together with another of our guests, susan dunn professor burns also co-authored the three roosevelts, leaders who transformed america and the 2004 biography of george george washington. professor burns' 1978 book "leadership" is still considered the seminal work in the field of leadership studies and the theory of transformational leadership has been the basis for more than 400 doctorow dissertations. what he has written about he is also lived. professor burns served as a combat historian in the pacific theater from 1943 to 1946 and he was awarded the bronze star and four battle stars. user democratic nominee for the first congressional district of massachusetts in 1958 and was also a delegate to four democratic national conventions. a member of the american academy of arts and sciences he is also the past president of the american political science association and of the international society of political psychology. he received his b.a. from williams college and his ph.d. in political science from harvard and attended the london school of economics. he is currently the woodrow wils

together with another of our guests, susan dunn professor burns also co-authored the three rooseveltsaders who transformed america and the 2004 biography of george george washington. professor burns' 1978 book "leadership" is still considered the seminal work in the field of leadership studies and the theory of transformational leadership has been the basis for more than 400 doctorow dissertations. what he has written about he is also lived. professor burns served as a combat historian in the pacific theater from 1943 to 1946 and he was awarded the bronze star and four battle stars. user democratic nominee for the first congressional district of massachusetts in 1958 and was also a delegate to four democratic national conventions. a member of the american academy of arts and sciences he is also the past president of the american political science association and of the international society of political psychology. he received his b.a. from williams college and his ph.d. in political science from harvard and attended the london school of economics. he is currently the woodrow wilson p

and the roosevelt reading festival with historians michael and susan dunn. >> be watch more video ofdidates, see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's web site for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns, candidate bios and the latest polling data. plus links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states all at c-span.org/campaign 2012. [applause] >> coming up next, the third annual red state gathering. redstate is a conservative political blog, and former texas solicitor general ted cruz, who's running for the u.s. senate, is endorsed by redstate.com in the race. he spoke in charleston, texas, for just over -- doctor thank you very much, eric, for that very kind introduction. i have to say that is the first time in my life i've ever been compared to "rainman." [laughter] and i am assured that judge wapner is, indeed, on at 5, and i'm a very good driver. [laughter] congratulations to everyone who's here. what an incredi

. >> thank you, all, for coming, and give one more hand to our guest, susan dunn, michael beschloss, and -- [inaudible] >> >> next from the harlem book fair, a forum and manning marable's biography on malcolm x. this is a little more than an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome, again, to the 2011 harlem book fairment i'm williams, an associate professor at fairfield university, and the chief historian at the jackie robinson museum, and i want to welcome you here to the forum. we are here to discuss manning marable's biography on mall malcolm x and the impacts of the life and legacy of this african-american icon. manning marable began the study as a corrective to the highly influential biography of malcolm x standing as one the most important works of african-american literature ever produced. despite its widespread influence and acclaim, there's always been questions concerning its autothen -- authenticity. the autobiography presents a unique portrait of mall come's life as a american morality tale, but it's always been at odds with the complex individual many knew malcolm