james fields is a professor of french politics at the university of war work. he joins us live by skype work, sorry, by scott from bristol, thank you for your time. what do these results in your opinion? tell us about the mood of the country and also what we could expect for the presidential elections come 2022. well, 1st thing to see is that since shouldn't was the big winner in these elections and there are a number of reasons for that. first, there's a growing loss of faith in politicians in france that's reflected in decreasing from note relations across the board. then the timing of these elections as front comes out of cooper crisis and on people frankly have other things on now my use. and then there's also the nature of the election themselves. these are elections. i intermediate level, they're both transport, maintaining school buildings, emergency services, waste management. so they don't tend to use voters. and nor do they come to the, nor the close enough to vote for a pass at all connection to before the, all of this is up to a written piece full, t

war. the most distinguished, one lived in that atmosphere and i was very young, when i left the university i became a journalist, started working with newspapers, seemed i went to a lot ofars including vietnam, a couple middle east wars, one in angola and harbors increasingly fascinating, the more i saw, the more i read, the more i did to write about it, it had become my life. it is ironic most of my books are designed to discourage people going to war. i suppose because i learned about war i'm able to draw longer experience, operation pedestal, about the british fleet across the mediterranean, in 1942 and in 1982, correspondence to recapture the falklands. when i was doing this in the last year or two, seeing in my mind's i, the scenes that i have seen, the ship sinking will, you can hardly believe, huge ships by carrier, with plenty of those coming, the crests of waves, the scenes below decks in action, the way young men behave in action, all of those things by comparison in world war ii, what was like to see that, they were very much alive in my mind. >> to give you an idea how military and civilian these numbers are, difficult to find, we will get max hastings's rea

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prize and annual award for the scholarly work in english on abraham lincoln or the civil war era and from california berkeley he's been on the faculty of the university of new york graduate center since 1997 and the holder of the graduate school of humanities chair since 98. he teaches courses on contracts with criminal law and regulations. he attended princeton university, oxford university and yale law school and served as a law clerk for the judge of the united states court of appeals. he was awarded for his book race, crime and the law and recent books include race, affirmative action and the law, the persistence of the color line, radical politics and the racial politics and the politics of racial be a trail. abraham lincoln and the antislavery constitution that explores how the party adhered to the strategy founded in the constitution itself. so without more from me we look forward to a wonderful conversation. >> thank you so much for that gracious introduction and i would like to get the conversation started. i am delighted to be in conversation with james oakes whose work i've used in courses and my own written work and we are going to discus

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war was published in 2019. you guys have a teacher-student relationship way back. author today is robert elder of baylor university. his book on the american south, his first book was sacred mirror, i worked on this before hand. the sacred mirror, 1790-1860, phd from the mori university and two degrees, liz and shelley, thank you for being here, thank you all for attending and i will leave you to it. >> thank you for that introduction. i am pretty sure it is colder if that is possible colder today than charleston, south carolina or where some folks are who are joining us, a chance to say hello. >> everyone who is on the call, thanks to paul for running the show here. it is a very wintry evening. so far the internet is working. i'm looking forward to it. before we get started. this is coming full circle. 21 years ago, in paul anderson's classes at clemson, jefferson jackson and calhoun class that i first got hooked on history. he is the reason i have been inflicted on the historical profession so it is his fault. >> i'm not sure that is much blame my way as it is credit to you. one thing i remember about that first class at clemson all those years ago and where we are right now and that is

house and how that work reflected cold war politics a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled. this panel is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video good afternoon. i'm katherine malone-france chief preservation officer at the national trust from historic preservation. thanks so much to stewart mclaurin and the white house historical association for this wonderful symposium today and for our ongoing collaboration to preserve the historic decatur house on lafayette square.

university of st. andrews. he's taught at st. andrew, joined the staff college in 2000. his main research interest concerns the anglo american alliance in world war ii and he has published numerous works. but the one that is germane to today's discussion is his excellent history of the battle of -- or should i say the three battles called pendulum of war. if you will, gentlemen, let's start with john. we'll go in chronological order. let's start with john. tell us about the battle of midway. >> thank you. in following with rob's skepticism, my title is midway turning point in the pacific. as you can see, i've got a question mark at the end of that statement which should be your clue that, you know, i think we have to use the word turning point in a very careful manner within the context of a large war like world war ii. and it's near cousin divisive battle. that's another phrase that gets trotted out with respect to midway on a frequent basis. what do those really mean within the context of a war like the second world war which just isn't a contest between two countries but is actually a contest between two nations -- you know, larger alliance blocs composed of dozens of nations. can

university and written constitution and the central university history professor kate respecting the rights of african-americans work in this and later, civil warorian james has been fusion to do tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, a hearing resources subcommittee that last hour i got subcommittee time zone, morning,

when i left the university i became a journalist, i started working first for newspapers than for bbc television. i seem to be a lot of warsdays. i want to love those words including vietnam several times. on an end goal at one in pakistan. i became increasingly fascinated by the experience of war the more i saw and the more i read the war i wanted to write about it but sort of became life i suppose one is lucky it is ironic most of my books are designed to discourage people going to war. god knows i am not a war lover. i suppose because i've loved great deal my latest book operation pedestal which is about a british fleet goes across the mediterranean at a terrible cost in the summer of 1942. in 1982 was a correspondent with the british task force to recapture the falklands. when those writing operation pedestal in the last year to all the time i was seeing in my minds eye some of the scenes i had seen down there in the south atlantic with the ships sinking in the planes shot down. extraordinary spectacle until you've seen it in the south atlantic storms. sees vast ships of the crest of waves scenes of below decks and act

universities first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. the first panel we hear how jacqueline kennedy, ladybird johnson, and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house, and how their work reflected cold war politics, a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8 pm eastern on american history tv. >> next we hear white scholars and the general public tend to narrowly categorize first ladies. catherine jealous and of ohio university shows they are more complicated that using dolly madison, lucy hayes, and betty ford as examples. of the three she believes betty ford to be the most difficult to put into one category. the national archives foundation hosted this event and provided the video. >> our future speaker today is catherine jealous. and she's a professor of history at ohio university where she teaches courses on u.s. women's and gender history. she's published a number of books and authored a biography on jacqueline kennedy. she's a frequent, she frequently appears in print and on television as a commentator, first lady [inaudible] that's why she is here today. catherine, are you with us? >> i am here, patrick. thank you for the nice introduction. >> excellen

white house and how that work reflected cold war politics a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled this panel is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video and in an hour and 15 minutes historian, robert mary gives his views on why william mckinley's white house

university of saint andrews. he's taught at saint andrews the world military academy join the staff college in 2000 his main research interest concerns the anglo-american alliance in world war ii and he's he has published numerous works, but the one that we're really be jermaine to today's discussion is his excellent history of the battle of alamine, or should i say the three battles of el alamein called pendulum of war so if you will gentlemen, let's start with john we'll go in roughly chronological order midways june and at least a third battle of alamine is oktober 1942. so let's start with john marshall john talk to us about the battle of midway. very well. thank you if you could put my first slide up for me in in following with rob's sort of skepticism or guarded usage around the words turning point. my title is midway turning point in the pacific and as you can see, i've got a question mark at the end of that statement, which should be your clue that you know, i think we have to use the word turning point in a very careful manner within the context of a large war like world war ii and it's near cousin decisive battle. that's another phrase that gets trotted out with respect to midway on a pretty frequent basis.

white house and how that work reflected cold war politics a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled this panel is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video and in an hour and 15 minutes historian, robert mary gives his views on why william mckinley's white house successes have been largely overlooked. good afternoon. i'm katherine malone-france chief preservation officer at the national trust for historic preservation. thanks so much to stewart mcglaurin and the white house historical association for this wonderful symposium today and for our ongoing collaboration to preserve the historic decatur house on lafayette square. i am especially pleased to be here today to talk about the incredibly important role that first ladies have played in historic preservation and to do so during may which has been celebrated as national preservation month. since 1973 at the national trust we're in the midst of our where women made history campaign to highlight and preserve the places where women made important contributions to our country. a key component of thi

universities first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. the first panel we hear how jacqueline kennedy, ladybird johnson, and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house, and how their work reflected cold warpolitics, a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8 pm eastern on american history tv. >> next we hear white scholars and the general public tend to narrowly categorize first ladies. catherine jealous and of ohio university shows they are more complicath