Even if they get a compromise out of this, and everyone certainly hopes they will, the enormity of the problems that have to be tackled within the government, it seems impossible when you have a leader whose mandate is going to be incredibly weak. If you have a clear leader, they are not going to emerge with a strong mandate. Inside that government problems , need to be fixed, and the level of corruption kleptocracy is the word political scientists would use. I think it is completely accurate. Where members of the government their families are involved in Business Enterprises and the enterprises thrive because they have protection from their family and the government. People will also say that their people often say every country has corruption. Zero corruption is a fantasy. It doesnt exist. I grew up outside new york city and the people who picked up my garbage were not picking up with open contracts, but the garbage got picked up, the cost to taxpayers was not that great, and when th
And recovery. The morning. Good morning. Welcome to our panel on columbia burning a sesquicentennial reappraisal. My name is don doyle. I will make a few introductory remarks. I want to thank robin waits for all they did to make this such a success. Not just this panel, but the entire event. I think it has been a wonderful example of how to commemorate a painful episode in this citys history. Thanks especially to jessica whose idea it was to do something for this commemoration. We met over lunch, and from there it grew. We partnered with Historic Columbia. Sponsoring this event also is the History Center at the university of South Carolina. Another contributor was the graduate school at the university of South Carolina. Think all of you for your help and support. We brought for scholars four scholars together. We are beating almost exactly at the time, 150 years ago, that the union troops were crossing the river and coming towards the city, toward that moment at 10 00 in the morning wh
Looking for these types in bookstores this week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv. Org. Go to prizewinning historian James Mcpherson presents a history of the use of naval forces by the union and confederate armies during the civil war. Now on booktv. He reports on the impact that each navy made during the war, from union Naval Support of numerous battles, including vicksburg and new orleans to the confederates use of naval mines and the militaristic deployment of a submarine. Its a little under an hour. Good evening, everyone. Last time we met here on this very stage to talk about the civil war, jim, you are looking to finishing touches on your new book. You are preparing your publication as well. Now i have to do this the way they do it on the talk shows. Now, James Mcpherson war on the waters and craig, the civil war at sea, very handsomely done, are both out. Thats good because we get to resume our we barely scratched the surface. Lets get right t
Weekends on cspan two are an intellectual feast. Every saturday, American History tv documents america story, and on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan 2 comes from these Television Companies and more, including charter communications. Broadband is a force for empowerment. That is why charter has invested billns building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity, and in communities big and small. Charter is connecting us. Charter communications, along with these Television Companies, support cspan 2 as a public service. It is my pleasure tonight to bring up from our bureau in richmond, virginia my friend doug crenshaw. Both of them have worked at the battlefield down there. Doug is a volunteer. Bird is one of the historians for many years. Both of them are well familiar with 1862 and 1864. Both of them have several books in a back. Their most recent is called embattled capital, a guy to richmond during the civil
Troop of trained guerrillas, maybe i can do that. I will try to keep it moving along here. As you have just been told, and as i assume you know, the battle of nashville was the last major battle of 1864. It was a major victory, maybe the greatest victory for george h. Thomas and the greatest defeat for john bell hood. As you may be aware, the army with which George Thomas fox battle of nashville was composed of several contingents. You might even say, cobbled together almost on the field of battle there. Thomas was sent back with the fourth corps of his army of the cumberland back into tennessee to gather forces there and other reinforcements that would be sent to him and put them together into an army that would stop john bell hoods late fall incursion into the state of tennessee. The fourth corps that tomas had commanded throughout the Atlanta Campaign earlier that year, there was the 23rd quarter under 23rd core under schofield, which had also served under sherman alongside, sproul