his name was frank shakespeare. in a booklet called "ike and the usa," shakespeare says that eisenhower invites them to walter reed to talk to him. he is in the last days of his life. frank shakespeare goes out there and shakespeare says in his account that eisenhower spent two hours at the hospital talking about the value of the usia and what he needed to do and how important it was. can the first days of his administration and the last day of his life -- in the first days of his administration and the last days of his life he was still obsessed with information and selling america to the world. there are a lot of scholars that have talked about this. a man named david guff wrote an article about the jackson committee. john berry giles -- sean perry giles wrote several articles about this. we are not related, he just happens to have a similar last name. i cannot stress enough how important it was for eisenhower that there was a standing federal agency for public relations. and it lasted for 40 years roughly. i shou

his name was frank shakespeare. in a booklet called "ike and the usa," shakespeare says that eisenhower invites them to walter reed to talk to him. he is in the last days of his life. frank shakespeare goes out there , and shakespeare says in his account that eisenhower spent two hours at the hospital talking about the value of the usia and what he needed to do , and how important it was. in the first days of his administration and the last days of his life, he was still obsessed with information and selling america to the world. there are a lot of scholars that have wrote about this. a book called inventing public diplomacy. a man named david guff wrote an article about the jackson committee. sean parry giles wrote several articles about this. we are not related, he just happens to have a similar last name. i cannot stress enough how important it was for eisenhower that there was a standing federal agency for public relations. and it lasted for 40 years roughly. i should have checked my math. it was folded back int

shakespeare. >> who among you fought for the rebel cause? >> you, sir. you paid your debt. thank you. let's go, frank>> news of the james brothers hold up spreads quickly. robbery is a blow to the northern railroads and embarrasses the pinkertons. >> their founder who had been a spy for the union takes it personally upon himself to bring jesse to justice. >> the nation's most powerful private security force is now on the hunt for jesse james. the attention he receives as leader of an outlaw gang becomes an addiction. >> the ambition to continue the civil war is reinforced by his ego as his reputation spreads the charismatic young outlaw with a catchy name captures the imagination. that recognition escalates his violent rebellion. >> in kansas city the name jesse james catches the eye of a former confederate major turned newspaper man. >> a former confederate and was very sympathetic to what james were doing because he wanted to oppose reconstruction politic in missouri. >> the train robbery is one of the nation's first and for john edwards it elevates jesse james to hero status making him an even str

shakespeare. >> who among you fought for the rebel cause? >> you, sir. you paid your debt. thank you. let's go, frank>> news of the james brothers hold up spreads quickly. robbery is a blow to the northern railroads and embarrasses the pinkertons. >> their founder who had been a spy for the union takes it personally upon himself to bring jesse to justice. >> the nation's most powerful private security force is now on the hunt for jesse james. the attention he receives as leader of an outlaw gang becomes an addiction. >> the ambition to continue the civil war is reinforced by his ego as his reputation spreads the charismatic young outlaw with a catchy name captures the imagination. that recognition escalates his violent rebellion. >> in kansas city the name jesse james catches the eye of a former confederate major turned newspaper man. >> a former confederate and was very sympathetic to what james were doing because he wanted to oppose reconstruction politic in missouri. >> the train robbery is one of the nation's first and for john edwards it elevates jesse james to hero status making him an even str

shakespeare. >> who among you fought for the rebel cause? you, sir, you paid your debt. >> thank you. >> let's go, frank. >> news of the james brother's holdupuickly. the robbery is a blow to the northern railroads and embarrassing the pinkertons. >> allen pinkerton, their founder who had been a spy for the union during the civil war takes it personally upon himself to bring jesse to justice. >> the nation's most powerful private security force is now on the hunt for jesse james. the attention he receives as leader of an outlaw gang becomes an addiction. >> jissy's ambiti -- jesse's ambition is his ego. as the charismatic young outlaw captures the attention of the confederates. that only escalates his violent rebellion. >> in kansas city the name jesse james catches the eye of a former confederate major turned newspaper man. >> john edwards was a former confederate calvary man. he was sefrp thet he can becaym wanted to reimpose it to the railroad. >> for edwards it elevates jesse james to hero status making it a stronger tool to rally the disgruntled confederacy. >> edwards wanted to see the down troded confederates take the political future