meijer company. you are ceo briefly. hendrik: yes. meijer name?the father was a dutch immigrant who opened a grocery store in the great depression. with my dad's leadership, what became a small chain of supermarkets evolved into what became supercenters. self-servicem the center with a hometown touch. it was a supermarket and they discussed apartment sure -- a disco department star. brian: that may put an auditor -- a photograph of arthur vandenberg. hendrik: arthur vandenberg was the senator from michigan. he was publisher of the local republican paper in the grand rapids herald. he had come from a background of what we call isolationism. he was of that generation that came out of world war i very disillusioned with the american experience there and the peace conference at versailles that ended up being to the victor go , settlements of that so did the seeds of discontent that would lead to world war ii. after world war ii, he ofognized that that position america isolating itself, retreating from the world was no longer tenable. we were the most

than the implication of recent protests in iran. ♪ >> this week on q and a, meijer inc chairman, hendrik meijertalks about arthur vandenberg, the man in the middle in the 20th century. , author ofrik meijer "senator arthur vandenberg, the man in the middle of the 20th century." when did you first think about writing this? hendrik: in 1989, i was

brian: our guest hendrik meijer, the man in the middle of the american century. ank you very much for joining us. hendrik: thank you. it has been a pleasure. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> if you enjoyed this week's "q&a" interview, here are some like.programs you may chuck hagel. ami horowitz on the united nations. and betty about her key moments in senate history. watch these anytime or search our video library at c-span.org. >> president trump will be attending the farm bureau convention this afternoon. we will have live coverage on c-span in just over an hour. a look at a tweet and a picture by congresswoman marsha blackburn showing members of the tennessee congressional delegation on their way to board air force one with the president. she writes, america

brian: hendrik meijer, author of "senator arthur vandenberg, the man in the middle of the 20th century."