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host: george mcclellan, you write about. general george mcclellan. tell us about him. rofessor robertson: brilliant. brilliant commander. probably one of the greatest organizers of armies in american history. mcclellan's problems were many, but i think leaving them was he was a perfectionist. he was never ready. his army was never polished. it was never completely sound and shining and equipped and ready to go into battle. host: who was he? where did he come from? professor robertson: he was from pennsylvania and he graduated second in his class, he was a rising star in the prewar years. so much so, he was sent to monitor the crimean war. he was the american officer who went over to learn what the european said to offer in terms of strategy and tactics. he was a very promising young man. they got tired of the slow pace of army promotions. he resigned and became president of a big railroad. when the war started, he went back to pennsylvania to offer his services to the state. when he passed by ohio, the governor asked him to come by columbus. he was so impressed that he
host: george mcclellan, you write about. general george mcclellan. tell us about him. rofessor robertson: brilliant. brilliant commander. probably one of the greatest organizers of armies in american history. mcclellan's problems were many, but i think leaving them was he was a perfectionist. he was never ready. his army was never polished. it was never completely sound and shining and equipped and ready to go into battle. host: who was he? where did he come from? professor robertson: he was...
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george and nelly mcclellan are a fascinating if not infuriating couple. he was a child prodigy from an upper-middle-class family in philadelphia who entered west point at the age of 15. nelly who story has never fully been told before except for in this book, was a celebrated blue-eyed beauty who turned down eight marriage proposals, including one from mcclellan before she accepted his second petition. on their waiting day in may, 1860 mcclellan was president of the illinois central railroad. the urine have later, the 34-year-old was general in chief of the united states army in the middle of the civil war. the mcclellan's are prominent on the party scene in washington d.c. in the summer, -- in the winter of 1862. even as the white house congress and the newspapers fumed at his delays in confronting the enemy. and lincoln's memorable's memorable phrase, mcclellan had the slows. in fact, the the general had serious mental problems. mcclellan's at daly's letter to nelly revealed that he was often deluded, always paranoid, and narcissistic in the extreme. ne
george and nelly mcclellan are a fascinating if not infuriating couple. he was a child prodigy from an upper-middle-class family in philadelphia who entered west point at the age of 15. nelly who story has never fully been told before except for in this book, was a celebrated blue-eyed beauty who turned down eight marriage proposals, including one from mcclellan before she accepted his second petition. on their waiting day in may, 1860 mcclellan was president of the illinois central railroad....
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brian: in your chapter on torture:, handed up -- george mcclellan, handed up governor? james robertson: new jersey politics is like anyone else's, nobody else was around. the opposition disgraced themselves and go off a boat and drowned. today, the state capital of heavily in -- helena beautiful statue. mcclellan had a short life. he died of pneumonia in the mid-50's. one of the things i do in this book and largely because i work myself the graduate school in the funeral business in atlanta, i determined the cause of these deaths of these men who died. stanton, asthmatic. >the secretary of war. he had a heart attack from wheezing. medical talking to associates, you can say he died of asthma but it might've been long cancer. they knew so little in those days. the causes you have to guess at. about back your statement working in the funeral business. what kind of work to do to? james robertson: everything. thousand the days when the funeral homes maintain services and bombing.on the i have conduct funerals and i did my work. can you think of a quieter place to study than
brian: in your chapter on torture:, handed up -- george mcclellan, handed up governor? james robertson: new jersey politics is like anyone else's, nobody else was around. the opposition disgraced themselves and go off a boat and drowned. today, the state capital of heavily in -- helena beautiful statue. mcclellan had a short life. he died of pneumonia in the mid-50's. one of the things i do in this book and largely because i work myself the graduate school in the funeral business in atlanta, i...
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host: george mcclellan, you write about. general george mcclellan. tell us about him. sor robertson: brilliant. brilliant commander. probably one of the greatest organizers of armies in american history. mcclellan's problems were many, but i think leaving them was he was a perfectionist. he was never ready. his army was never polished. it was never completely sound and shining and equipped and ready to go into battle. host: who was he? where did he come from? professor robertson: he was from pennsylvania and he graduated second in his class, he was a rising star in the prewar years. so much so, he was sent to monitor the crimean war. he was the american officer who went over to learn what the european said to offer in terms of strategy and tactics. he was a very promising young man. they got tired of the slow pace of army promotions. he resigned and became president of a big railroad. when the war started, he went back to pennsylvania to offer his services to the state. when he passed by ohio, the governor asked him to come by columbus. he was so impressed that he gave
host: george mcclellan, you write about. general george mcclellan. tell us about him. sor robertson: brilliant. brilliant commander. probably one of the greatest organizers of armies in american history. mcclellan's problems were many, but i think leaving them was he was a perfectionist. he was never ready. his army was never polished. it was never completely sound and shining and equipped and ready to go into battle. host: who was he? where did he come from? professor robertson: he was from...
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like prima, george brinton mcclellan was one of lincoln's very first points to the grade of major general in may, 1861. by the end of 1862, neither of those men commanded any troops at all. lincoln had relieved them of command. the same day fremont and more: made major generals william sherman was commissioned as colonel, grant received his first command as a kernel two months later in july, 1861. by 1865, sherman and grants-- spoiler alert, they were at the very top of the united states army command. they rose from obscurity to national in international fame this -- i've a bit of bonus material. i think this graphically illustrates the trajectory of their career. this is fremont and more: in 1861 and this is sherman and grant in 1865. you know the old adage, behind every great man there's a great woman. but, how exactly does that work and what about the not so great men of history and the women behind them. even now, it seems to me more than mere coincidence that when i found these two matching sets of generals i found two sets of wives who shared some important characteristics also. tod
like prima, george brinton mcclellan was one of lincoln's very first points to the grade of major general in may, 1861. by the end of 1862, neither of those men commanded any troops at all. lincoln had relieved them of command. the same day fremont and more: made major generals william sherman was commissioned as colonel, grant received his first command as a kernel two months later in july, 1861. by 1865, sherman and grants-- spoiler alert, they were at the very top of the united states army...
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let's bring in stanley and tom mcclellan. georgeu have the fed perhaps closer to a rate increase. the u.s. dollar kind of firmed up lately and seems a couple of forces driving this pretty good bull market in gold for several years may be on the wane. >> i think it's important to say perhaps. i don't think anyone has a great confidence in the fed including the fed. i don't think they know what they're up to. they're talking about being data driven. i think that's important. and i hope that they'll stick to that. i don't think that we can get guarantee any kind of a rate increase at all. the dollar, yes, been little stronger in last few days in i think in response to the hawkish talk of the fed. but they seem to be dovish one day and hawkish the next day rather than seeing a straight course like alan greenspan and nobody knew what he was saying when he said anything. i think we have excess transparency around the fed. >> you think gold can move higher in this environment. >> yeah. i don't think i've seen it go up a lot. it's gone up f
let's bring in stanley and tom mcclellan. georgeu have the fed perhaps closer to a rate increase. the u.s. dollar kind of firmed up lately and seems a couple of forces driving this pretty good bull market in gold for several years may be on the wane. >> i think it's important to say perhaps. i don't think anyone has a great confidence in the fed including the fed. i don't think they know what they're up to. they're talking about being data driven. i think that's important. and i hope that...
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went from mcclellan 21864, went to lyndon johnson to barry goldwater in 1964, and a third-party candidate won here. and barack obama carried it on the first go, george bush barely beat out gore, it is a 50/50 basis. it is a very republican area and that is true of michigan, the democratic state in the presidential politics, hillary clinton can expect -- and it is heavily democratic. suburban areas get more republican. and legislative department with complete control, in the legislature have a supermajority, democrats can't block them. the supreme court is nonpartisan but the state supreme court, and levers of power. and the geographical areas, in re-districts. and in lake huron, in 2009, i was writing colleagues about it. and in a thriving city growing by leaps and bounds, expected to get the metropolitan area, that was the time of the cold war and they were getting water from lake st. clair which is shallow and it seems kind of funny now but it wasn't at all in the 60s that the soviet union would drop an atomic bomb on lake st. clair and vaporize that lake and detroit would be left without waters of detroit put water intake out in the lake in a 7 m
went from mcclellan 21864, went to lyndon johnson to barry goldwater in 1964, and a third-party candidate won here. and barack obama carried it on the first go, george bush barely beat out gore, it is a 50/50 basis. it is a very republican area and that is true of michigan, the democratic state in the presidential politics, hillary clinton can expect -- and it is heavily democratic. suburban areas get more republican. and legislative department with complete control, in the legislature have a...