but napoleon had no right to sell it. even though america doubled in size and it hurt our economy temporarily, it was a good move. but they were looking to undo it and take it back. >> brian kilmeade is our guest. let's take calls. let's begin with - - calling in from texas. you are on booktv with brian kilmeade. >> thank you. i wanted to tell brian i've read all three of his books. my high school algebra teacher, i wish somebody had written books like this when i was taking college history. he makes it come alive. it's so relevant to what's going on today. the tripoli book talks about ng ben ghazi. my question is, what is the next project because i'm watching for and i've loved all three of his other books. >> thank you. you made my day. i would say this, i'm working on another project but i will say on october 19, october 20-21, i will be combining all three books in tampa, norfork, virginia and in nashville. the next book i'm working on that i will talk about that i still have another year -and-a-half to get through is

he donated men, a lot of people were evidently, former members of napoleons army. and they defended the city. also donated a great deal of ammunition and cannons to the state of new orleans. some historians say that jean lafitte accidentally attacked an american ship. but for some reason he was expelled from new orleans. after the battle, even though he was a hero to some people. and that is when he came to galveston and set up base there. this part of louisiana from the river that runs through lake charles to the river that divides texas and louisiana, the gulf of mexico to the city of -- was still up for debate innocence. the united states thought they had purchased all of the land but the spanish government said they hadn't. and there was a long-standing sort of debate about who owned the territory. in last four or five years after louisiana purchase until they agreed to this official neutral territory. so this whole region in western louisiana was basically considered free range. people couldn't settle here. but no one, no troops could move in and no one was go

womanizers, great leaders, a lot of comparatives to draw between louverture and napoleon. the very fact both of them were ambitious, hotheaded individuals led to a clash. napoleon became convinced that louverture was on a path to independence, was not loyal to france and so had to go one way or the other. in the spring of 1800 to napoleon said an expedition to haiti led by the own brother-in-law with a mission of overthrowing louverture. massive fighting broke out as a result. toussaint louverture, by the end of the spring, was arrested by treasury, put on a ship and then deported to france. toussaint louverture was to securely to a prison east of france where he was held without proper trial for the rest of his life, which happened april 7, 1803 when he was found in his cell dead, presumably dead of pneumonia. when louverture was deported to france in june of 1802, the revolution in haiti did not stop there. other people especially second-in-command kind of picked up the torch from now on and continued fighting the expedition that it been defeat of an appointment this bec

"andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans" if you think about it the army they just beat napoleon wellington and vegetables get together and say let's just wipe out america. lets stop america from growing past the mississippi river. we are going to stay and stop this growth. they saw the potential we could have and they thought they had it works now, in case you thought i'm overestimating that here's what the british foreign secretary said while they are trying to negotiate the treaty. i expect at this moment that most of the largest seaport towns of america are laid to ashes. they are in possession of new orleans in command of mississippi valley, mississippi river and lake's any americans are now little better send prisoners in their own country. what stopped that from happening? andrew jackson, distinctive military leadership. he didn't come from the academy. that guy was brought up outside the so-called virginia-based or the boston power base. either one of these-- he was the first outsider to actually rise to prominence. what did he go through and i didn't realize this until i

the boat was constructed in 1810 and was only ever used once by napoleon before his abdication. to pyongyang in those live pictures. we are expecting the two leaders to give a press briefing fairly soon and update us on the second day of the talks in pyongyang. the aim of them is to get some movement, really, on the process of denuclearisation. you can keep up—to—date on the website of the top of the hour. good morning. there is some disturbed and potentially dangerous weather on the way through the day ahead. the met office has issued an amber be prepared warning for the strength of the wind across northern ireland and central and southern parts of scotland, and it's all down to storm ali. the satellite picture shows how it develops. this hook of cloud here, a rapidly deepening area of low pressure, and if you look at the pressure chart, you'll see a lot of white lines, a lot of isobars really squashing together across north—western parts of the uk. when you see all of these isobars on a pressure chart, well, it tells us that the winds are going to be really brisk, and as we go

the boat was constructed in 1810, and was only ever used once by napoleon before his abdication.al town of brest. our top story: the agreements which have been signed by kimjong—un our top story: the agreements which have been signed by kim jong—un and president mervyn, the leaders of north and south korea. the number of agreements signed. what we know is they have said they will agree to... agree a way forward to achieve denuclearisation, and the north has a p pa re ntly denuclearisation, and the north has apparently agreed to permanently close a missile engine test site and launch facility —— president moon. in the presence of relevant experts from relevant nations. that is the key phrase. they also have agreed a number of things on trade between the two countries, bringing the two careers closer together economically. you will remember president moon set out with the goal of getting progress on moving the denuclearisation talks further down the line. good morning. there is some disturbed and potentially dangerous weather on the way through the day ahead. the met office has iss

and tolstoy said, well, he wasn't as great a general as napoleon. as great a statesman perhaps as frederick the great. but his greatness consisted in the moral integrity of his character. and in the end that's what we should judge all of our leaders by. he got more than he ever dreamed. >> it really is a fantastic story. doris kearns goodwin, thank you so much for joining us. >> you are more than welcome. >> now, after the fall of the soviet union it was simply assumed that western democracy would triumph. my next guest calls that the politics of inevitability, and he says it's in dire straits. timothy snyder is author of "the road town freed unfreedom: russ europe, america." >> professor snyder, welcome from yale university in new haven. >> glad to be with you. and i just want to quote something from your book. it's built around the idea that "if russia could not become the west let the west become russia." what exactly did you mean? >> the basic idea of the road to unfreedom is that ideas don't have to travel from west to east. they did for a whil

rose had negotiations with napoleon iii in which she describes in great detail. she had arguments with the british prime minister, the lord palmerson whose name i didn't recognize. arguing with him that he recognized the south, that he send them arms, that he send them ships. she talked with the aristocrats and the society people at the highest levels of british aris to be rassy. she considered, british aristocracy and french aristocracy. she considered seeing the pope in rome with a secret peace plan for ending the war. and she wrote all of these details to jefferson davis in long, 14, 16-page letters that are absolutely remarkable. i'm still a news reporter at heart, and the diary, when i finally understood it, was an amazing scoop. it shows rose was much more important to american history. and particularly to confederate history than anyone knew. and i found that you don't have to be a southerner and you don't have to share her politics to understand that rose was a woman of courage and convictions who took risks. she took enormous risks for the cause that she

that napoleon had no right to sell it. even though america doubled in size and it hurt our economy temporarily. it was a good move. but they were looking to undo it and take it back. >> - - is our guest. let's take calls. let's begin - - from texas. you are on train a. >> thank you. i just want to tell them that i've read all three of his books. i'm a high school algebra teacher and i wish people had written books like this when i was taking history. he makes it so alive. - - talking about ben ghazi. my question is, what is the next project because i'm watching for it and i've loved all three of his books. >> thank you becky. you made my day. i would say this. i'm working on another project but i will a october 19-21st, i'm combining all three talks in tampa, and nashville.hope you can join us. the next book i'm working on that i will talk about is sam houston in avenging the alamo. - - knew he couldn't grab texas. some of those things i try to unwind and i'm finding it flat out fascinating so hopefully you like it. >> is

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willing to did of napoleon. napoleon did of wellington. they all knew their strengths and weaknesses. they all tried to seek to exploit them. i think lee is no different. he knows mcclellan pretty well. >> when extraordinary privilege it has been for us -- what an extraordinary privilege it has been for us. thank you so much. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, only on cspan3. what does it mean to be american? that is this year's studentcam competition. and we are asking middle school and high school students to answer it by producing a documentary about a constitutional right, national characteristic, or historic event and how it defines the american experience. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes including a grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is january 20, 2019. for more information, go to our website, studentcam.org. how our leaders chosen in the u.s. house of representatives? next on "american history tv," catholic university politics professor matthew green discusses determining factors in the u.s. house le

towers bickering about how high to build the border wall or how to how to declare a golden bust of napoleon as a dependent on your tax return or how to extract the wishes from the child at the wishing well or how to convince her to give it to the third mistress that only the second mistress and above get palimony ok well let them let them do rich people stuff while they're doing that we have to create this aside we want without them here a couple examples in idaho they made it illegal for the homeless to sleep in public so the homeless stood up and said screw you i'll go to sleep wherever i damn well. should be the way and god damn priests i he works i mean wire why make them off the perch it is asleep like on the hood of your car like in your shower or something what do you care you know you you clearly don't give a shit about homeless people so why should you care what state of consciousness they're in. if you hate them so much when you want them asleep oh no i despise lazy homeless been able so i want them bright eyed and bushy tailed up in my face. a whole new red bull right there. i me

one welcome to worlds apart the phrase geography is destiny is usually attributed to napoleon just before he took on russia the decision that ultimately cost him everything to centuries later daft maxim is reviled by many in georgia in ukraine who feel that russia's overbearing security posts are prevents them from following their own path everybody's geography and destiny be reconciled in the post office space well to discuss that i'm now joined by you know a georgian politician and twice the country's former acting president and speaker of parliament it's good to talk to your thank you very much for your time now some of your enemies call you the most pro russian politician in georgia something that i'm sure a town or even five years ago was a major of fans is that still in the fans you know and yes some people are calling me as a prussian politician because think this is not the right to free mission i am not pro russian and i'm not pro western let's say so called joy georgia politician because i think that everybody in the country of the political and should try to do what is the righ

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> no, adolf hitler stood, just as napoleon had stood more than 100 years before and lookedish channel to the one fighting obstacle that stood between himself and world domination. the cliffs of britain rose, chalky white, out of the choppy waters. and beyond, a little island, smaller than the state of wyoming. crush that little island and its stubborn people and the way was open for world conquest. the fall of austria, czechoslovakia, poland, denmark, norway, holland, belgium, and france had given him more than 100 million slaves to work for him or starve. the preliminaries were over. it was time for the main event. the battle of britain. ♪ hitler and his generals feverishly drafted their plans for the conquest of britain. every detail must be considered. six weeks of final preparation went into those plans. six weeks to determine the history of 1000 years. see for yourselves how simple the whole operation was to be. look. >> plan for invasion of england. phase 1. knock out the royal air force. get control of the air. wipe out poland, the low countries and france. destroy c

each shirt boasts twenty one navy blue stripes said to symbolize napoleon's twenty one c. victory. the stripes are all ten millimeters in width fittingly the shirt has a neck. or more looks produces five thousand articles per day and exports from around the globe. the original model from eight hundred fifty eight and over the years we changed the color and shape before he added. lace and made it into a real fashion piece. every year we add twenty or thirty. the company's own design department dreams up the latest models export manager market the church knows them all. this yellow one has a different pattern. we also make products in p.k. we speak a same as another stripe. it off. and then we have the blue ones red the french national color as. which is important for exports it. looks has its own kind of there you'll find a striking stripes not only on clothing look also on everything from bedding to ashtrays placemats scarves and hats bags and backpacks. even on footwear like rubber boots yes but drills but shirts are still the favorite from a girl paris hilton. and actresses diane

. ♪ now, adolf hitler stood, just as napoleon had stood more than 100 years before, and look across thenglish channel to the one obstacle that stood between him and world domination. the shorsharp cliffs of britain rose, sheer and white in the choppy waters. beyond, a little island, smaller than the state of wyoming. that island seemed open for world conquest. the fall of austria, czechoslovakia, poland, denmark, norway, holland, belgium, france, had given him more than 100 million slaves to work for him or starve. the preliminaries were over. it was time for the main events. the battle of britain. ♪ hitler and his generals drafted feverishly drafted their plans for the conquest of britain. a slip could wreck the whole timetable of world conquest. six weeks of final preparation went into those plans. six weeks to determine the history of 1000 years. the theme was fool-proof. see for yourself how simple it was to be. the german planned for an invasion of england. phase one -- knock out the royal air force and get control of the air. followed the plan that had wiped out poland and france.

that is not a phenomenon that disappeared with the end of napoleon's ruling. now, constance liberty of the ancients to the so long as he protects their property from the mob. that is not a moderns is not a fair characterization of the ancient world. athenian democracy, in abolished debt slavery as one of its founding acts. you heard earlier today tom quote from pericles he is funeral ration, talking about the liberty each athenian had to speak the liberty of their mind, to look another in the eye and not be ruled by them. they're genuinely was an orientation. and constance glances at them and steps aside from the idea that athens was different. again, you have an rejection ofd slavery, but the real value of liberalization modern is not telling us an accurate history of ancient greece but painting a powerfully true picture of commercial, liberal modernity, and the ways in which religious liberty, our freedom to choose our leisure time, commercial liberty, our ability to live in very large state, the rejection of slavery, and the continuing responsibility to dem

war is the way that naval had worked in the napoleonic ages. that is the way it had worked in the american civil war. the blockade of ports. that is not what the british did. they didn't sit off the german coast. they didn't even sit up your between scotland and norway. they imposed a distant blockade of germany. main battleship fleet was up in her, having cruisers hereting from the field up to keep supplies from getting to germany. the germans did not consider this blockade to be particularly legal. it is not something that had happened before. what was the response? blockade. how can you blockade if you are blockaded in? you use submarines. that is what the german navy did from february, 1915 on. let's look at some of the numbers on this. beginning the first two years it andn on and off a fair tended to bring the international consequences that brought the united states into the war. along the way we got some numbers. sankts in world war i the 12.6 million tons of shipping. including over 6 million tons in 1917. total is about as much as was

that naval war had worked in napoleonic ages. int is the way it had worked the american civil war. close in blockade of ports. that is not what the british did. they did not set off the german coast. they did not even sit up here between scotland and norway. blockadesed a distant of germany. main battle sheep -- battleship fleet appeared in their orkneys. and cruisers operating further afield up here to keep supplies from getting to germany. the germans did not consider this blockade to be particularly legal. it is not something that had happened before. what was the response? counter blockade. how can you blockade if you are blockaded? you use submarines. that is what the german navy did from february 1915 on your it let's look at some of the numbers on this. obviously, beginning of first two years, very on and off affair. ,t tended to bring the international consequences of blockading the united states into the war. along the way, we got some numbers. 12.6ts in world war i sank million ships. -- 12.6 million tons of shipping. 6 million tons in 1917. total is about as much as was

and what i wanted, and i got it, was the famous picture of wellington beating napoleon at waterloo soon a picture called in the back from wolfgang tillmans, and this brexiteers can always be relied upon to bring this up in the express. everyone is entitled to choice. that is it for the papers. don‘t forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it‘s all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you henry bonsu and lord digbyjones. goodbye. good evening. we start with cricket. after a 16 year wait, sorry other cou nty after a 16 year wait, sorry other county champions once again. the three wicket win gave them the unassailable lead of 61 points —— surrey. the celebrations begun when they passed the victory target of 271. it was one of their outstanding players of the season, south african bowler mornay morkel who struck the winning runs with another key player rikki clarke with him in the middle. surrey. were last champions in 2002. we are absolutely del

reporter: the los angeles rams tell us tryouts have always been open to everyone but quinton and napoleon classically trained dancers, were the only men who ever showed up. and the ladies say the guys fit right in. >> we all get along really well on this team. we call ourselves a ramily for a reason. >> ramily. >> yeah. it's a thing. >> it is a thing. >> to have the first male cheerleaders officially on an nfl team, that's huge. rams, we're making some moves. >> reporter: the move toward gender inclusion comes after a season of lawsuits and complaints filed on behalf of nfl cheerleaders. six former houston texans cheerleaders claim they endured brutal working conditions. >> we were bullied and we were body-shamed for $7.25 an hour. >> reporter: and a former miami dolphins cheerleader claims she was discriminated against based on her religion. others are fighting double standards tied to their weight and wardrobe. >> i felt humiliated and ashamed of my own body. >> i quickly just ran to twitter and there are people that think you guys shouldn't be out there, that it's about the girls and i

critics see that hamilton as a would be napoleon. that he craves power, and he certainly does.e does, he takes his brilliance, ambition, merges it with project work in a way that is basically unmatched. his arch rival thomas jefferson expressed the fact that hamilton really is a colossus. without numbers he is a host within himself. think how washington would feel to find his combination of talent and a capacity for per the work. -- for productive work. he is so overwhelmed. washington wanted people could think for me, as well as execute orders. hamilton, his affinity for the way washington thought was unequaled. ron put it this way. hamilton was able to project himself and washington's mind and what the general wanted to say, writing it up with instinctive tack and diplomatic skills. it was an inspired piece of ventriloquism. washington gave a few general hints and out popped the letter in record time. you could see how wonderful that would be for someone like washington. he really is washington's altar -- alter ego. he understands how washington thinks and is able to put it i

these black jacobins crushed all the colonial armies inflicting napoleon but his first military defeat. this images at the time when you saw it live it becomes master of the entire island and so this image i think condenses the fear that white people felt of black uprising is a man named simon taylor who is one of the richest planters in jamaica in the early nineteenth century and when he hears that the french are planning to retake the island of sound the man he says out of that are going to be able to do it. and the reason is the way of fighting wars is different in the west indies to what it is in europe and if tucson and the other chiefs decide to submit maybe they can take over the county and maybe they can retake the colony if they don't submit they'll burn the towns and retreat to the mountains and live as maroons and they'll wait for the french soldiers to die of disease this is in fact what happens with the clear expedition that tries to retake son the man. that. no european nation managed to reconquer the island in one thousand for the first black republican history was born

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. >> he thinks he's napoleon is the. >> here we are the incapslation of the great debate going on right now. thank you so much for being here. michael and daniel are going to be with us after a short break. >>> george papadopoulos claims members of the trump campaign knew about his efforts to set up a meeting with russians. who knew about that and what this means for robert mueller's collusion investigation. let someone else do the heavy lifting. tripadvisor compares prices from over 200 booking sites to find the right hotel for you at the lowest price. so you barely have to lift a finger. or a wing. tripadvisor. heartburn and gas? ♪ now fight both fast new tums chewy bites with gas relief all in one relief of heartburn and gas ♪ ♪ tum tum tum tums new tums chewy bites with gas relief >>> former trump campaign ad george papadopoulos is heading to prison for two weeks for lying to federal investigators along with a sentencing he has been slapped with a $9,500 fine, 200 hours of community service, and a year of supervised release. this morning in his first live interview since his sentenc

and do not forget that from alexander the great to nepal to eisenhower real -- napoleon.of facilities fail you, , yor mission feels you. and if you don't invest in the foundation of power, the edge of the sword will dole. take us back to the analogy of the fifth. if we're going to go this test can body needs increase in muscle. if you don't even have the dorms to teacher basics, the skills to be an airman, the mission fails logistics and investment in this, and we don't have enough money to fix it off because we've been taking risk on facilities for so long. so this key conversation about priorities what's more important? is it more important to fix a base out on the front line or fix the foundation at home? that's really where it gets contentious. >> i've got a card that came up the submit time for one more questions am going to ask this one down the line can start with the vice chief. the question was, in an organization -- we are to be working towards perfection. if you can do one thing, what would it be to advance the air force? >> chief, i would say to continue what

and to not forget from alexanderer the great to napoleon to eisenhower, real war fighters understand it's about the logistics. if your facilities fail you, your mission fails you. if you don't invest in the foundation of power, the edge of the sword will dull. it goes back to the secretary's analogy of the fist. we'll grow this fist. the body needs to increase in muscle. if you don't have the dorms to teach your basics the skills to be an airman, the mission fails. logistics and the investment in this. we don't have enough money to fix it all because we have taking risk on facilities for so long. this key conversation about priorities, what's more important? is it more important to fix a base out on the frontline or fix the foundation at home? and that's really where it it gets contentious. >> i got a card that came up said we have time for one more question. i'll ask this down the line. the question was, an organization as perfect we ought to be working towards perfection if you could do one thing within your organization, what would it be to advance the air force? >> chief, i'd lik

wellington and napoleon and blucher, they all knew one another. they'll tried to sneak to exploit them. i think that lee is no different. he knows mcclellan well from this campaign on the peninsula. >> what an extraordinary program it has been for us. thank you so much for having been here. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer 1: learn more about the people that shaped the civil war and reconstruction every saturday only on "american history tv on c-span3. what does it mean to be american? that is the student cam competition question, and we are asking middle school and high school students to answer it by producing a documentary about a constitutional right, national characteristic or historical event and how it defines the experience. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes including a grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is january 20, 2019. for more information, g

and to not forget that from alexander the great to napoleon to eisenhower real war fighters understandt's bull the logistics. and if your facilities fail you your mission fails you. and if you don't invest in the foundation of power, the edge of the sword will dull. so it goss back to the secretary's an gist of the fist. if we are going to grow this fist, the baed needs to increase in muscle. if you don't even have the dorms to teach your basics the stills to be an airman, the mission fails. logistics, and the investment in this. and we don't have enough money to fix it all because we have been taking risk on facilities for so long. this key conversation about priorities. what's more important? is it more important to fix a base out on front line or fix the foundation at home? and that's really where it gets contentio contentious. >> we have time for one more question. i want to ask this one down the line and start with the vice chief. the question is, no organization is perfect but we have to be working towards perfect. if you could do one thing in your organization what would it be t

so why is it that after jackson was able to do what napoleon couldn't? because i believe on some level america was meant for something special to be the beacon of freedom for the world, it doesn't look perfect but it means we are like the other. enemies with responsibility to do so. and for those who say the battle did not have to be fought because that's what the taught in school, this is what jackson said. if general packing and which by the way with the brother-in-law of wellington, wellington was like i thought already, i'm not into going to america. but you might brother-in-law also take the arm and two. you can sit davidic covenant. it will be easy. it was a if they could of an eyelid milo army he would've captioned organs and centered all the cut territory to technically the war was over, great britain would have abrogated the treaty of ghent, would've ignored jefferson's transaction with upholding. that means no louisiana purchase. purchase. it means the country, our country would not have doubled in size but it means our washington was burned, o

and to not forget that from alexander the great to napoleon to eisenhower, real war fighters understand it's all about the logistics and if your facilities fail you, your mission fails you. and if you don't invest in the foundation of power, the edge of the sword will dull. so, it goes back to the secretary's analogy of the if fist. if we're going to grow this fist, the body needs to increase in muscle. so if you don't have the dorms to teach your basics the skills to be an airman, the mission fails. lod lodge-- logistics and this key conversation about priorities, what's more important? is it more important to fix a base out on the front lines or fix the foundation at home? and that's really where it gets contentious. >> so i got a card that came up that said we've got time for one more question and i'll ask this down the line starting with the vice-chief. an organization is perfect, but we ought to be working towards perfection, if you could do one thing in your organization, what would it be to advance the air force? >> chief, i'd say that we continue what you've been pushing for the

he donated men and a lot of former membersre of napoleon's army, and they defended the city. donated flint and ammunition to defend the city. lafitteries say that accidentally attacked an american ship, but for some reason he was expelled from new orleans after the battle, even though he was a hero to some people. that is when he came to galveston and set up base there. this part of louisiana, from the river that runs through lake charles to the river that divides texas and louisiana, from the gulf of mexico to the city of neck addition -- two this city, with still up -- was still up to debate. the united states thought they had purchased this land, but the spanish government said they had not. there was a long-standing debate about who owned this territory. --t lasted for five years four or five years after the louisiana purchase until they agreed to this new -- neutral territory. so this area was considered free range. people could not settle here, but no troops were going to move in and no one was going to patrol the area. seeing it moved here, as a space to operate freely

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> now, adolf hitler stood just as napoleon had stood just a hundred years before him and lookeds the english channel to the one fighting obstacle that stood between him and world denomination. and beyond, a little island, smaller than the state of wyoming. crush that little island and its people. austria, czechoslovakia, poland, denmark, norway, holland, belgium, france, had given him more than 100 million slaves to work for him or starve. the preliminaries were over. it was time for the main event. the battle of britain. ♪ >> you can watch in and other american history programs on our website where all our video is archived. that's c-span.org/history. each week, american history tv's "real america" brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. ♪ >>> there are the offices of a state commission that exist because the people of new york believe that everyone should have a fair and equal chance to earn a living, whatever his race, creed, color, or national origin. charged with the power to bring full legal redress to any person deprived by discri

an egoist with a napoleonic power complex and an outright traitor. i know you think i am a weak sister, general, but when it comes to my oval office and defending the constitution of the united states -- >> somebody has to teach you about the democratic processes that flag represents -- >> don't you presume to take on that job, mr. president, because frankly, you are not qualified. this treaty with the russians is a violation of any concept of security. you are a criminally weak sister. brian: what is the topic of that movie? about at is disagreement between the pentagon and the sitting president over the nuclear treaty with the soviet union. there are those in the pentagon who believe that it is hurtful, deeply, dangerously hurtful for the country for this to go through. the clash between civilian leadership and military leadership. the military wants to be more aggressive and believes the president is dangerously placing the united states in a weakened position. and one of the constructs of the movie is, what is weakness, what is strength? what is,