Coming up next on booktv encore booknotes from january 2000. Arthur herman discusses his book Joseph Mccarthy. Professor herman reassesses cart these legacy and argues the senator from wisconsin was justified in arguing there was a real communist threat inside the u. S. Government. This is about an hour. Cspan arthur herman, author of Joseph Mccarthy, why do you think we needed to reexamine the life and legacy of americas mosthated senator . Guest well, there are a couple of reasons. One is that we now know a lot more about the times and the context in which mccarthy had his political career and built his career of notoriety. We also know a lot more about joe mccarthy, the man, and about his own life. And what i wanted to do was to really put it together in a book that would give people a broad introduction, both to the period, but also to joe mccarthy, the man; to understand who he was, why he has the kind of tremendous rereputation and notoriety that he does and to understand where t
[applause] thank you. I am going to sit rapid and go to the podium. I have had a few health problems. Just as soon not test myself. Thank you for coming tonight. In thinking about the problem of liberalism, i have to start with a simple problem. Most people including most people who think they have studied the subject have a very weak idea of the history of liberalism weather on the left or the right. There is an idea that you started with progressivism, you moved on i and teasing you start with progressivism, proceeded to the new deal and went on to the Great Society and it is a continuous flow. The trouble is is simply not true. Most progressives could not become new dealers. Very few republican progressives, remember progressivism was a bipartisan movement, the republican and democratic party. Very few republican progressives became new dealers and not surprisingly enough, among the democratic progressives, the group most likely to become new dealers were social workers, and they sa
How did we end up where we are . And it led me back to world war i. And the figure of Woodrow Wilson who i think is a very dark figure in American History. I just finished teaching a course in a prison, its in new jersey, they segregate the prisons by gang affiliations, so these were all bloods. And i taught them leon litwhacks two great, great works. Did you know leon . Amazing, after the storm, the aftermath of slavery and then his great book on jim crow a troubling time but i remember reading in that book that even someone as brilliant debois voted for wilson in the belief that this was the practical thing to do. And you know the first thing wilson did or one of the first things he did when he took office was resegregate government offices. And of course it was a decision hat debois deeply regretted, walking out. And i turn to a lot of writers of the period, you know, the three who come away with the most integrity of sort of intellectuals are randolph bourn, jane adams and Dwight M
Not appropriate for a kindergartener or a middle school class. You can watch this entire interview at booktv. Org. On facebook we posted a link about the first degree in selfpublishing to be offered at the university of central lancashire and to recognize the tenth anniversary of facebook, we posted the 2010 presentation of the facebook effect. On facebook you have to really be yourself in order to get the benefits that the software is designed to give you. In other words, you can pretend to be someone youre not, but you wont really have a lot of friends, because the whole point of facebook is to connect with people you really know, and theyre not going to know its you if you dont use your real name. Follow us on twitter booktv and like us on facebook, facebook. Com booktv for more news about the world of publishing and whats happening on booktv. Fred siegel argues that the roots of modern liberalism can be found in the writings of postworld war i figures like Sinclair Lewis, Randolph
Are looking at temperatures dropping by m celsius between now and the end of the week and the colder air is on the way at the moment, arriving behind this cold front that will push its way southwards across the uk. Thatll continue to bring rainfora time the uk. Thatll continue to bring rain for a time across scotland and Northern Ireland overnight with skies clearing later on as the wet weather trundles into england and wales. As the skies clear across the north it will be in much colder night, cold enough for a touch of frost on the grass for some areas of scotland and england, and england and wales of the state stilljust about into that mild air. Through wednesday, the cold front will continue to push southward and eastwards so outbreaks of rain all areas. The rain will turn increasingly heavy across the east. Showers follow to western england and wales, scotland and Northern Ireland having the best of the dry weather and sunshine but this is where we will see some of the lower dayti