the discussions included assessments of franklin d roosevelt, jfk, and bill clinton, as well as their russian counterparts. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> we have a great panel. philip's elco is going to -- -- he's elco is going to has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, the principal author of 9/11 commission. many other books. he is in the midst of writing a terrific book on decisions for war in ways

the discussions included discussions of franklin d. roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. bush, and bill clinton as well as their russian counterparts. this is about an hour. quiet's this is our second half of this panel. we will go to a little bit past glad lastg i just met evening over dinner. after dinner, we had a fascinating, decision about khrushchev and kennedy. but it was different ones, mrs. jacqueline kennedy and mrs.

american artifacts, we continue our visit to hyde park new york with a tour of president franklin d roosevelt's top cottage. it was his private retreat during his second term as a place to relax and entertain special guests. this is about 11 minutes. >> i think fdr used this place as a place to bring these world leaders out and have them let their guard down, have them really focus on the major issues that they are here to talk about. springwood is the same way. when you walk into these buildings, you didn't come in as king or queen, prime minister, whatever your title was. coming into summaries home as a friend is much different than walking into their place of business as, say, a colleague. going into the white house with fdr and talking about major world events would be different from coming up to this secluded porch where there were no photographers waiting to take a picture of the handshake. it was a place he could be open with his guests. and showing him in his wheelchair laid it all out there. fact there showing off the that i'm not hiding anything from you, and i think his guests receiv

on this day in one nine hundred forty two another president franklin d. roosevelt issued an executive order which initiated the controversial world war two policy in the wake of the one nine hundred forty one japanese bombing of pearl harbor to round up certain americans primarily japanese americans many who had been in the united states for decades if not their entire lives and moved them in mass to what were called relocation camps for the duration of the war the japanese americans were ordered to take no more than they could carry on their backs with them the grim civil rights record of that action was litigated sir for all times including during the war by the us supreme court which upheld roosevelt's executive order twice. it wasn't until another president gerald ford signed an order prohibiting the reinstitution of such an executive order that he found reprehensible twelve years later in one nine hundred seventy six president ronald reagan issued a public apologies to the japanese americans and their descendants on behalf of the u.s. government and authorized

the discussions included discussions of franklin d. roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. bush, and bill clinton as well as their russian counterparts. this is about an hour. quiet's this is our second half of this panel. we will go to a little bit past glad lastg i just met evening over dinner. after dinner, we had a fascinating, decision about khrushchev and kennedy. but it was different ones, mrs. jacqueline kennedy and mrs. khrushchev. we may leave that for later discussion, but i enjoyed that conversation. is a professor of international history at the london school of economics. he is an expert of the cold war and soviet russian history, particularly intellectual history. among his books particularly related to this topic, the failed empire and the cold war. i noted among his books zhivago's children. having just watched the movie yet again, "dr. zhivago," i was topic.o that jerry is a longtime friend of the miller center. we are always happy to welcome forback as we did recently an american for him on his latest book, "the impossible presidency," which in light of -

time of his nomination in july and roosevelt's death in the following april, he visited with franklin d roosevelt a total of two times so he had no clue what was going on in the government. basically he spent his time in washington in the subterranean office of sam leyland, the democratic speaker of the house. drinking bourbon. and it was as one such gathering that he got a call from the white house to come and speak and he had no idea what this was because he was rarely summoned to the white house but he went to the white house and when he went home that evening to his small apartment on connecticut avenue, he was president . of the united states. >> now, harry truman was interesting and here you see him being sworn in. harry truman faced this great conundrum. the world was winding down, it would soon be over. you saw his depression by going to war. the war was over, are we going to go back into depression. he wantedto hear up , to gin up government, to make certain that we wouldn't get back into the depression. we had the g.i. bill. which allowed 8 to 9 million servicemen to go to college. none

american artifacts, we continue our visit to hyde park new york with a tour of president franklin d roosevelt'sop cottage. it was his private retreat during his second term as a place to relax and entertain special guests. this is about 11 minutes. >> i think fdr used this place as a place to bring these world leaders out and have them let their guard down, have them

franklin d roosevelt was born and raised in this house. and he was buried right here on the estate as well. the roosevelts originally had a different estate. a little bit down the road from this property. and the house burnt to the ground in 1865. and then fdr father mr. james roosevelt purchased this property to be their new home in the hudson valley. fdr parents were james and sarah dell a more roosevelt. and mr. james roosevelt had a wife before sarah. her name was rebecca holland. and she passed away in 1876. and four years later in 1880, mr. james married miss sarah. he was 52 years old. and she was only 26. so she was half his age. and james and sarah only had the one child, franklin roosevelt. when mr. james roosevelt, his father bought this father in 1867, it was a 17 room farm house, about 110 acres of land, several out buildings which he paid the sum of $40,000 which today is price of expensive car but back in those days a nice amount of money. the house was endarged by fdr in 1915, because by then he had a growing family. and he

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on this day in one nine hundred forty two another president franklin d. roosevelt issued an executive order which initiated the controversial world war two policy in the wake of the one nine hundred forty one japanese bombing of pearl harbor to round up certain americans primarily japanese americans many who had been in the united states for decades if not their entire lives and moved them en masse to what were called relocation camps for the duration of the war the japanese americans were ordered to take no more than they could carry on their backs with them the grim civil rights record of that action was litigated several times including during the war by the us supreme court which upheld roosevelt's executive order twice. it wasn't until another president gerald ford signed an order prohibiting the reinstitution of such an executive order that he found reprehensible twelve years later in one nine hundred seventy six president ronald reagan issued a public apologies to the japanese americans and their descendants on behalf of the u.s. government and authorized re

on top of that list was george washington, followed by abraham lincoln, and then franklin d. rooseveltnd eisenhower. theodore roosevelt, thomas , barack obama, woodrow wilson, and james madison, harry truman, and it goes on from there. that is available on our website. people have been telling us about the qualities that fit best for a u.s. president. massachusetts, independent .ine, joe go ahead. it is high time we have a woman president. for every elective office in this country, we should elect women only. host: why do you thing that will make a difference? areer: obviously women definitely smarter than men. women, especially a mother, will think long and hard before she war, her boys off to whereas dad could get a hair up off, alaand send them donald trump. on twitter -- presidents should learn their lessons from history. the potus is a steward. line.cago, al, democrats talking about the qualities of a president. lacks allnald trump of the qualities of a good president. in terms of judgment, studying for the presidency. i think he lacks all of the skills of a president. the next th

house and senate as a supreme court justice and in the franklin d. roosevelt administration. explains how burns was a key figure in the implementation of the new deal and the management of the wartime economy. the relationship between fdr and burns and how they would shape the united states at a time of great uncertainty. we will also hear from supreme court justice stephen breyer. the supreme court historical society hosted this 50 minute program in the supreme court chamber. james: i am pleased to welcome you to the fourth of our four lectures and the lecture series on supreme court justices in presidential cabinets. i have no doubt that this evenings talk by officer milkis will be exceptionally interesting and educational. i would like to welcome and to express the society's deep gratitude to our gracious host justicening, associate breyer? has joined us for innumerable lectures, what functions, and dinners over the years. 2016, his lecture at our annual meeting touched on the very relevant insights he the courtin his book " and the new law. his work appears twice in our s

house and senate, as a supreme court justice, and in the franklin d. roosevelt administrator. byrnes was a key figure in the implementation of the new deal and the implementation of the economy. lkis explains the relationship between fdr and byrnes. we will also hear from supreme court justice stephen breyer. the supreme court historical society hosted this 50 minute program in the supreme court chamber. james: i am pleased to welcome you to the fourth of our four lectures and the lecture series on supreme court justices in presidential cabinets. tonight's lecture will focus on james byrnes, who during his lifelong career in politics and public service served not only as a public justice on this housesbut also in both of congress, as secretary of state for president truman and as governor of south carolina among many other accomplishments. i have no doubt that this evening's talk by professor milkis will be both exceptionally interesting and educational. i would like to welcome and to express the society's deep gratitude to our host, justice stephen breyer. justice breyer has

this conference was that if franklin roosevelt lived as george canon franklin roosevelt would have been alive in '83. that is hard to imagine in part because of the way he manage d s his leadership. >> i don't know, i do think that this is the limit for -- for -- a limit, there is a limit for how much we can understand for our interlocutor. is he a partner? do i need hem for my policy and a certain policy framework? or is he an adversary? so if this is stalin in 1945 and roosevelt needed him, he hoped to use stalin as a post-war partner for creating a post-war order. he knows stalin is capable of infinite deception, but that does not matter as much as it would if you're truman and begin to city stalin as an adversary and then your optic completely flips and then deception becomes a justification for a complete mistrust, and this is the -- and this is really striking how, in particularly in u.s. foreign policy, both particularly during the cold war how much more tolerant are american diplomats and policymakers toward people and who they perceive to be their allies or the useful sum of the beach category and their adversary. so a compromise stops at the door of at

college president to his in the room tonight i'm delighted to welcome you all to the home of franklin d. roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. one of them is going to be talking about gubernatorial administrative work today, he was the new york state governor before he came president and his wife was the conscience of the empire state just as she later became the conscience of the country and the world, who was never afraid to confront challenging and uncomfortable issues like the one we are going to discuss this evening, even if her own confronting husband, privately of course because this was the 1930's. i think you all know as well, the history of this amazing space. was originally a wedding gift to franklin and eleanor from his mother sarah, and it came to the newlyweds with only one stipulation. sarah herself moved in and stayed in residence for the next 40 years. houses, and technically there were two of them, had separate doorways, one on the west for sarah and one on the east for franklin and eleanor, sarah quickly sliced through the dining room, which we will visit later during our reception,

. >> you look at the president's tweets this morning and try to imagine if franklin d. rooseveltfter pearl harbor had gotten on the radio and said that tokyo was laughing at us, to use a little less crude phrase than he did. that's not what is called upon a president to do right now. >> you know will happen, someone on fox news will take what you just said and say how dare you compare this to pearl harbor. >> it is an attack on our country. it is an attack on our country with use of 21st century means. it is definitely a national security threat. >> tucker: [laughs] yes, someone on fox news might be reasonable and subject the analogy to critical analysis. pearl harbor was a sneak attack by the japanese that killed almost 3,000 americans and lead to four years of global war.of yeah, that's almost identical to russians taking on facebook ads for the next election. over on twitter, "the washington post" compared the whole thing to 9/11, who tweeted "imagine if after 9/11, the president saw the attack as a political embarrassment to be minimized rather than a national security threat

the discussions included assessments of friendly the jfk, -- franklin d. roosevelt, jfk -- as well as their russian counterparts. this session is one hour and 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to our second panel, assessing u.s. soviet relations in the 1960's and 1970's. i am not going to chair the panel, but i will turn the duties over to my

house and senate as a supreme court justice and in the franklin d. roosevelt administration. explains how burns was a key figure in the implementation of the new deal and the management of the wartime economy. the relationship between fdr and burns and how they would shape the united states at a time of great uncertainty. we will also hear from supreme court justice stephen breyer. the supreme court historical society hosted this 50 minute program in the supreme court chamber.

the discussions included assessments of friendly the jfk, -- franklin d. roosevelt, jfk -- as well as their russian counterparts. this session is one hour and 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to our second panel, assessing u.s. soviet relations in the 1960's and 1970's. i am not going to chair the panel, but i will turn the duties over to my colleague at the miller center, professor barbara perry, who is going to anchor the panel. barbara is a noted scholar of the kennedy era and is the director of presidential studies here at the miller center. she is a very seasoned oral and written historian for many years she led the oral history program here at the miller center. in interviewing the leading members of the presidential commission's -- presidential administrations from ford up until the recent past. we have completed the oral histories under her leadership of every administration through the george w. bush administration and we are planning to lay siege to the obama administration. we will find out what the trump administration's attitude is towa

the discussions included assessments of franklin d. roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. bush and bill clinton, as well as their russian counterparts. this is about an hour. >>> this is our second half of this panel. we will go to a little bit past 1:00. i have just met vlad zubok last evening over dinner and after dinner in which we had a fascinating conversation about khrushchev and kennedy. but two slightly different khrushchevs and kennedys about whom we've been speaking and it was mrs. jacqueline kennedy and mrs. khrushchev. we might save that for a later discussion. but i really enjoyed that conversation. vlad is a professor of international historio london school of economics. he's an expert on the cold war, and soviet russian history, and particularly intellectual history. among his books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the korld war from stalin to gorbachev. and i also noted among his books zhivago's children. i was drawn, of course, to that topic. jeremi suri is a long-time friend of the miller cente

the discussions included assessments of franklin d. roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. bush and bill clinton as well as their russian counter parts. this is about an hour.

the discussions included assessments of franklin d roosevelt, jfk, d roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. bush and bill clinton as well as their russian counterparts. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> we have a great anil. -- we have a great panel. panel.will chair the he has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, the principal author of 9/11 commission report, and many other books. he is right now in the middle of on sort ofreat book decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and old decisions, like going to war in 1890 eight or wilson's decision for war in world war i. he is brilliantly. reassessing these decisions we are looking forward to phillips next book. at the same time, he is doing about a dozen other things that none of us can keep track of. and that we don't always know about. philip: i'm sorry to say we need to wait for james wilson to show up. he is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. if we can send a search party out -- >> the state department is always late -- [laughter] >> so far, it has been a great panel. [laughter] >>

the discussions included assessments of franklin d. roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. b

the discussions included assessments of franklin d. roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. bush and bill clinton as well as their russian counterparts. this is about an hour. >> this is our second half of this panel. we'll go to a little bit past 1:00. i have just met vlad zubok last evening over dinner and after dinner and which we had a fascinating conversation about khrushchev and kennedy but two slightly different khrushchevs and kennedys about whom we've been speaking and it was mrs. jacqueline

the discussions included assessments of franklin d roosevelt, jfk, and bill clinton, as well as their russian counterparts. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> we have a great panel. philip's elco is going to -- -- he's elco is going to has written a terrific book on the end of the cold war, the principal author of 9/11 commission. many other books. he is in the midst of writing a terrific book on decisions for war in ways that illuminate old crises and decisions by going to 1988, or wilson's decision for war in world war i. he is reassessing these decisions. we are all looking forward to philip's next book. time, he is doing a dozen other things none of us can keep track of. philip, thank you. need tosorry to say we wait for james wilson to show up . he is probably out there somewhere having a good conversation. if we canhe is send the search y out. >> so far it has been a great time. [laughter] it is rather intimidating sitting somebody who can refer to his book. if we had grandchildren, they could sit on it. >> glad you could join us. let's go ahead and get started. this is a

the discussions included assessments of franklin d. roosevelt, jfk, george h.w. bush and bill clinton, as well as their russian counterparts. this is about an hour. >>> this is our second half of this panel. we will go to a little bit

illegally wiretapping and stealing and spying for earlier presidents, including frank and -- franklin d. roosevelt harry , truman, lbj. j edgar hoover by 1970 was a savvy politician and realized the winds are changing. and the warren court is coming on strong and they are beginning to enforce the fourth amendment cutting down on , wiretapping, and hoover knows this. he is getting the fbi out of the business of doing black bag jobs. also of spying for presidents. nixon has to go in-house. the ellsberg break-in -- leon: he didn't have to. [laughter] evan: but if he is going to do this, he has got to higher hunt and liddy to do it because the fbi is not doing it for him. his minions hire these incompetents. leon: hearing you say that he was so allergic to confrontation, one thinks of the reports of how our current president never can fire someone directly to their face despite his catchphrase. [laughter] leon: i think a lot of people who listen to this show had fun picking out parallels. there are subplots and personality traits i think nixon and trump seem to share. but when i read your book, and i

and then franklin d roosevelt getting us through the second world war. after that, i still believe character matters, that the president is supposed to represent what is best in the american public, and tell the truth to the citizens, that we should be demanding that of our presidents. , and tell the truth to the citizens, that we should be demanding that of our presidents. we have had presidents like jimmy carter who have been very truthful but we don't rank very high, and some president to make --ngs up quite frequently fdr would sometimes tell one person one thing, another person the next. he would say, i am a juggler, i don't let my right hand know what my left is doing. so there really isn't one particular standard. in the old days, military leadership was a crucial. that is why so many of the old president's work generals, because you could test your leadership in a situation. so many of our early presidents, zachary taylor, harrison, rutherford b. hayes, dwight eisenhower, were generals. host: when it comes to the previous presidents, how they hav