flavius belisarius ended up as a beggar in the streets of constantinople. for matthew richard, eisenhower didn't like him and he had a really bad time after saving the korean war. sherman fishermen. people were calling him a terrorist with a new. and i thought david petraeus doesn't fit this model because the galleys were sent like a november and then all of a sudden the petraeus, i don't know what we would call it, incidents started to appear. it sort of fits the profile. >> victor davis hanson, where general patton, was a general macarthur on this list to begin? >> no. one of the reasons they weren't is everybody knows of macarthur. everybody knows, and i have in the past written of both and especially george patton, but when you mentioned the name themistocles or flavius belisarius are ridgway, people don't know who you are talking about. i think colin powell is the service for ridgway who died at 98, in 1993. but we knew who he was. you and the military over this man more than any other, nobody had really known what happened to them. he just sort of fad

written of both and especially george patton, but when you mentioned the name themistocles or flavius belisarius are ridgway, people don't know who you are talking about. i think colin powell is the service for ridgway who died at 98, in 1993. but we knew who he was. you and the military over this man more than any other, nobody had really known what happened to them. he just sort of faded away so i tried to bring public attention to people who are out of the collective attention span. >> that's just a little taste of victor hansen's newest book, military book, "the savior generals" is the title of the. if you go to booktv.org you can see many videos with victor davis hanson talking about his book, as well as a longer version of him in fresno talking about this book. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> ira katznelson presents the history of the new deal. he argues that in order to pass the host for legislation, the roosevelt administration had to broker a deal with southern politicians who wish to maintain racial segregation that limited policies and did not cease until the civil rights act o