franklin churchill and delano roosevelt. and in doing so i think we should bear in mind something which winston churchill wrote many years ago. "to do justice to a great man discriminating criticism is always necessary. " to a great man discriminating criticism is always necessary." however clinching is always insipid. i have addressed this wonderful society on a number of occasions over recent years. i live in boston, but i winter in new orleans where i have at the world war ii museum to meetings of this society and largely thanks to christopher i was invited to speak in canada and on the west and vancouverton and british columbia, sonoma in california and san francisco and i have always been very impressed with not only the abiding interest in history and leadership that has shown in these various chapters of the international churchill society, but the continuing attempt to andlve younger people perhaps the nicest moment of my was in in canada edmonton when i gave prize to the winning high school debating team, i think th

franklin roosevelt. crisis in the 1930s and most recently man of destiny and fdr and the making of the american century. he will be speaking about true man and churchill. >> thank you very much. we'll talk today about harry and winston. let's begin with noting it's it. churchill, the seat of his uncle, duke of marlboro. churchill's father was lord randolph of churchill. harry true man was born ten years after churchill. in a small framed house. his father was a farmer and livestock speculator. in 1890s the truman's relocated to the town of independence missouri just outside of kansas city. in large measure to points higher vied-- provide a better education. young harry was a strong student at independence public high school. his family could not afford to send it even to a public university. instead he worked as a railroad time keeper. with no very clear plan for advancement whatever opportunities might have seemed cancelled when his father called him back to the country to help in the management of a fa

franklin roosevelt. he is a senior fellow at the graduate school. he trained as a historian at cambridge university and he has researched and taught at history departments in six universities in britain and the united states. he has published 27 works of history and biography. he has included a history of the last 12 u.s. preponderates called american cesars and volume biographies on president kennedy and william clinton. and a biography of field marshall montgomery and most recently, he is finishing the final volume of his trilogy fdr at war. the first volume was listed for an international book prize and the second volume was in june as commander in chief. so, nigel? [ applause ] >> thank you very much, and wonderful to be here. i counted a great honor to be allowed to speak this morning. the two greatest men of the 20th krintry. winton churchill and franklin delano roosevelt. and i think we should bear in mind something which winston churchill said. to do justice to a great man, discriminating critici

to preserve big chunks of land and historical sights, and certainly through teddy roosevelt and president obama. that is an investment for fumper generations. it's not only an investment in ourselves, protecting history, wilderness and the aesthetic experience but for future generations. and i can say i'm grateful. with are espect to the grand canyon and the bad lands and so many other extraordinary visitors. when they see that, their eyes get big, their jaws drop. they can't believe the expanse and the beauty that is america and that's because of the national park service. >> we talk with members of congress and historic sights. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. >> 100 years ago 1916, president woodrow wilson created the national park system. the washington monument and national mall is part of that system. this is a uniquely american idea. the ied that the lands belong to the american people and it's their right to visit these pl e places. places such as the statue of liberty, the grand canyon. they are our nation's crown jewels. president obama on a visit to yosemite's wate

franklin roosevelt. he is a senior fellow at the graduate school. he trained as a historian at cambridge university and he has researched and taught at history departments in six universities in britain and the united states. he has published 27 works of history and biography. he has included a history of the last 12 u.s. preponderates called american cesars and volume biographies on president kennedy and william clinton. and a biography of field marshall montgomery and most recently, he is finishing the final volume of his trilogy fdr at war. the first volume was listed for an international book prize and the second volume was in june as commander in chief. so, nigel? [ applause ] >> thank you very much, and wonderful to be here. i counted a great honor to be allowed to speak this morning. the two greatest men of the 20th krintry. winton churchill and franklin delano roosevelt. and i think we should bear in mind something which winston churchill said. to do justice to a great man, discriminating critici

met eleanor roosevelt.eople all the time, my mother met -- how many people know someone who met eleanor roosevelt or met her themselves? there would be these things, i met her, my mother met her, she was the greatest woman, the most wonderful woman. it is hard to write a book about a paragon. it is impossible in fact. eleanor with magnificent. she had her flaws. some of them wound up hurting hick in some ways. so i had to -- had love of both and had to get rid of all that talk which was getting in the way. >> after fdr died, eleanor and hick lived together then. >> after -- what happened was by the time fdr died the relationship was no longer passionate. the passionate part lasted six years or five or six years, hick, through tremendous discipline managed to accept the fact she wasn't going to be number one, which was her dream and wasn't going to go off with eleanor and had this private relationship she was at that point sort of in love with a young radical name joe lash and another person a whole lot of p

. >> i, theodore roosevelt. >> i, theodore roosevelt -- >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. and thus i swear. >> we are at 641 delaware avenue. this was the home of ansley wilcox, a prominent buffalo attorney who was friends with theodore roosevelt when roosevelt was in the new york state assembly. roosevelt as vice president didn't have all that much to do. he was actually in buffalo three times. he came to open the pan american exposition on presidents' day. william mckinley was supposed to be here, but his wife, ida, who was in ill health, prevented him from coming, so roosevelt substituted for him in may of 1901. and then, of course, when mckinley was shot on september 6th of 1901, roosev

roosevelt. it seemed with ub often disagreed. he, the president, would direct sunlight over a cold subject to be considered leaving everything else in darkness. he did not like his attention called to aspects. from lack of time , he disregarded. he didn't actually use those words, but the gist. but much more was implied. clementine was right. he had never slipped in the vortexous >> o for of friendship with fdr. he not once visited hyde park until the president's funeral. in july 1939 at the white house to consider the issue of sending airplanes to french in the case of a and british defeat on the continent. s . the u.s. staff was looking this far ahead, this was before the war even broken out. all of the generals at the meeting agreed with the president that it was very important to get as many planes over as quickly as possible. only george marshall stood out and said no, there has not been enough training. they have not worked out with the airfields are going to be. the logistics have not been gone into so it cannot be made in

eleanor roosevelt. whose intimate relationship and possible romance have made them quiet clear icons of history for decades. tonight we will begin to delve into the possibilities and facts of their thirty-year story guided by someone who's record is called relentlessly captivating. they do not like giving out compliments, clearly they had this one derived from them by a book they could not put down. we are so lucky to have her as our guide tonight, please join me in welcoming susan quinn. [applause] >> thank you. thank you all. i am really pleased to be talking at brookline books map. it's been such such an important place in my life and i feel out of sorts or between task, i just walk into the book smith and look at the staff recommendations in the new books and it gets me charged up. when book smith outsold and outlasted the chain bookstore down the street, it felt to me like a personal triumph. tonight i am going to talk about what went into the writing of eleanor and hick. every book has its ups and

is that half the world met eleanor roosevelt.eople all all the time how many people know of someone who met eleanor roosevelt are met her themselves. so there would be these things, i met her, my mother met her, she was the greatest woman the most wonderful woman, it is very hard to read a book about a paragon, it's impossible in fact. eleanor. eleanor was magnificent but she had her flaws and some of them actually wound up hit hurting hick in some ways. i had to love them both. i had to get rid of all of that which was getting in the way. >> after fdr died did eleanor and hick live together then? after -- no. what happened was by the time it fdr died the relationship was no longer passionate. the passionate part lasted i think about six years. and then hick through tremendous discipline managed to accept the fact that she was not going to be number one which was her jury and she was not going to go off and have this private relationship. there are all these people in eleanor's life. she was sort of in life with the young man and

what can we do to help said roosevelt. i said give us as many sherman tanks as you can spare and shippe then to the middle east as possible. they percent by marshall, as well as 100 guns. the ones that got through to egypt played a large part in helping to win the battle of alamein. sunk,ne convoy was marshall sent another of the exact same number of tanks and self-propelled guns. as churchill wrote in his book, a friend in need is a friend indeed. in that volume and its two successors published 12 mccarthy was keeping up with the attack churchilll's honor, lost no opportunity to praise marshall, calling him farsighted and devoted. even as his own president and former lieutenant state shamefully silent. coming from the man who oppose communism of the russian revolution onwards and tried to strangle bolshevism in its cradle, sending troops to fight lenin and trotsky on mccarthy was 11-year-old schoolboy, it was an invaluable endorsement of marshall at a difficult time for him, especially as churchill had become prime minist

i would like to jump in time to franklin deleno roosevelt. in the 1940s, she came to a social event at the white house. it is possible because mrs. wilson was much, much younger than her late husband, president wilson. she comes into the white house for a social occasion. she sees the president. and she thoughtlessly repeats to many other people in and around the white house that the president looks awful. he looks like he's dying. and at that point fdr, secretary of labor francis perkins takes her aside and said the president has a great and terrible job to do and he's got to do it even if it kills him. don't ever say that again. interestingly, when we look at the health history of fdr, aside from the polio you're familiar with, when he enters the white house in 1933, the most serious medical complaint that he has is a chronic sinus condition. so the navy assigns him a doctor, ross mcentire, who is an ear, nose, and throat man. for a while, things are fine. but over the years the unrelenting pressure of dealing first with depression and then

president franklin roosevelt later declared that canada was the aero droem of democracy. king's liberal party won in a landslide. churchill cable came the next day, sincere personal congratulations on your victory. i am very glad we shall continue our work for the common cause. when churchill became prime minister in may 1940, king sent him a telegram assuring him of the wholehearted support and cooperation of canada and his government colleagues and himself. and wishing him, quote, vision and endurance in guiding public affairs at this most critical of hou hours. though churchill and king knew that to win the war the united states had to join the allies. but in the spring of 1940, president roosevelt was far from convinced that britain would survive. this was illustrated by secretary of state kordell hall requesting that king line up the dominions to bring pressure on britain, not to make a soft peace with hitler. and if britain was to be defeated, then prior to this happening, the british fleet should be sailed to ports in the north american hemisphere. king wrote to ch

the first is the look on people's faces after the death of roosevelt. and the second is that truman chose to take this oath underneath a por trade of woodrow wilson. he did that by design. and the reason was that truman still believed deeply in the ideals for which woodrow wilson fought. but he wanted to play the game a little bit differently. no longer truman said would an american president come to an international conference with only speeches and morality. no longer would an american president come with a speech like the 14 points about which george so sof wanted to make su come to this conference with a good hand. truman worked to create new instruments of american policy. one of the first is the united nations. a form that the united states would participate in and dominate, a form that could not hurt the united states because the united states would have one of its veto votes, a structure that was set up long before potsdam. unlike the first world war where woodrow wilson went to paris without knowing whether the senate would support the league o

roosevelt, along with lincoln, was probably our greetest commander in chief and some ways roosevelt hadbetter luck with generals. he worked very hard to find the right generals but he did. he suggested -- once he found ike he let million haaser -- let him master d-day, and loved george marshall. he knew how much marshall wanted to lead the war. >> guest: but marshall would not until after his death admit or say he was a great man. he didn't. he wouldn't say it. and he ordered his staff to treat bernard brook with very special care. he says he's only the only way i can get to the president. >> host: what was the white house like during world war ii as a war center? >> guest: let just imagine an old house adapted. it had to begin with, the outside of the war -- outset of the war it was a stone house, but the interior is plaster with wooden lath in those days and some steel. it was a fire trap. and they tried to move the president out of it and he wouldn't hear of it. and so civil defense suggested that they paint the house black and put kind camouflage on the roof and cover the skylights

for my book on roosevelt, i interviewed ken burns. i hope you got to see the documentary "the roosevelts." he has also written three biographies on franklin roosevelt, one of which was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. and, james bowden just -- james bowden. they focused on the fact that until age 39, franklin roosevelt led an amazingly active life. he loved to dance. he worked the crowd as he was pursuing his ambitions and all of a sudden, it he came to a grinding halt when he was attacked by the poliovirus and lost the use of his legs for the rest of his life. yes, polio was a major setback but it did not hold him back for long. his biographers talked about his steadfast resolve and his first-class temperament and how because of that, he maintained himself. he kept a smile on his face after he had lost the bounce in his step. by overcoming and defining polio, his tenacity got the country to expect him at his word when he said, we have nothing to fear but fear itself. by overcoming the reality of a major disability, roosevelt proved

. >> i worked on roosevelt and onncoln. >> reporter: roosevelt and lincoln? >> yes. >> reporter: and roosevelt you worked where? >> down under his chin. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. the f.b.i.'s new e-mail investigation had hillary clinton on defense today, but her supporters and closely fought states remain with her in a cbs news poll, 50% of democrats in those states told us that the investigation did not change their minds about voting for her. only 5% said that it did. last week, f.b.i. director james comey reopened the investigation into whether clinton had mishandled classified information on her personal, unsecured e-mail server. in that original investigation, some classified material was found, but no charges were filed. now thousands more clinton e- mails have been discovered on a laptop that the f.b.i. didn't know about. agents stumbled on it in an unrelated investigation of anthony weiner, the estranged husband of clinton's top aide, huma abedin. nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> i'm

this came to the attention of teddy roosevelt. increase of numbers of the japanese and in and sit -- united states. the results of the meeting was a request that can intercede with the british government, which had a friendly relationship with the japanese government. to put pressure on japan. in that regard. king sale to england. reducedlt was a much flow of immigrants. his diary showed that his opinion of churchill had much improved. he wrote, "one cannot talk with them without being impressed with the nimbleness of his mind, his quickness of perception and his undoubted ability to go that same year, he was elected a member of >> king lost his seat. 1914,he coming of war in the almost 40-year-old king was an unlikely candidate for the military. another prospect soon presented itself, however. his impressive record involving labor disputes came to the attention of the rockefeller -- wasion, which would involved in serious and bloody disputes in colorado. to join asvited director of research. year, salary of $12,000 a substantiall

and at the time roosevelt was in gauged because wary about inflation of world war two and there was a one laugh at the time roosevelt made a big speech which he threatened that if congress did not give him the powers that he wanted he would do it on his own as commander-in-chief and it was quite an extreme statement and he was making the accord was made aware that roosevelt as making always at the time they're trying to decide the military commission said you looked at the internal debates with the court their very cognizant to say nothing one that would give a green light to roosevelt to assert that type of power as commander in chief. so it was very narrow to not give the green light soleil say that the cuts they do not laydown hard and fast rules historical even also they are sensitive to the atf of giving a green light. >> as something that you address in the book and with that japanese internment case maybe participated long term. >> and one feature of the system that is open and ambiguous that decisions are made in the republic as a cool recognizes and in light of history it doe

host: bill seale, you brought up eleanor roosevelt. what was a life like in the white house from 33 to 45? guest: roosevelt was handicapped and he occupied a little itty bitty room beside the library upstairs or get a stamp collection-- collection and toys , but people he wanted to see, they would have to come and spend the night. so, there was this big strain of the people that ran through the house more than ever before that were there all the time. it was full of people. was full of kids and animals and everything and mrs. roosevelt did not take eight interest in the house and that's when the furnishing commission-- committee did the red room. the housekeeper asked and got permission to cut the new red curtains off 10 inches from the floor so the vacuum cleaner would fit underneath. it was run that way and people say two houses, but i don't think entirely so. the roosevelt had his own group and she kind of made a group for herself. would you agree with that case? guest: i do. i think it's interesting because she really nagged him, w

met eleanor roosevelt. people all the time, my mother met. how many people know of someone or who met eleanor roosevelt or met her themselves? yes. so there would be these things, i met her, my mother met her , she was the greatest woman, the most wonderful woman. it's very hard to write a book about paragons, it's impossible in fact and eleanor was magnificent but she had her flaws. and some of them actually wound up hurting hick in some ways so i had to love them both and i had to get rid of them all that's law. that was spinning away. yes. >> after fdr died, did eleanor and hick live together then? >> after fdr died, did eleanor and hick live together? number what happened was i the time fdr died, the relationship was no longer passionate. the passionate part lasted i think about six years. five or six years and then hick through tremendous discipline managed to accept the fact that she wasn't going to be number one which was her dream and she wasn't going to be able to go off with eleanor and have this

who comes into his office where one of his flunkies is dutifully dusting off portraits of theodore roosevelt and william howard taft. together as an example of the old way of doing things. so he's got lots of money and is dispensing favors and there's all sorts of bribes and political corruption. new are contrasted with the way of doing things represented by woodrow wilson, the champion of the common man. plea forends with a people to send one dollar to the democratic national committee on behalf of the woodrow wilson campaign because woodrow wilson is for the common man, republicans are for the wealthiest 1%. nothow, those tropes have changed in the last 100 years. have 1.4 million items in the collection, so there are plenty of treasures out there to be discovered. the great thing is, with new technology, not only the ability to preserve these older films on have ailm stock, but we lot more technology available to digitize the film and make them available. we havowwe have known about thed now we have ways of getting it out there for people. >> monday night on "the communicators" -- the ceo

theodore roosevelt, in the way only theodore roosevelt could have, another new york city guy, he saidanybody that doesn't like -- that likes that song would also like a song that would say, ?i didn't raise my girl to be a mother." however, after the sinking of the lusitania and after the preparedness movement, even the song's writer backed away. he said i didn't suggest that song to suggest moral equivalence. i didn't mean for anything to be read as anti-war or anti-preparedness. the second thing i find interesting is that there were four very popular recorded versions of "over there" in 1917. this song was written by a long term american, george m. cohen, and famous versions were sung from a jewish american singer in illinois. by the great italian opera singer, and billy murray, an irish american singer out of philadelphia. now, that's important to me because it shows the unity of americans going into the first world war, that there were these different versions to appeal to different communities. by the way, this is making money off this stuff and you'll notice there is no african-a

. >> i worked on roosevelt and lincoln.on >> reporter: roosevelt and lincoln? >> yes. >> reporter: and roosevelt you worked where?

>> is it roosevelt? >> jimmy: oh, it is not roosevelt. please give all that money back to my cousin sal. and give a hug to lin-manuel for helping you. he did his best. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, lin. thank you, cobi. thank you, cousin sal. thanks for playing "on the money." [ cheers and applause ] tonight on the show music from banks. we'll be back with ken jeong and miranda! [ cheers and applause ] ? ? >> dicky: portions of jimmy kimmel live are brought to you by tropicana premium drinks, a delicious cocktail mixer for your next party. from the first moment you met it was love at first touch and all you wanted to do was surround them in comfort and that's why only pampers swaddlers is the #1 choice of hospitals to wrap your baby in blanket-like softness and premium protection mom: ?oh hi baby? so all they feel is love ? we love knowing what's happening. so the nest cam security camera looks after things and alerts your phone if something's up. hey, need a glass? no matter what it is. got any good gift ideas? ? verizon prepaid is

roosevelt and others are yelling and screaming. the secretary of the army, lily garrison, we have to get rid of the national guard system. we have got to make a federal centralized system. the case of poncho villa proves that case. it becomes a major sticking point in 1916. it is one of the reasons the preparedness movement does not really do anything. because it stalls in congress because the congress is fighting over global versus control, a classic american problem. >> i once had the occasion to be driving in a car at fort dixon in new jersey, and we came across edith street. but i want to ask you, did the british economic crisis, the financial crisis in 1917 have any effect on americans joining the war? michael neiberg: i don't think the united states that involved in the war to protect jpmorgan investments or economic issues at all. the controversies always came up when jpmorgan or some other financial giant would underwrite a gigantic loan. the question was, should the united states allow this much economic influence into a f

. >> i worked on roosevelt and lincoln. >> reporter: roosevelt and lincoln? >> yeah. >> reporter: and roosevelt you worked where? the right side of lincoln. i can see it very plainly where i worked. >> reporter: wow. mount rushmore was the brainchild of sculptor and idaho native gutzon borglum. it took 14 years to complete. washington represents the nation's founding, jefferson its expansion, lincoln its preservation, and teddy roosevelt its development. >> that is america. that is america up there. >> reporter: the onset of world war ii forced construction to end prematurely. monument's creator, it's still bittersweet. would it be accurate to say your grandfather wanted it to be a lot more so? >> yes, that would be accurate. he had bigger plans. >> reporter: the plan was to carve all the way down to the president's waists and to build a museum inside the mountain to explain what the monument means. he wanted people to know what it was there for. >> yes, and also that they not just like anybody else. >> reporter: but for nick clifford, mount rushmore is perfe

and it was roosevelt who led the drive to erect a full base at monticello. hamilton's reputation during the second world war sank so low that he was seen by many in a waistcoat and breaches. i'm not overstating this, by the way. his defenders were compelled to argue that hamilton would have opposed to the nazis. in 1943, 1 of the leading broadway shows was the patriot. the plot of this play revolved around alexander hamilton stomping around the stage all the while proclaiming that the american people were " drunken swine." franklin roosevelt invited the playwright to stage a command performance in washington and to attend the dedication of the jefferson memorial. this image held well into the 20th century, but began to break down partly in response to hamilton's status as the full immigrant among the key founding fathers. this status will likely secure his reputation, i believe, in an increasingly diverse america. hamilton's standing has also improved due to increased scholarly appreciation of the role of race and immigration in american society. while jeffe

. >> it's a roosevelt. >> jimmy: okay, you only need to say the last name so go with roosevelt. >> roosevelt. >> jimmy: it is roosevelt, that's right! [ cheers and applause ] lin, stay out there. he's going to need help. >> sal: split the money and go. >> jimmy: it's about to get easier. >> jimmy: who is on the quarter, cobi? >> george washington? >> jimmy: that is correct. [ cheers and applause ] you've got 41 cents. do you want to go for a dollar? >> yeah. >> jimmy: okay, who is on the dollar, cobi? >> george washington. >> jimmy: all right. [ cheers and applause ] now do you want to stay there? i feel like you probably should stay there. but maybe -- think about it. look at the crowd, everyone outside wants you to go most of those people are homeless but listen to them anyway. who is on the 5 dollar bill? >> abraham lincoln. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is absolutely correct. all right. >> sal: can we take a commercial break? this is way too intense. >> jimmy: this is where lin's really going to come in handy. do we want to go to the 10 dollar bill? now lin, i don't think you sh

many simply ignored roosevelt order. the black workers, knowing they now how'd the executive order on their side, they pushed for compliance. detroit, city we have talked a lot about, black foundry workers in the dodge plant staged to asking for 1941, transfers to more highly paid jobs on the production line. the increase had been from 3% to 8%, and employment rates for black americans had tripled. we have a body of evidence that world war ii was an important watershed moment for civil rights, but when we back away from it a little bit and look at the big picture, it becomes more clear that a plot of the gains made were largely symbolic victories. as the war intensified and casualties began to mount, a lot of black newspapers shelved v andcalls for double just emphasized the war effort. the naacp did open up more jobs for blacks, but the agency did not have any enforcement powers. it could publicize instances of discrimination in the workplace, it could release a report saying, packard is discriminating against black wor

>> is it roosevelt? >> jimmy: oh, it is not roosevelt. please give all that money back to my cousin sal. helping you. he did his best. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, lin. thank you, cobi. thank you, cousin sal. thanks for playing "on the money." [ cheers and applause ] tonight on the show music from banks. we'll be back with ken jeong and albert tsai. be right back with lin-manuel miranda! [ cheers and applause ] ? ? >> dicky: portions of you by tropicana premium drinks, a delicious cocktail mixer for your next party. simulation initiated. ? [beeping] take on any galaxy with a car that could stop for you. simulation complete. the new nissan rogue. in theaters december 16th. our mission is to produce programs and online content for african women as they try to build their businesses and careers. my name is yasmin belo-osagie and i'm a co-founder at she leads africa. i definitely could not do my job without technology. this lenovo yoga, you can configure it in so many different ways, it feels like a much more robust computer than the ol

roosevelt didn't believe they should get a civilian trial. that case went to the supreme court to decide whether they could be tried in a military commission or not. the court upheld the, but the court also took jurisdiction over the case to make clear that they were watching and they would have a view on it. another thing happened in the course of those deliberations. that was, the court had to confront whether what roosevelt had done in organizing that military commission was legal, and the big question was, this period he had said certain procedures which were relatively favorable to the prosecution, not surprisingly, congress had laid down provisions for how to convict conduct things that were somewhat less favorable and the court had to decide whether they were going to uphold the tribunal in what it had done, notwithstanding this conflict potentially between the rules between what congress had set. at the time they were deciding whether to approve it or not, roosevelt was engaged in an effort to limit prices. he was very worried about p

i think franklin roosevelt. not only did he have responsibility for dealing with the great depression but also world war ii and to do it in a mode of his disability and always be in the mode of giving the country hope in our darkest hours really puts him as a personal and as a compelling story, head and shoulders above everybody else. nobody had to deal with that kind of disability. nobody persevered and triumphed and rose to the highest possible heights at franklin roosevelt. na would be my answer to that question. >> given that this has been a lifelong interest for you, as you were studying this book and all these different personalities, what surprised you the most about whom? >> one of the most surprising things that i learned in the book was about the john f. kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. because after john f. kennedy was assassinated, then within a matter of time, bobby kennedy decided he wanted to run for president. so obviously when you are running for president, you try to do everything you can

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president franklin roosevelt later declared that canada was the aero droem of democracy. king's liberal party won in a landslide. churchill cable came the next day, sincere personal congratulations on your victory. i am very glad we shall continue our work for the common cause. when churchill became prime minister in may 1940, king sent him a telegram assuring him of the wholehearted support and cooperation of canada and his government colleagues and himself. and wishing him, quote, vision and endurance in guiding public affairs at this most critical of hou hours. though churchill and king knew that to win the war the united states had to join the allies. but in the spring of 1940, president roosevelt was far from convinced that britain would survive. this was illustrated by secretary of state kordell hall requesting that king line up the dominions to bring pressure on britain, not to make a soft peace with hitler. and if britain was to be defeated, then prior to this happening, the british fleet should be sailed to ports in the north american hemisphere. king wrote to ch