In the San Francisco bay area and graduated from the university of california at davis. His sophomore year, he took a semester off and travel to europe. There, he developed a lifelong passion for history which took him to Northwestern University where he earned his phd. He spent much of his career at Vanderbilt University in tennessee, where he developed a strong interest in the civil war. The professorame of history at the university of South Carolina. He enjoyed numerous years of overseas teaching and experiences. He was a fulbright professor of American History three times, in rome, genoa, and rio de janeiro. He talked one year at the university of leeds in england. He has spent a good deal of time traveling in europe and latin america. Hored seven books in addition to numerous articles, blogs and guest oped pieces. Several of his pieces for the New York Times came out of the research for the cause of all nations. He has written for salon. Com, usa today, and other popular journals.
For sale in the corner. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much for coming. Please remember to fill out the survey here to help us know how to find programs like this [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] next up on booktv, mark tooley, president of the institute on religion and democracy, talks about his book, the peace that almost was. Its from this years fall for the book festival in fairfield, virginia. Our guest tonight is historian mark tooley. Mark tooley is the president of the institute on religion and democracy in washington d. C. His writing has appeared in National Review online, the Chicago Tribune and christianity today. He also writes regularly for the Weekly Standard asklies outside of northern and lives outside of northern virginia. His new book, the peace that almost was, was published in july of this this year. The book brings readers to the final days in d. C. When some of the most important men in the nation came together to try and prevent disaster and failed. Ple
It was at a student political meeting in ohio in 1962, the summer between my sophomore and junior years of a college, and we were writing notes back and forth to each other during some very important session or whatever students do, and he had something sort of typically 19yearold boy pompous, and i wrote back, im the youngest of five. I have an insane family. Host who are they . Guest my family is a wonderful family. My father and mother were some of the most dedicated public servantses in the history of the country, and my father, hail boggs, elected before i was born. 26 years old. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl, the day of his elects, and eight days later a baby boy, and they came here, and i think about it now, you know, in my old age, and think about these kids coming to washington. In this day and age theyd still be on their Parents Health insurance, and there they were, the member of congress and his wife. Of course they werent kids in that era. They were fully grownup
Book i am the youngest child of the family. Guest i said that to him when we were first meeting each other it was that wasnt a student political meeting in ohio in 1962. We were writing notes back and forth to each other and he had something a sort of typical 19yearold boy and i wrote back. My family has a wonderful family. My father and mother are some of the most dedicated Public Servants in the history of the country. My father was elected in congress in 1940 before i was born there yet he was 26yearsold. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl and eight days later a baby boy. They came here and i think about it now in my old age and think about these kids coming to washington in this day and age age they would still be on their Parents Health insurance and there they were the members of congress and his wife so of course they were not scared to leave cocaine. But here it was the world war ii washington. And it was very similar to the period of washington that i write about in my his
Much again. Up next on American History tv, historian don doyle discusses his book, the cause of all nations, and International History of the American Civil War. The war looks at how was viewed around the world and the perspectives of the foreignborn soldiers fighting in it. This event is a little over an hour and 45 minutes. It is my pleasure to welcome don doyle who graduated from the university of california at davis. During his sophomore year, he took off a semester and travel to europe, where he developed a lifelong pastor lifelong question for history which took him to northwestern university, where he earned his phd. He spent much of his career at Vanderbilt University where he developed a strong interest in the civil war era. The professorcame of history at South Carolina. He also enjoyed numerous overseas teaching and research experiences. He was a fulbright professor of American History three times, and rome, italy, genoa, italy, and rio de janeiro, at universities in all th