. >> during a virtual event hosted by the commonwealth club of san francisco susan eisenhower discussesership of her grandfather, dwight eisenhower. here's a portion. >> eisenhower was very conscious of what it would be to be a diminished president. we have to member the president wilson, it was really almost a scandal. people in the country did not know how bad the president was. so i was determined to not find himself in that situation for the good of the country. and after he had three illnesses during his presidency, gives a very arduous test. a round the world trip or a trip to europe that required lots of meetings and lots of stress. tells advisors that they don't perform at top level you have to tell me. because then i will resign. in any case, that never happene happened. he became rather adroit at managing his time, managing his stress, and generally positioning himself to get through his second term. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website but tb.org and search for author susan eisenhower or the title of her book, how i can lead. using the box at the top of the

. >> we have a hearing from 2012 in c-span's video library where susan eisenhower is arguing pretty stronglyst this. they want to start all over again. >> symbolism will always play a non-verbal role in capturing the essence of ike's presence. despite the memorial commission's references to this ancient tradition, modern tapestries have been found in the communist world. >> early on in the process after the architect was selected and submitted a proposal for how he would design a memorial, the family mainly led by susan eisenhower, the president's granddaughter, took exception to it and worked pretty vigorously. they joined forces with a new group, a conservative design group that was interested in keeping memorials and buildings in washington in a conservative idiom and they raised questions about the process whereby the architects was chosen but also developed a robust criticism of the architect's design and susan supported a lot of that criticism. >> the gsa has a reputation of protecting the taxpayer. but on occasion, circumstances can conspire to produce a real mess. this seems to be on

. >> of during a virtual event by the commonwealth club susan eisenhower talked about the life and leadership of her grandfather dwight eisenhower. >> eisenhower was very conscious of what it would be to be a diminished president. we have to remember that president wilson , there was almost a scandal that people in the country know how ill that president was so i was determined not just for himself but for the country and after he had 33 only houses during his presidency and after each one of them he would give himself an arduous test like a round the world trip or a trip to europe that required lots of immunity and lots of stress and he told his own advisors if i don't perform at top level, you have to tell me becausethen i'll resign . in any case, that never happened. he became actually rather adroit at managing his time, managing his stress and generally positioning himself to get through his second term. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website booktv.org and look for author stephen eisenhower's book how i lead. >> book tv c-span2 has top nine fiction books and authors every

with many thanks, good night. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, susan eisenhower. presidential library and museum and boyhood home in abilene, kansas. if you ever get the chance, take it. i've been there probably eight times. it's worth doing. this memorial is beautiful tonight. the moment has come at this time, i would like to ask the eisenhower memorial commissioners along with david eisenhower and interior secretary david bernhard to come up to the front here for the official ribbon cutting. afterwards, senator roberts will have some closing remarks and will officially hand over the key to this memorial to secretary bernhard. please welcome the [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and finally, mr. senator pat roberts. >> well -- the department of interior, to the national park service is entrusted to serve as the steward and guardian of our national parks and monuments and battlefields. each site helps to tell america's story and it is a rich and incredible story. i just read the secretary's speech. it sort of fits, mr. secretary, i give you the key, dedication

memorial designer frank garry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, family members david and susan eisenhower and eisenhower memorial commission chair sen. pat roberts. for health and safety reasons, a portion of the event was held by video conference. [bugle] >> [inaudible] love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the welfare of others, and conviction that each individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. it is the firm duty of each of our free citizens to place the cause of his country before himself. we must be ready to give out to our country for history does not long entrust the care of history to the weak or timid. we must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required of us. a people who values privileges above principle soon will dissolved. >> these men came here to storm these beaches not to gain anything for themselves but just to preserve freedom, systems of self-government in the world. many thousands died for ideal such as these. but these people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we

. >> we have a hearing in the video library where susan eisenhower is arguing against this. they want to start all over again. >> symbolism will play vital nonverbal role in capturing the essence of mike's contribution. despite theize ize eisenhower m traditions, modern tappest tries have been found in the communist world. >> so after gary was selected and submitted a appeal for the memorial, suzanne took exception to it and worked pretty f vigorously. they worked with a design group that was interested in keeping memorials and buildings in washington in a conservative id id id ideoum. >> the gsa has a reputation of breaking the taxpayer and the park service has a history of maintaining our natural heritage. but on occasion circumstances conspire to make a real mess. but congress can act to clean it up. >> often she spoke of her concerns as concerns that might be a problem. others may think that. basically she says it was sort of soviet. but the enormous tapestry might be looked at as a big board or a fence. and even the idea of auschwitz and the soviet union was brought up.

. >> during a virtual event hosted by the commonwealth club of san francisco susan eisenhower discusses life and leadership of her grandfather , dwight eisenhower . >> eisenhower was conscious of what it would be to be a diminished president. we have to remember that president wilson was really almost a scandal that people in the country didn't know how bill that president was so ike was determined not to find himself in that situation for the good of the country and after he had three illnesses during his presidency and after each one of them he would give himself a very arduous test like a round the world trip or a trip to europe that required lots of meetings and lots of stress and he'd always tell his advisers, if i don't perform at top level you have to tell me because then i'll resign. in any case, that never happened. he became actually a rather adroit at managing his time, managing his stress and generally positioning himself to get through his second term. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website, booktv.org and search for author susan eisenhower or the title of h

i'm glad to introduce susan eisenhower, granddaughter of president eisenhower it has written a greatook, "how ike led: the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions". it is like a spy plane overview of the principles of his presidency. it is a combination because it is also the combination you lived your life because you are a political analyst, you knew him personally for many years. he didn't pass away until you were already at college. so let's get started and talk about president eisenhower, for those not familiar he was president from 1953 until 1961. jfk was president right "after words" and he was the supreme allied commander during world war ii. so susan, thank you for joining us. the online world we all recognize more easily than we thought. can you tell us a little bit about what inspired you to write the book. you have been watching in this field for a long time as a political consultant and advisor and you decided to write about your own grandfather's work to be objective, it is easier. >> thank you for the opportunity to be back at the commonwealth club. it is a w

memorial designer frank garry, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, family members david and susan eisenhower and eisenhower memorial commission chair sen. pat roberts.

dozens and dozens of them since the covid crisis began and it's to my great pleasure to introduce susan eisenhowerho is a granddaughter of president eisenhower and has written a great book "how ike led". it's like a you to spy plane overview of the soul consoles that led his presidency but with a little young girl's point view on the man himself and is quite accommodation and combination because it's accommodation that lived your life and political analyst et cetera but in addition to that you knew him personally for many, many years. he didn't pass away until you are already in college or around that age, right? >> yes. >> so welcome everybody and we will get started to talk about president eisenhower for those of you who aren't familiar with the dates he was president from 1953 until 1961 and jfk was a present right "after words" and he was the supreme allied commander during world war ii. susan, first of all, thank you for joining us from afar on our online world that we've all recognized can happen much more easily than we thought. but tell us a little bit about what inspired you to write the

. >> to watch the rest of this program visit our website, booktv.org and search for author susan eisenhower or the title of her book how ike led using the bar at the top of the page . [music] >> hello everyone and welcome to today's virtual commonwealth club program and i'm here to be your moderator for today. i'm so excited to be here but i have a few things before we announce our beauful wonderful sunny hoin. as the club continues to host events they are grateful for your continued support and of other members and donors so we hope you'll consider mamaking a donation. you can do it online or text donate, here's the number. 415 329 4231. 415 435-4231 and you can text the word donate to that number. the club would like to than the osha foundation for supporting today's good live even i like the name of that, good let event and it's my pleasure rightnow, my just overwhelming , deep, i can't even tell you how much i love this woman but it's my pleasure to welcome my very dear friensunny hostin, award-winning legal journalist and cohost of the view. ve worked with sonny ny years and we have ta

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it is my great pleasure to introduce susan eisenhower who is here with us today preaches the granddaughteresident eisenhower. she has written a great book, how like lead. it is like a u-2 spy plane overview of his hold -- the principles that led his presidency. but with the young girl's point of view on the man himself. it is really quite a combinatio combination. it is a nice combination because it is also the combination that you lived your life at susan. because you are a political analyst et cetera pretty live this life this way and you knew him personally for many, many years. i bet that was interesting. he did not pass away until you were already in college or around that age, right? >> guest: yes. >> host: so welcome everyone. we are going to get started to talk about president eisenhower. for those of you who are not familiar is president from 1953 until 1961. jfk was the president right "after words". he was he supreme allied commander during world war ii. so susan, first of all thank you very much for joining us from afar. our inner online world of all recognize can happen much m

first susan eisenhower examined her grandfather dwight eisenhower's leadership style and the important decisions he made during his presidency. and former second lady lynn cheney chronicles the leadership of four of the first five presidents who hailed from the state of virginia. washington, jefferson, madison and monroe and later historian aj theycatch the 1948 presidential election . watch tonight getting: pretty easter and enjoyable previously and every weekend on c-span2. >> your watching tv on c-span2, every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors . c-span2, created by america's cable television companies as a public service brought to you today by yourtelevision provider . >>. >> tomorrow is election day, stay with us to find out who voters selectively the country in which parties will control congress. live coverage on election night starts at 9 pm eastern continues through washington journal at 7 am eastern. join the conversation, share your experiences as a result come in here from the candidates. watch live on c-span2 or

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first, susan eisenhower examines her grandfather's leadership style and important decisions he made during thinks presidency. then former second lady lynn cheney chronicles four of the five prisons who hailed from virginia, washington, jefferson, madison and monroe and later, historian recounts the 1948 presidential election. watch tonight beginning at 8:30 p.m. eastern. enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on c-span2. ♪ . >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. provider. >> tomorrow is election day, november 3rd. stay with us to learn who the voters select to lead the country as president and which parties will control congress. our live coverage on election night starts at 9 p.m. eastern and continues through the washington journal at 7 a.m. eastern. join the conversation, share your experiences as the results come in and hear from the candidates. watch live on c-span and c-span.org, or listen liv

what's available every weekend on c-span2 and tonight it's a look at presidential history, first susan eisenhower examines her grandfather dwight eisenhower's leadership style and the important decisions during his presidency. and then former second lady lynn cheney chronicles the leadership of four of the five presidents who hailed from the state of virginia, washington, jefferson, madison and monroe, later historian a.j. recounts in 1948 presidential election, watch tonight beginning i.e. 30 eastern and enjoy book tv this weekend and every weekend on c-span2. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2, every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors, c-span2, created by america's television companies as a public service and brought to you by your television provider. >> tomorrow is election day, november 3, stay with us to learn who the voters select to leave the country as president in which parties will control congress, alive coverage on election night starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern and continues through the "washington journal" of 7:00 p.m. eastern during the conversation and share your

preview of what's available every weekend on c-span2 tonight is a look at presidential history, susan eisenhower examines her grandfather dwight eisenhower leadership style and the important decisions you made during the presidency. then second lady the leadership of the first four of the five presidents held from the state of virginia washington, jefferson, madison and monroe, historian a.j. recounts the 1948 presidential election, watch tonight beginning at 830 eastern and enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> tomorrow is election day, november 3, stay with us who they elect as the president in which parties will control congress, the live coverage on election night starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern and continues through the "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern, join the conversation, share your experiences as a result come in and hear from the candidates. watch live on c-span in c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app, election night on c-span, your place for an unfiltered view of politics. ♪ . . . . >> harvard professor jill lapore, before we get into the sub

done dozens and dozens of them since the crisis began and it's my great pleasure to introduce susan eisenhower who is with us today. she's the granddaughter of president eisenhower and she's written a great book, how ike led . it's like a u2 spy plane overview of his whole, the principle that led his presidency but with a young girl's point of view on the man himself and it's quite a combination. it's a nice combination because it's also a combination that you lift your life in, susan because you're a political analyst and you've lived your life this way and in addition to that you knew him personally for many years. that was interesting, he didn't pass away until you were in college or around the age . so welcome everybody and we are going to get started to talk about president eisenhower. those of you who aren't familiar with him, he was president from 1953 until 1961, jfk was the president afterward and he was the supreme allied commander during world war ii so susan, thank you very much for joining us from afar in our online world that we've all recognized, it happened much more easily tha

first, susan eisenhower examines her grandfather dwight eisenhower's leadership style and the importantade during his presidency. former sec. lady lynn cheney chronicles the leadership of four of the first five presidents who hailed from the state of virginia washington, jefferson, madison and monroe. later historian ajay boehm recounts the 1948 presidential election, watch tonight beginning at 830 p.m. eastern and enjoy booktv and every weekend on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by america's cable television complaining is a public service and brought to today by your television provider. >> this week on the camino gators we want to introduce you to daniel weitzner with the massachusetts institute of technology and founding director of the internet policy research initiative and is a research scientist with the artificial intelligence lab there. professor weitzner, what exactly do you do? >> guest: excellent question, peter. what i do is so, to begin with i should say i'm trained as a lawyer ori

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susan 1958. that means it's likely a painting that was done first of all during the little rock crisis when eisenhower101st airborne division to desegregate little rock high school and to escort nine african-americans to start school that september. right after that of course was sputnik,oviet union launched its first aificial satellite or should say the world's fst artificial satelli into space i look at this pain and i think wow, those brush strokes must have provided some relief during those times of great controversy and crisis. >> we're going to go back to that. people talk about october surprises. in 1956 your grandfather certainly get two really huge ones. let's in the pictures and then we will go -- by the way, or the audience, if you have any questions just send them into the chat room and we will ask them. we got yours, and we'll get to the korean conflict a little later. next picture is, yes, and that is you, right? >> that's me. well, i look like i'm terribly thoughtful turkey looks very kind and i like that picture because i have always wanted people to know that he had some very, very to