it's my pleasure to welcome back tj stiles to cwi. he spoke yesterday as you know. he spoke on george armstrong custer, based upon a book that he received the pulitzer for. he is, as you all know, the winner of two pulitzers. this afternoon he is going to speak on another let's say misunderstood character in jesse james. jesse james, the study of him by tj stiles is really at the point of a new wave of civil war scholarship that's focusing on guerilla warfare. you heard bart meyers yesterday. you met kim noe. they have all been doing work on what many have considered to be the periphery of the civil war. thanks to these scholars and thanks to tj stiles, we now have a more expansive view of civil war military history. jesse james, unfortunately, is sometimes perceived as a robin hood figure of the old west. we often see jesse james as being apolitical. that he is part of those bandits like bloody bill anderson. i think what is so impressive about what tj styles has done is that he has taken this man and he has enabled us to see a man who we should note has left very

on friday, we conclude the conference with tj stiles. next weekwar special beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. next, robert o hero discusses his book on montgomery meigs. he was responsible for supplying union armies in the field and developed washington, d.c.'s, infrastructure and build or expanded national buildings and sites such as the u.s. capitol dome and arlington national cemetery. this is just over 50 minutes. is --ning us tonight robert is a reporter with the investigative unit of the washington post who is focused on privacy, national security, federal contracting. he has won multiple journalism awards. the 2013 sigma delta chi award. a regional emmy. he previously won the top prize for investigative reporters and editors for exposing fraud, waste, and abuse in homeland security contracting. he has been a pulitzer prize finalist twice. finalisten a four-time for business writing. he is the author of "no place to hide." michelle is a civil war and reconstruction specialist at the library of congress. history atd a ba in berk

on friday, we conclude the conference with tj stiles. next weekwar special beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. next, robert o hero discusses his book on montgomery meigs. he was responsible for supplying union armies in the field and developed washington, d.c.'s, infrastructure and build or expanded national buildings and sites such as the u.s. capitol dome and arlington national cemetery. this is just over 50 minutes. isjoining us tonight

on thursday, john marcil lack and on friday, we conclude with tj stiles. american history tv possible war special all this week beginning monday 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's tale vision -- television companies and is brought you buy a cable or satellite provider. this year, c-span's touring cities across the country, exploring american history. a look at the reason visit to tacoma, washington. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. the area we are standing in right now is in the southern section of puget sound which is sort of washington state of the pacific northwest great inland water. when the transcontinental railroad came, there was talk about one day being able to span puget sound. it really was not an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. during the depression, federal programs, like the building of the grand coulee dam, and stuff that were big job creating public works project in the no

and on friday we can include the conference with author tj stiles. all next week beginning 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. and the eagle -- a legal conference a law school professor discussed the future of law school. this is from the seventh circuit bar associations annual meeting. it is an hour and a half. thank you for making time on the program for this conversation about the future of our profession i am randy shepard i ended up spending most of my adult life in the supreme court. i now sit doing senior service. and i have an appointment over at the mccain school of law. to my right is rebecca corliss. spent more than decade on the colorado supreme court. she left their ten or 11 years ago. she does all sorts of research and programmatic work. on the improvement of courts into the improvement of legal education and the legal profession. and then professor anderson certainly a man of circuit if there ever was one after his legal education at the university of chicago became a clerk despite his recent career i will say there's nobody has done m

on friday we conclude the conference with author tj stiles. american history tv civil war special, on c-span3. >> monday night on "the communicators." >> hackers don't hack computers. they hack humans. >> we are talking with cyber threats with the ceo of net square. >> it is not easy to pack an organization month after month. it is recommended, but today we have to think about proactive defense. we cannot keep reacting to attacks anymore. we have to turn the concept around. you set booby-traps. you create customized environments. we have to engage in threat hunting. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> next on american history tv, raymond geselbracht, a formal archivist at the areas truman -- harry s truman library and museum, talks about truman's latin american travels. he explores the latin american legacy through photos and truman's detailed diary entries. the truman white house and -- to send carlos in's to in key west, florida hosted the , conference.

stiles, his work testifies to the fact that you can write engaging biography with ideas, with argument, with analysis and above all else, original research. tj likes the archives. there are a lot of academic historians that do much of their work, i hate to say, maybe on the internet. they don't like to get dirty with the manuscripts, t.j. does just that and he has produced three very, very important books, i will quickly tell you the first is "jesse james, the last rebel of the civil war" a "new york times" notable book of the year. and "first tycoon, the epic life of cornelius vanderbilt." it was the winner of the pulitzer prize in 2010 and the national book award in 2009. most recently his biography of george custer, the 2016 pulitzer prize winner. seriously, t.j., i'd call it quits. two pulitzer prizes, a national book prize, this is an incredible record you have achieved in a very short time. we are very, very pleased to have you here. t.j. stiles who will be speaking to us about george custer. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. we're on c-span live so i'll keep my cursing to a minimum. if you could please, though mute your cell phones

and on friday we can include the conference with author tj stiles. all next week beginning 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. and the eagle -- a legal conference a law school professor discussed the future of law school. this is from the seventh circuit bar associations annual meeting. it is an hour and a half.