As a longtime historian, what impact does it have on you that you were born in concord, massachusetts, grew up around boston . What has it done to your thinking of history . Gordon it made me a fan of john, just because he was a good old yankee. I am not sure that being a new englander has affected me onsciously, i do not like to think that i am letting the present influence my conception of the past. So i am not sure. But i am a new englander for sure. Brian can you remember when you first heard about john adams . Gordon probably not until high school. I did not know much about him, not until college. I had not gotten to see his home until after college. So it was a long time before i got to know him. Now, because i did three volumes in the library of america about his writings, i really got to know him. I think i got to know him better than i know most of my friends. He is really something. Brian you said in your book that he had a diary and Thomas Jefferson did not. Why do you think
Historians. That was last summer. Charlie i think you and ken burns formed a group. David we were all pretty much saying the same thing. It was concern for the country. Andern about values truth,r, belief in the belief intolerance, belief in kindness and empathy. Charlie all things you think should be president ial qualities. David yes, i do. And i think that a certain confidence is essential, and that you dont base your attacks on your smearnts using fear and and unkind actions and words. Disturbed allhat of us who did that, made that a sense ofthat history, and understanding of history, is essential in leadership of all kinds. And our most effective and most also notious, but always the most talented or eloquent, has been students of history. And those who had not been University President s. Harry truman, the one that you know well. David he never went to college, but he never stopped reading history. He said the only new thing in the world is the history you dont know. And now, wit
Historians. That was last summer. Charlie i think you and ken burns formed a group. David we were all pretty much saying the same thing. It was concern for the country. Andern about values truth,r, belief in the belief intolerance, belief in kindness and empathy. Charlie all things you think should be president ial qualities. David yes, i do. And i think that a certain confidence is essential, and that you dont base your attacks on your smearnts using fear and and unkind actions and words. Disturbed allhat of us who did that, made that a sense ofthat history, and understanding of history, is essential in leadership of all kinds. And our most effective and most also notious, but always the most talented or eloquent, has been students of history. And those who had not been University President s. Harry truman, the one that you know well. David he never went to college, but he never stopped reading history. He said the only new thing in the world is the history you dont know. And now, wit
Charlie welcome to the program. We begin this evening with the author and historian David Mccullough. I like to write about people who i feel deserve more attention and credit. I like to bring them front and center stage. I like to write about the wives of these people. I like to write about people you never heard of because why should they remain in the shadows or in the wings, as it were. And the other im drawn to people who set off set out to accomplish something worthy, noble even that they knew would be difficult which turned out to be even more difficult than anyone imagined and they succeeded. Charlie we conclude with three syrian women who have activists. We want to highlight the syrian story through the syrian eyes not from the outside. Seeing more syrians speak about syria. Listening to syrians. We heard about the u. S. Strike but we havent heard any syrians speaking about how the strike affected the lives. Charlie the case for history and three activists in syria. Join us. F
Charlie welcome to the program. We begin this evening with the author and historian David Mccullough. I like to write about people who i feel deserve more attention and credit. I like to bring them front and center stage. I like to write about the wives of these people. I like to write about people you never heard of because why should they remain in the shadows or in the wings, as it were. And the other im drawn to people who set off set out to accomplish something worthy, noble even that they knew would be difficult which turned out to be even more difficult than anyone imagined and they succeeded. Charlie we conclude with three syrian women who have activists. We want to highlight the syrian story through the syrian eyes not from the outside. Seeing more syrians speak about syria. Listening to syrians. We heard about the u. S. Strike but we havent heard any syrians speaking about how the strike affected the lives. Charlie the case for history and three activists in syria. Join us. F