suppose a plausible alternative is present or not wendell willkie who was a moderate republican internationalist to rant against roosevelt in 1940, but suppose republicans had nominated charles lindbergh, who was a great aviation hero, he was very isolationist, and quite sympathetic to germany. if he had a president lindbergh instead of a president roosevelt, i think history would've turned out quite differently. i doubt that he would've made the preparations that roosevelt made, and i doubt that after japan attacked the united states that he would have oriented toward toward europe rather than keeping it focused just on asia. so in that sense, franklin roosevelt made a big difference. >> foreign policy and 20th century presidential leadership, later today at 7:30 p.m. eastern. part of american history tv. this weekend on c-span3. >> elizabeth bradley and lauren taylor are next on booktv. the two authors question why compare to all other industrialized nations americans spend more and receive less from our health care system. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> hi, everybody, and welcome.

suppose a plausible alternative had been present not wendell willkie who was the moderate internationalist who ran against roosevelt in 1940 but suppose the republicans had nominated charles lindbergh, who was a great aviation hero who was very isolationist and quite sympathetic to germany. if you had a president lindbergh instead of a president roosevelt i think history would have turned out quite differently. i doubt that it would have made preparations that roosevelt made a and b i doubt that after japan attacked the united states that he would have

suppose a plausible alternative had been present not wendell willkie who was the moderate internationalist who ran against roosevelt in 1940 but suppose the republicans had nominated charles lindbergh, who was a great aviation hero who was very isolationist and quite sympathetic to germany. if you had a president lindbergh instead of a president roosevelt i think history would have turned out quite differently. i doubt that it would have made preparations that roosevelt made a and b i doubt that after japan attacked the united states that he would have oriented toward toward europe rather than keeping it focused just on asia. so not in that sense franklin roosevelt made a big difference. in their book "heart" former vice president dick cheney and his longtime cardiologist jonathan reiner talk about his long history with heart disease and advances in cardiology in the past decades. he had a heart transplant in 2012. the two discuss their book for about an hour next on book tv. >> tonight's program will consist of an interview conducted by margaret cochran president of the national press clu

suppose a possible alternative had been present not wendell willkie who was the moderate republican internationalists who ran against roosevelt in 1940 but suppose the republicans had nominated charles lindbergh who was a great aviation hero who was very isolationist and quite sympathetic to hitler's germany. if you had a president lindbergh instead of a president roosevelt i think history would have turned out quite differently. i doubt that he would have made the preparations that roosevelt made. a and b i doubt that after japan attacked the united states that he would have oriented toward toward europe rather than keeping it focused just on a show. so in that sense franklin roosevelt made a big difference. next david keith and clive hamilton debate the idea of scientifically manipulating the merman to address the threat of global warming. this is about an hour. >> many thanks scott for that introduction and for the invitation to come and debate climate engineering with david here today. i want to talk a little bit about some of the implication but more about the social and political meaning of wha

suppose a possible alternative had been present not wendell willkie who was the moderate republican internationalists who ran against roosevelt in 1940 but suppose the republicans had nominated charles lindbergh who was a great aviation hero who was very isolationist and quite sympathetic to hitler's germany. if you had a president lindbergh instead of a president roosevelt i think history would have turned out quite differently. i doubt that he would have made the preparations that roosevelt made. a and b i doubt that after japan attacked the united states that he would have oriented toward toward europe rather than keeping it focused just on a show. so in that sense franklin roosevelt made a big difference.