Earls. I can honestly say one of his books i read at graduate school is one of the very finest and, in fact, one of the very first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. He has done many others that include pickens charge, rightful musket in the civil war. His book on braxton brag as well. Im not sure youll love him after you read earls book. It is a fair and very well researched and deeply analytical look at that controversial general. Earl has won a number of awards, including the tom watson prize for his work on civil war tactics, something he will be speaking about today. And, i should note, that this book, fighting for atlanta published by the university of North Carolina press that it, in fact, will be his topic. Let me welcome earl hess. Thank you, peter, very much for that nice, generous introduction. Fighting for atlanta, tactics, terrain and trenches in the civil war. Thats the topic. The purpose is to understand one of the more important
From the eu a fake debate claiming he would deliver brexit sooner than Boris Johnson. The shadow chancellor, John Mcdonnell conceded hes frustrated by labours lack of progress on its brexit position while the head of the unite union asks thatjeremy corbyn is given more time. Now on bbc news, the week in parliament. Hello, and welcome to the week in parliament. Politicians may have been getting on with the business at hand, but theres definitely been an elephant in the chamber the conservative leadership contest. Scarcely a debate went by without some reference. For example, argy bargy when this Prime Ministerfaced questions about the next one. Will she finally act in the best interest of these islands, not the conservative party, and admit that neither of the candidates for office should ever be elected Prime Minister . But shes wasnt having any of that. Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight betterjob than anybody sitting on any of those benches. Well be d
Announced that £117 million will be provided in security funding for uk muslims and 70 million as well of the same for jewish communities. How on earth has communities. How on earth has all of this become necessary and is this money the answer to current tensions . Also as well, current tensions . Also as well, rishi sunak wants to eventually scrap National Insurance in full. Hows he going to fund that . Well, by reducing the amount of money we spend on benefits. Does that sound like a goodidea benefits. Does that sound like a good idea or not . And have you seen this . Well how could you have missed it . Quite frankly, people losing their minds people are losing their minds over royal photograph. Who over this royal photograph. Who on in this day and age on earth in this day and age doesnt edit their photos . You tell me. Were going to get tell me. Were going to get stuck into all of that over the next hour with Quentin Letts and Aaron Bastani. But before we do, lets cross live for t
bracing for their first taste of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. also tonight, how the brutal cold complicates the first campaign contest of 2024. i m robert costa in iowa on the eve of the republican presidential caucuses. new polling on republican and national matchup. plus, today marks 100 days of war between israel and hamas. new demands for the return of hostages, and the latest from inside gaza. i m charlie d agata in tel aviv, where israelis mark the day in mourning and fear for remaining hostages while the death toll inside gaza continues to climb. in ukraine, u.s. funding stalls, threatening its fight against russia. i m chris livesay in ukraine, where officials say the country is finished without more u.s. military aid. new era. denmark s new king begins his new reign. and later, we remember the last of the honeymooners. joyce randolph s forever trixie and classic television s sitcom. always to face the camera. because when he turns profile, brot
[cheers and applause] [applause] bob dole thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. What a night. [applause] the folks in hollywood would be happy to know that i finally found a movie i liked the one i just saw. [applause] this is a big night for me, and im ready. Were ready to go. [applause] thank you, california. [cheers] and thank you, san diego [cheers] bob dole for hosting the greatest Republican Convention of them all. The greatest of them all. [cheers] bob dole thank you, president ford and president bush. And god bless you, nancy reagan for your moving tribute to president reagan. [applause] by the way, i spoke to president reagan this afternoon, and i made him a promise that we would win one more for the gipper. Are you ready . [cheers] crowd dolekemp dolekemp dolekemp dolekemp bob dole thank you. And he appreciated it very much. Ladies and gentlemen, delegates to the convention, and fellow citizens, i cannot say it more clearly than in plain s