1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ash land. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . Think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, is to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man k
American history tv on cspan 3. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us as n our history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender. Making five president ial bids, including the election of 1824, is 1832 against Andrew Jackson and 1844 when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on locations in ashland, henry clays home in lexington, kentucky and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor right now, let me introduce you to the historian. Why is henry clay relevant to americans living in our time . I think on couple accounts. First of all, his famous comment i would rather be right than be president still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing, w
When i tune in on the weekends, usually authors sharing new releases. Nonfiction others on booktv, the best television for serious readers. On cspan they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subject. Booktv weekends bring you author after author after author that spotlight the work of fascinating people. I love booktv and i am a cspan fan. You look at current bestselling nonfiction books according to the boston globe. Our look at bestselling nonfiction books according to the boston globe continues. That is a look at the current nonfiction bestsellers according to the boston globe. Many of these authors have been on or will be appearing on booktv. You can watch them on our website booktv. Org. James traub is a contributing writer for New York Times magazine where he has worked since 1998 and is a regular columnist for foreignpolicy. Com. His books include the best intentions, kofi annan and the un in the era of American World power, the devils playground, a century of ple
Civilian leadership at the pentagon. The times reports it this way. Quote, trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office Meeting thursday whether he had options to take action against irans main nuclear site in the coming weeks. The advisers including mike pence, secretary of state mike pompeo, christopher miller, the acting defense secretary, general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs, warned that a strike against irans facilities could easily escalate into a broader conflict in the last weeks of mr. Trumps presidency. There was also more reporting today that trump wants to order a reduction in the number of our troops in afghanistan from about 4,500 down to 2,500. Were now into week two of trumps effort to stall the biden transition. Again today trump falsely declared victory. What he barely mentioned today is the coronavirus now spreading uncontrolled through our country. Trump appears to have abandoned all public efforts to manage the pandemic. He certainly has made no refer
Virginia. Host allen guelzo lets begin with your latest book, robert e lee a life, who was he before the civil war, what was his reputation . Guest he was best known for two things, son of a famous revolutionary war hero and that was the famed cavalry commander light horse harry lee, the one who served under washington and in fact, coined washington, first in war, first in peace, that was light horse harry. The other thing that people would have known robert e lee for would have been his service in the mexican war and especially on the staff of general scott during scotts fabulous invasion. Moving in land to mexico city in 1847. Lee served in many respects as scotts eyes and ears performing over and over again feats for scott so much so that scott made the confession that for all the honors he had won in that Great Campaign to mexico city almost all the credit really belonged to robert e lee, so lees two thing would have been robert e lee would have been noted before the civil war whic