i look back at the build up to the great war with margaret macmillan and robert massie. i'm david amblin, editor of world policy journal and i would like to welcome our national members participating in this meeting through the live screen. you know, i was sitting at lunch i have a little surprise for our two guests, because i checked 100 years ago today out of curiosity come november 4, 1913, the united states was preparing to muster 500,000 troops and gear up for war against a major power. president wilson had just given an ultimatum to that nation's head of state but we didn't go to war. at least not them. that major power was on this side of the atlantic your it was mexico. the great menace of that moment. so i found this on the front page, where else, "the new york times." the next 17 pages of that day's paper there was not a single mention of europe. where's our two featured office today have chronicled -- very currently, the seeds of the real world war i already germinating. europe was building towards a far broader and more deadly confrontation. su-27 all-distric

in this includes what came to be known as the macmillan program. other changes have come and he was assassinated in buffalo, theodore roosevelt was then his very unlikely successor and it was roosevelt who toured this in 1901 and heard about how the plan of the architects was a revival of the original scheme, approved by george washington which improved further with inspiration from the chicago world's fair, held in 1893, years before. and roosevelt support was of course key. the architects would him further with the white house interior, turning it into a great cause with chandeliers and the dining room at the opposite end of the hall imitated in english and georgian countryhouse. in this included the progressive administration that is yet to come and as curious as it may seem, none of the buildings directed during the imperial season were actually part of the plan and every time it somehow appeared, they gave their ideas and this includes the classical motive. mckinley asked to consult him, by then a world-famous institution and ended up with a j

first off, i want to thank my editor at palgrave macmillan, emily carlton and her team, so thanks to them. i want to thank my agent, cynthia zigman who found me in early 2012. i wasn't even thinking of writing a book, and she asked how come you haven't written a book? i want to thank merle moss and sarah houseman. as they say, behind every good man there's a better woman, and i've got a great team. most of all, i i want to thank my wife. without my wife, i wouldn't have had a blog. she's been amazing. i mean, teaching herself how to write code to grow blog. and, again, without the blog, there's no book. so most of you know me as having a background in finance. i've been, worked on the sell side of wall street more not quite 25 yearses, in and around wall street for the last 30 years, and the one thing that i always heard when i was trading on wall street was the manager would come over and say, larry, what's your position? they'd ask me that at a 7:30 in the morning, at 8:15, at noontime, six, seven, eight, nine times a day, what's your position. and the position could fluctuate depe

. >> margaret macmillan made an extraordinarily sound points to in underscoring how commonplace the prospect of war became such as you got close to 1914. mr. mackie, remember reading the same name your great book says the mass of ordinary the thought of war became the european statesmen and some beneficial some new, but a half a generation earlier bomb in the time of bismarck, sells very, europeans and stayed out of warm , but the preservation of balance and peace at a much higher level. what happens to european statesmanship in that half generation that made war so much more likely in 1914 to iraq. >> that is a very good question. i think partly he have to remember what people are remembering. and what you have is a generation says. people who remember the napoleonic wars and what they have done to europe and how they really gamay's european society. i think there was a willingness to invest a lot of peace and stability. by the time you reach the second half of the century that's gone. they come out of the second world war and want to try and build a new world order to prevent such things f

macmillan? >> thank you. that's a picture of the cottage the tree is planted in. that's the tree today. this is a view of the street. the street has lots of trees, but it's not distinguished by a particular sort of trees. there is a variety of evergreens and low trees and tall trees. my tree is sort of the one at the very back. there were some comments about the trees. this was a tree as a commemorative by my relative that owned the house. the tree was the identifiable. when i remodeled my house, my neighbors were concerned about what i was going to do with it. that's the previous years with the maximum sunlight. this is the tree today with an a little bit of sun at the very western side. so i think there are two competing sort of interest on the street. one is the lively fully blooming tree and the other one is the tree. as a result, the sun does not encourage blooming. again, that's the photograph. the width of the property, i suspected was 30 feet, but it's less than 20 feet. the width of the property. it was mentioned. therefore two trees bring it close togeth

we will look back. >> new york university, professor macmillan. some years ago, david wrote a book on the same subject, iraq last summer. the focus of the book was to save vienna was -- and there would not have been a war and keyser was less bellicose in the end. >> your book is sitting right there. >> which we thoroughly enjoyed. tried to sort it out because in the end, the chief of the german general staff would have done what kaiser told him, kaiser had constitutional authority to make war or not to make war. and both often pulled back, was not the man closing the architect of germany's victories in germany and if kaiser had been firmly on the side of peace that would be no choice but to agree but in the end kaiser gave way and he was affected by the knowledge that a number of his officers and he adored his army, it was always my army and number of officers were pulling him in because he backed out on previous occasions and it is a very revealing conversation, was a close friend in summer of 1914 and he said three times i am not backing down th

[applause] [inaudible conversations] up next next on booktv, margaret macmillan international history professor at oxford university examines the lead-up to world war i. this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome everybody to today's council on foreign relations meeting. a look back at the buildup to the great war with -- i am the editor of world policy journal and i would also like to welcome cfr national members participating in this meeting the livestream. you know, i was saying at lunch that i had a little surprise for r

conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> more and formation visit the of this website, margaret macmillan dot com. >> book tv continues. recapping the relationship between president richard nixon and his wife. the author utilize to recently released correspondence and interviewed friends and family members to examine the couple's marriage amidst richard nixon's political career in presidential tenure. this is about half an hour. >> first of all, thank you for coming. thank you so much to sandy and the foundation for inviting me. literally came out on tuesday. this is the first time giving on it. i wanted to say on a personal no that it is devoted and dedicated to a three wonderful grandchildren and their loving parents. i also want to say that i am delighted that my cousin and his family are here today to celebrate with us. i want to dedicate this talk to julie and tricia and dead in david who deserve to see their parents treated fairly. i think sandy has told me that the theme for this coming year is taking a new look at richard nixon which is a great context room which meet to tell you

up next next on booktv, margaret macmillan international history professor at oxford university examines the lead-up to world war i. this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome everybody to today's council on foreign relations meeting. a look back at the buildup to the great war with -- i am the editor of world policy journal and i would also like to welcome cfr national members participating in this meeting the livestream. you know, i was saying at lunch that i had a little surprise for our guests here because 100 years ago today out of curiosity november 4, 1913 the united states was preparing to muster 500,000 troops and year up for war against a major power. president wilson had just given an ultimatum to that nation's head of state but we did not go to war. at least not then. that major power was on the side of the atlantic. it was mexico. and the general was the great menace of that moment. so i found this on the front page where else, "the new york times." the next 17 pages of that day's paper there was not a single mention of europe. whether there was any mena

margaret macmillan recalls the events that led to world war i in europe in "the war that ended peace: the road to 1914." in "lean in: women, work and the will to lead," sheryl sandberg, the chief operating officer at facebook, gives her thoughts on women and leadership. for an extended list and links to various other publications' 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's web site, booktv.org. >> now on booktv, william arkin argues that unelected officials in our national security establishment are undermining constitutional rights. this program, from the nor witch bookstore in norwich, vermont, is a little under ab hour. ..

people like priscilla johnson macmillan, not a household name but probably the only person who ever lived who knew both the john kennedy and lee harvey oswald. there's only one. people like doctor i read cider and you saw there, i second your pediatric resident who happened to be in the delivery room when john f. kennedy, jr. was born not breathing. and who saved his life. and another gentleman who i admire very, very much as many of you may know, the kennedys had a second son born august of 1963, patrick bouvier kennedy. he lived only 40 hours. research and he tried to save his life for 30 of those hours had never spoken publicly about this incident ever before. he gave me his first ever interview. i told people i would not ask the many questions about john kennedy's sex life or assassination conspiracy theories. more than enough has been written about both. people were very appreciative of that aspect. there are two or three family members were in the book, including a nephew, christopher kennedy lawford. he is an actor, filmmaker and author on various books on addictions. he lives in s

macmillan bart board of directors to set to approve a new person- judge version of a contract with two of its unions in a vote this morning. the proposal has been agreed to by negotiators on both sides. it does not include the controversial and costly pay family medical leave provision which both sides had originally signed off on but the district later called a mistake. now the district has sweetened their offer. the new agreement expands a recently provisions it gives employees more options when pain family medical leave cost and also calls for the construction of records at three locations. welcome back time now is 415 on your thursday. let's check and on the weather. and just after reports the storms have already affected travel with some 2000 flight cancellations. >>: cold snowy weather in chicago can be blamed for much of the problem. flight aware dachau reported more than 2000 cancellations and the united states for wednesday and thursday. those are the flights affected so far at chicago's o'hare international. cities like indiana with their first of two dozen f-14 into words fo

. >> doug macmillan, i think he started as a check out boy had >> as long as they get their .oot in theoor as a -- boy >> as long as they get their foot in the door as a full-time employee. >> they have cheap candles. will get over to erik schatzker for a quick discussion on amazon. >> it is a critical day for amazon. 30 employees in delaware will decide whether to become the company's first low-cost union and challenge the model that has allowed amazon to become an e- commerce behemoth. julie hyman has the details. >> this would be the first union in the united states, and we're not talking about a lot of people, 30 workers who will vote tonight whether to join the union of machinists. machinists, and repair guys. we are talking about a factory that employs about 1500 people, and a company as the last filing that employed 80,000 people. so, proportionally, very small. >> but symbolic. milestone for the company. it has been resistant to unions. in a statement it released, and it has said this consistently, they prefer to have opened communication. >> if you were jeff bezos, you might be

. >>> margaret macmillan, professor the history at university of oxford recalls the events that led to world war i in europe, the war that ended peace. the road to 1914. in lien in , women, work and the will to lead, cheryl sandberg, the chief operating officer at facebook gives her thoughts on women and leadership. for an extended list and links to various other publications, 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's website, booktv.org. >> why does it matter? it matters because world war ii literally shaped the world we live in today. it preserved, and easy to forget this because it always sound like a cliche. but it preserved the world for democracy. world war i which we're going to mention in a moment, had the slogan that woodrow wilson called, making the world safe for democracy. didn't work out that way. what it did make the world ready for yet another war. but in this case if the axis had gained more momentum, they might very well have snuffed out the largest democratic society in the world. that's one element of it. it also ended the depression. the new deal had failed to do