the letters of grant, lee, lincoln, jefferson davis. i mean, it's -- well, not so much jefferson davis, but a lot of the other guys. reading their letters is really an education itself, and just amazingly interesting as well, and that's what i ended up building the book around. the framework is primarily their correspondence and the official correspondence from the war itself, which is readily available. and some of the memoirs, you know, as well. and so, i end up then with this 200,000-word book, which is a lot more than i intended to write and what the publisher expected to get once he got the book. he said what do i do with this? it's a lot longer than you told me, but hey, we'll work something out. and the book is, again, largely drawn from their correspondence. and the big question here behind it is, okay, what does strategy have to do with the prosecution and result of the war? why does the union win? why does the south lose? what does strategy have to do with this? why does the union get its political objective of keeping the uni

experts few people the new south asia very broadly those of gandhi and india many compared it to jefferson davis by some people in the american media but even the british said they shared the lead the coalition and pakistan knees our hospitable people. pakistan was about to get one-third but only 17 percent it would not have a vibrant economy it did not have the means to pay for its own military and eventually it was with its own future they decided it would be by saying that pakistan is constantly under threat so they have to keep to military but who would pay for that? face said it would be the graphic location and get assistance from the united states that pakistan cannot be involved but from the beginning it was about getting the assistance under false pretenses so interact with american military leaders you, and came to america our army becomes your are me if you give us many people were very acreage where dallas has a conversation in which he says to him we cannot fight communism without on our side but they said they are not pakistan neece and ellis says the at least they are muslim and t

[laughter] so the secretary of war was jefferson davis so there is a letter saying he recommends custer and strangely enough he was still fond of custer even with the affair so there was some chemistry we don't know about. he liked it is wine and so it is fair to say he think he was not a prude. >> host: however as if riding the 14th amendment was not enough but involves major constitutional defense including the trial of the conspirators of john wilkes booth and he tells a riffing story out he was criticized for his prosecution of the order of the boarding house and he advanced extremely expansive views of the president's authority in wartime relevant to our current debate that due process does not apply during wartime so they to be tried in a military tribunal >> as a member of congress during the civil war bingham said that the due process clause is a cause for peacetime you are entitled only what the government felt like giving to you. that suspended habeas corpus to say the president could detain without charges indefinitely. when the assassins when do is kill the president his co-

one of the secret six put up bail money for jefferson davis to free him. abolitionists said, how dare you? he was the head of the slavery's empire. he said it's the great northern crime and great southern crime. >> richard? >> lincoln was generous. he won. beyond that, lincoln could also afford to relegate such symbols to history. he thought history moving forward was on his side. and remember he had not done the war personalized -- the war. he's not demonized the enemy. he never forgot that someday peace would return, hopefully on terms agreeable to him, and overtime, perhaps longer than his lifetime, there would be in some ways infinitely larger task of reenforcing the nation hood. >> let's do our best to keep everything concise and we'll try to get through as many as we can. go ahead. >> i'm enjoying this very much. i had not thought of this question until today prompted by this discussion. since the defining issue was keeping the union together during that time, were there other states' rights issues separate and apart from the union -- secession and u

many compared it to being compared to jefferson davis is. but once pakistan was about to become a reality, the british suggested that they should develop this kind of relationship. in pakistan, as you know, is full of very hospitable people. pakistan is about to get one third of the british ministry, but only 17% of british resources. they were not going to have a vibrant economy. and their leaders were unsure about the future of pakistan. so they decided that the value of the nation together will be by saying that pakistan is under pressure. but who would pay for the military? pakistan's founder said that pakistan can leverage extra traffic locations. and get the approval of the united states. in so doing, they would not actually get involved in the american military plans or anything. so from the beginning, it was it was about getting the assistance under more or less false pretenses. and then they started interacting and sold themselves and they said that miami will become your army if you will give us money and arms. there's a new portio

so there's a letter from bingham to jefferson davis that he recommends custer. bingham is still fond of custer even though he had this affair, so there was some chemistry there that we don't know about. he liked his winds it's fair to say that he was not a prude. >> he was however if writing a 14th amendment wasn't enough, he was involved in a major constitutional events of his time including the trial of the conspirators of john wilkes booth who assassinated abraham lincoln and you tell the story of how she was criticized for his aggressive prosecution of the owner of the boarding house and in the course of this prosecution he advanced extremely expensive views about the authority in wartime are irrelevant including the view of the due process clause doesn't apply in wartime at all and therefore the conspirators could be tried in military tribunals. tell us what about that incredible chapter and his expensive views about the expansion. >> is a member of congress to bring civil war, bingham said in his speech the due process clause is for peace time and in warti

many of them compared it to pakistan compared to jefferson davis by some people in the american media but once pakistan was about to become a reality but british said to the americans that they should develop diplomatic relations. pakistani as you know they are very hospitable people. pakistan's problems were imminent. pakistan was about one third of british military but only one third of britain's resources. they would not have if vibrant economy and it didn't have the means to pay for its own military and pakistan was unsure about pakistan's own future. they decided they would value the nation together by saying that pakistan is constantlconstantl y under threat from india so that meant they had to keep the military but who would pay for the military? pakistan's founder said pakistan can -- the soviet union and get assistance from the united states. the caveat was pakistan would not actually get involved in american military plans. from the beginning of it was about getting the assistance on false pretenses. the band started interacting with military leaders and sold themselves to a

jefferson davis question every, including his society and virginia. he wonders why there are so many people in virginia who have so little property and so little power and so many others who have so much power. and then he looks at england and asks the same questions about an end as well. for jeffers said, i think the american revolution from the very beginning was about reforms, reforming virginia, raking away from england and creating an america that would offer to use thomas paine's term in common sense, the birth day of the new world. and that was what jefferson was after i think. during the american revolution, the two plates very different roles. hamilton was a soldier. he went into the militia on the eve of the outbreak of the war, then into the continental army. for the first year of fighting, he is an officer and artillery company. an observer at the time saw hamilton during washington's retreat across new jersey in the fall of 1776. and he said his hamilton, a hearsay small, slender, almost delicate and framed, marching with a top pulled dow

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