Craig nelson, the author of v is for victory. Franklin roosevelt American Revolution and the triumph of World War Two and the New York Times bestseller. The rocket men. The epic story. The first men on, the moon as well as several previous books, including pearl harbor, the age of radiance, the first hero, heroes, thomas paine. And lets get lost. His writing appeared in vanity fair, the wall street journal salon, soldier of fortune, national, Popular Science Readers Digest and a host of other publications. And he resides new york, and he is here to with us today. Welcome craig nelson. So unlike many of you ive been visiting the Hudson River Valley for 45 years. And one of the last things, roosevelts before he died was that he wanted to go home to the river. And all of us here what he meant. So i want to thank you also for your warm welcome. Im of living a once in a lifetime experience where ive never had a book that sparks the reaction and this one does. The people are passionate in lo
Controlled. So she had to adhere to these rules of censorship just like other journalist. All right. Well, thank you all so much for coming. Craig nelson, the author of v is for victory. Franklin roosevelt American Revolution and the triumph of World War Two and the New York Times bestseller. The rocket men. The epic story. The first men on, the moon as well as several previous books, including pearl harbor, the age of radiance, the first hero, heroes, thomas paine. And lets get lost. His writing appeared in vanity fair, the wall street journal salon, soldier of fortune, national, Popular Science Readers Digest and a host of other publications. And he resides new york, and he is here to with us today. Welcome craig nelson. So unlike many of you ive been visiting the Hudson River Valley for 45 years. And one of the last things, roosevelts before he died was that he wanted to go home to the river. And all of us here what he meant. So i want to thank you also for your warm welcome. Im of
Programs for this weekend on the cspan Network Freedom on cspan numeral network. On cspan 2, alan rifkin, whose father was a screenwriter for the marx brothers. Sunday at noon on indepth, our live threeour conversation with harvard law professor clyde for near. Her books include the purity of the majority and the min ers canary. Today on cspan 3, a discussion of the burning of Columbia South carolina, following the surrender of the city to the Union General William Tecumseh sherman. And sunday at 2 00, an interview with Daniel Elbert on a classified study on vietnam which he get the New York Times in 1971. Contact us on www. Cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. History book show features popular writers and airs on American History tv every weekend. This time, recounting the call of industrial business magnates William Knudsen and henry kaiser to leaf their private sector positions and lead the war production effort during world war ii. This is
Daschle hammond likened the season in which people knew for the hippie or stereotypes about to be, but i really wanted with season of the witch to tell the history of the city as Daschle Hammond might have written it, with the same sense of the citys toughness, of its mystery and of its kind of rugged atmosphere. Many people forget that San Francisco before the 50s era was a tough Irish Catholic, Italian Catholic town, very traditional in many ways and the first wave of hippies who came to this city really have the drawbridge pulled up on them. Many of the kids couldnt get treatment when they had drug drop bombs and other medical problems. They were given the Cold Shoulder by the city and city officials. The cops were after them. So that was only the beginning of what became the first first culture wore a pink right here in San Francisco. Americas first culture war was a civil war within San Francisco itself between these new social forces that began squeezing in the 1960s and 1970s wi
To produce more. A limit on the sick classic example. Huge shortfalls before the war begins. By 1942 is reaching critical factors and are wondering why we have all these great restraints on whats been used for civilian manufacturing. The fact was what got reynolds, alcoa and other Companies Online producing and speeding up the process as one war production board official put it in 1944, weve got a limit on coming our ears likewise the steel, critical to War Industries. Its ration supplies with god and of course real solution was the Technological Breakthroughs coming like electric furnaces which would send production skyrocketing is applied not just us, but all allies with it. Webber is another classic. You need rubber for tracks. You need advertisers and other things. Lets try to scrap rubber. Versatile secretary of interior was placed in charge of that effort. Were going to convert all of our tires and so on. Dont make any more new tires. Well convert it all here heard of courses tau