which was established in the year 2000 and endowed by john w. kluge. the center welcomes over 100 scholars every year to pursue research interests at one of the world's largest libraries. up next we speak with one of their 2014 fellows. >> joining us on american history tv is kevin kim, a senior lecturer in history at vanderbilt university. what can you tell us about the book you're writing? >> it is mainly a political history of the cold war from the perspective of hemy wallace and herbert hoover. the full working title now is "worlds unseen, henry wallace, herbert hoover, and the rise of cold war america." it really uses these two figures as vehicles for exploring what the cold war, how it felt, how it was experienced, how it was thought about as a very contested, vibrant, phenomenon. and it starts, you know, focuses on these two figures with their biographies, what made them tick, their upbringing, their early political careers, but the heart really focuses on their experiences first in world war ii because it is a pivotal event as i hope to explain