there are congressional hearings in which he sharply criticizes the truman administration and the truman strategy during the korean war. he gives the famous line, "old soldiers never die, they just fade away." in fact macarthur fades away. during the hearings he actually shows himself to be really a hard liner and his views seem so extreme that even the republicans in congress who are out to get truman started to lose their sympathy for him. in the end there was some talk that he would pursue the presidential nomination in 1952 but he does not even become a legitimate contender. truman's popularity had been suffering by 1952 for a variety of reasons. some of them have to do with domestic issues. some of them have to do with foreign-policy issues. for truman the loss of china was something the republicans used to bash his foreign-policy and criticize him from a poor foreign-policy perspective -- from a foreign-policy perspective. by 1952 truman leaves office extremely unpopular but his reputation has been resurrected by some historians. he is one of the most controversial and debated pres

there are congressional hearings in which he sharply criticizes the truman administration and the truman line, "olde famous soldiers never die, they just fade away." in fact macarthur fades away. during the hearings he actually shows himself to be really a hard liner and his views seem so extreme that even the areblicans in congress who out to get truman started to lose their sympathy for him. was -- in there end there was some talk that he would pursue the presidential nomination in 1952 but he does not even become a legitimate contender. truman's popularity had been suffering by 1952 for a variety of reasons. withof them have to do domestic issues. some of them have to do with foreign-policy issues. for truman the loss of china was something the republicans used to bash his foreign-policy and criticize him from a poor foreign-policy perspective -- from a foreign-policy perspective. 52 truman leaves office extremely unpopular but his reputation has been resurrected .y some historians he is one of the most controversial and debated presidents in american history ,hen it comes to foreign-

i thought to continue through to the truman administration, not just because harry truman had been part of the roosevelt era but because by continuing up until 1952-53, we can see some features of modern realities that might have remained somewhat obscure, two in particular. the first concerns the layering of fear in american life. fear is generated by circumstances that go beyond those of ordinary risk. life is full of risks. we buy a home, we hope it goes up in value. until leeson read always goes up in value. remarry, half of marriages today don't end well, they end in divorce but we have a sense we know something about the parameters of risk when we buy a home or mary but there are some circumstances that seem absolutely unique, that shatter our understanding of the status quo that make it difficult, even impossible to reckon with the true dimensions of risk. the collapse of capitalism after 1929 was such a fear generating experience, certainly for americans. unemployment rate, 25%. in an age when most women were not in the labour force, that meant something like half of american ad

remember, there were some really great statesman in the truman administration.d this was carried on to beat these people look back and they solve the two world wars. the first one settled on a radanovich vindictive terms. the second was a 70 million people were killed and untold others displaced. they saw the great depression. they saw the protection of some in the currency manipulation. they solve the holocaust. they said to themselves what a crummy world and we are part of it but we like it or not. so they set out to construct something better. they solve the soviet union and its aggressor force and the developed ideas like containment, institutional structures. the brentonwood system of economics and the trading effort to construct and the security efforts that were made. over a period of time, each successive administration made its contributions. it was constructed in the commons and that is what i am referring to. people contributed to it and benefited from that. it was the u.s. leadership without a doubt. and i think it is fair to say that without u.s. le

government or the truman administration take a position on where it should be located? >> that's a great question. the united states government took the position of neutrality on the site question which left a wide open door for all of the local promotional committees, that they would just walk right through. the u.s. government, the state department had a pretty good idea that the u.n. diplomats would come to the united states. they wanted to give the u.n. the start and independent start so let's leave the decision of the diplomats. and so the diplomatic committees who came over had very little familiarity with the united states and they were trusting the boosters really to guide them along and boosters were more than happy to do it. there did come a point in that last round where they revisited that last group of cities where the united states government did become more involved at that point and did step in the final days to say the east coast is better than the west coast. but they were still letting the decision go where the u.n. wanted it to go. >> why did they ab

you believed as i said that for all the flaws, the roosevelt and truman administrations were doing what they could to help us. there was a sense of neighborliness and community that has also been affected adversely by the fleeing of jobs and by the deterioration of economic opportunities. and in the beginning they questioned what have i done wrong. today they don't say it that way. they think that there is no social can be-- . >> rose: they think something's wrong with the system. >> they don't knows what's wrong but they think something beyond their control has happened and that no matter how hard they try, how many jobs they get, how many hours a week they work, that they're on their own. and that changes. both of the fathers in these two families get sick during the course of our filming over the last 20 years. and just as they are about to save up a little money and maybe pay off the mortgage. >> rose: medical. >> medical costs. the stanley family, he got very, tony newman became ill with pneumonia. it cost them their mortgage for several mondays. mr. stanley got sick as well, cost

they haven't even played in a fall classic since the truman administration so tonight the lovable losershe national league will make their first visit to the oakland oakland. the trade deadline is a month away but chicago is already thinking about next year. the cubs sent feldman to another club. feldman one of the cubs' better pitchers was scheduled to start tonight in oakland. >>> okay. one of the as smartest players here, fry manned his gpa in college 3.84 at duke. >> wow. >> he is one smart cookie and, of course, he was on my guest on game day. >> 3.84 gpa from a very bright family. if you weren't playing baseball, what would you be doing? >> well, my brother just started his third year in medical school. and from what i hear, that's not what i would want to do. that sounds like it's a pretty tough road. i would be interested in graduate school of some type maybe law school, but i'm happy to be doing what i'm doing. >> i think your parents are both lawyers? >> yes, they both went to law school but for the time being i'm enjoying what i'm doing but someday, may have to get a real job.

you remember, there were some really great things -- great statesman and the truman administration, and this was carried on, but these people look back and what did they see? they saw two world wars. the first one settled in rather than to give terms, helped lead to the second. the second world war, 70 million people were killed, and untold others displaced. they saw the great depression. they saw the protectionism and the currency manipulation that help to aggravated. they saw the holocaust. they said to themselves, what a crummy world. and we are part of it whether we like it or not. so they set out to construct something better, and they saw the soviet union with his aggressive force to deal with. they developed ideas like containment. institution structures like native. the bretton woods system and economics, the trading effort, successful trading effort to construct a success model. and over a period of time each successive administration made its contributions. they constructed a security and economic country, and that's what i'm referring to, that people contributed to it and ben

. >> yeah, like back in the truman administration. >> stephanie: all right, red baron, set to go. whether the weather was engaged or not was irrelevant. why would the pilots allow the airspeed get so low ♪ la di test da ♪ >> stephanie: auto throatels throttles these devices make corrections if there are deviations from the settings. they'll have to figure out were they set was it malfunctioning, and experts are saying it still shouldn't have matter. >> it would have corrected. >> stephanie: when our music goes down, you just sing. >> there's nothing else you can do. >> stephanie: what is the worst thing in radio. >> silence. >> stephanie: not as bad as your singing. the pilots were making a visual approach, we talked about this yesterday, it does seem in some way the perfect storm of stuff like this. this one thing or that one thing shouldn't have matter. it was the combination of thing inexperienced, and the officials said there were other automations available to help the crew, but the pilot that landed the plane, it was his first landing in san francisco in the boeing 777. the

remember, there were some really great statesman in the truman administration.d this was carried on to beat these people look back and they solve the two world wars. the first one settled on a radanovich vindictive terms. the second was a 70 million people were killed and untold others displaced. they saw the great depression. they saw the protection of some in the currency manipulation. they solve the holocaust. they said to themselves what a crummy world and we are part of it but we like it or not. so they set out to construct something better. they solve the soviet union and its aggressor force and the developed ideas like containment, institutional structures. the brentonwood system of economics and the trading effort to construct and the security efforts that were made. over a period of time, each successive administration made its contributions. it was constructed in the commons and that is what i am referring to. people contributed to it and benefited from that. it was the u.s. leadership without a doubt. and i think it is fair to say that without u.s. le

remember there were some really great statesman in the truman administration. these people look back and what do they see? face all two world wars. the first one settled in another vindictive terms and would lead to the second. the second world war, 70 million people were killed and untold others displaced. they saw the great depression and protectionism and the currency manipulation helped to aggravate. they solve the holocaust and said to themselves what a crummy world. yeah you we are part of it whether we like it or not. so they set out to construct something better. when they saw the soviet union it was an aggressive force to deal with. they develop ideas like containment, institutional structures like nato, the brentonwood system in economics and the trading effort to construct a successful effort for the training set up and security efforts that were made. over a period of time each successive administration made its contributions that was constructed of economic commons and that is what i am referring to but people contributed to it and benefited from.

administration. >> guest: right. >> host: as truman grappled with the choices they had to make. >> guest: right. >> host: so, in terms of the effects of the korean war and the unfinished nature of it, -- before we get into that, i want to ask you, you spent a lot of time working at the actions of u.s. policymakers, truman, acheson, eisenhower, and saw in detail what they were proposing. who do you think comes out well among u.s. policymakers in terms of understanding the nature of the conflict, the changes that were occurring? >> guest: well, i think hand down, ridgeway -- i think anyone who reads my book will see how much i really like ridgeway. ridgeway saved the eighth army. the chinese were pushing the u.n. army farther and farther south. general walker had died accidentally, and ridgeway was put into that position of commander, and the fact that he changed -- was able to change the situation, had i think really important repercussions for the united states. i think this is a time of macare theism. i -- mccarthyism. and a loss would have been devastating for the democratic institutions and woul