slaves. he had to make political deals with members of congress to get the votes to pass it. that's how you get things done. >> you're not comparing yourself to abraham by no means. >> and please say that i'm not comparing m

and i'm kind of a dwight eisenhower republican at heart. and you eisenhower laid the foundations for our victory in the cold war. and he did so by investing heavily in infrastructure, particularly at the highway program, but also in science and technology. he created darpa, the end of the research agency, and the government, a funded advanced scientific research at the higher education. he has also funded lots of college education. he believes strongly in a highly competent bureaucracy and strong alliances. all of those things are things to which the populace, trump and republicans are opposed. and the military sees this as a source of weakness and our global strategic competition. well, donald trump's choice at the moment, uh, standing there to be the next x ray defense is a news host like me, but he's on fox news. p takes f, a former, a veteran of reserve and, and pete hex that has a tattoo on him. it's a, a crusader cross and he calls himself a, b, o, bro, theology, bro. and is beginning to look around this sort of question of evangelica

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i think eisenhower managed to do that.nd by the time that mccarthy was at his most popular, eisenhower made the distinction, a criticism of mccarthy in a typical eisenhower way that it, it is not mccarthyism, which is the name given to making unsubstantiated charges, it is mccarthy "wasism." he handled it delicately but tried to get him off of the stage in a delicate way. host: was at him saying have you no sense of decency? and you left no sense of decency. guest: that was the famous hearing in which mccarthy started to go too far in which she was making accusations against the young fellow who had no communistic connections that we know of and he was ruining this guy's life. so this lawyer that you talk about had a dramatic moment where he said exactly those words, criticizing mccarthy for going too far in ruining this young man's life for his own political gain read that stuck with a lot of people. host: margo in indiana, line for democrats. caller: good morning. happy new year. i have a question for you. do you think d

eisenhower.he dea, the fbi, the intelligence community and financial sanctions to remove the migrant gangs and criminals that are killing and raping and maiming our citizens. we're going to get them out. we're going to get them out. we're going to get them out fast. we have no choice. >> brian: so he is going to get them out. that isn't a big surprise. the way we do it knowing it's weeks away. people should be ready for it. one thing the president did yesterday, he did a lot. i thought the speech was fantastic. he has got a real sense of history. is he always bringing up eisenhower and mckinley yesterday. he also knows that eisenhower is considered relatively a top president. respected, and is he like what i'm trying to do is nothing that other past presidents haven't done and by the way charlie kirk a fantastic job for what he did on the ground with turning point because he was the ground game in many situations and then yesterday with that many, 20,000 show up to see him. so, just on the illega

eisenhower's chief of staff -- his g3 is able. he serves in alaska. those connections, i weave them throughout the book. he becomes a machine gun expert. we regret the u.s. army machine gun was a big deal in 1914, 15, 16. the two biggest killers in the battlefield are artillery and machine guns and so he becomes a mission gone by and like eisenhower and bradley does not deploy during the war. he stays in the states, and one of the places he goes is camp hancock that's in augusta, georgia, which is where he will retire. he arrives in germany, runs the occupation army and in the center you see a flag coming down. barton was commander at that point in time and became commander of the first battalion in the infantry regiment and he supervised lowering the flag in 1923 at aaron wright stein castle outside of koblenz and that was the last part of the u.s. army's world war i commitment. he closed out the u.s. army in world war i. fascinating story. it's also where he met his wife claire fitzpatrick. they got married in paris in a quick wedding and they were

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their daughter julie now nixon eisenhower. she married the grandson of dwight eisenhower. the two daughters are there, tricia and husband, ed cox. and so the nixons are walking out and they're gerald and betty ford, arm in arm. and i was talking to again, one of our audience members before, this panel, and he referred to the english muffin presidency. and by that meant does everybody remember in the newspaper that when ford became president, there was a picture of him making his own breakfast the next day because they hadn't moved to the white house yet and they were still in their northern virginia suburban home where they had to raise their three boys and daughter, susan. and so from that time on, it seems to me that in a way very much like tim walz, this middle american is coming the white house and so different in the marriage so different the first lady although pat was a very active first lady and i'm so glad that there are now revisionist histories of her being written. but betty was a first lady in many ways. and like other even eleanor, because when i mean like ot

general dwight eisenhower arrives in the car. army secretary kenneth royal. behind him is the future general bismarck, gray clad battalion of point. the brigade midshipmen of the united states naval academy at annapolis passes in review. next come the cadets of the united coast guard academy. men of the marine corps, a march down the broad avenue, which today is the parade ground for branch of the armed services. the 82 of the flying boxcar lead, one of the greatest air armadas ever to fly over the capital. more than hundred planes in all. i giant b 36 bombers pass overhead. the parade includes not only the military, but is a panorama of american life. the president's home of missouri has several displays. one of them a wagon drawn by mule. other blows depict the product and of the various states. this is kentucky the vice president's home state? state, texas float moved down the avenue. the district of columbia display features reproductions of the capitol and the washington from the float honoring early american settlers who landed on the of that state. if

eisenhower's chief of staff, chrÉtien g-3 is pinky bull. he serves with him there and in alaska.so those kind of connections are throughout. we weave them throughout the book he a machine gun expert we forget the army machine gun was a big deal in 1914 1516. the two biggest killers on the battlefield are our our artillery and machine and so he becomes a machine gun guy and like eisenhower and bradley not deploy during the war. he stays in the states. one of the places he goes is a place called camp hancock. that's in augusta, which is where he'll retire. he arrives in germany, goes to the occupation army in the center. you see there a flag coming down. barton was commander that point in time became commander to first battalion, eighth infantry regiment and. he supervised it, lowering the flag in 1923 at aaron bright stein castle outside of koblenz and that was the last part of the u.s. army's world war one commitment. so he closed out the u.s. army in world war one. fascinating story. and that's also where he met his wife, claire fitzpatrick. they got married in paris and quickly

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