series and dangler daikema distinguished professor of government at claremont mckenna college his newest book which he ll discuss today is crisis of the two constitutions the rise decline and recovery of american greatness. it s such a pleasure to of you wilfred covington and charles kessler your two books are fascinating because they re both about constitutional history and how we should think about the present although they approach it from different perspectives. so i want to begin just by inviting each of you to put your important arguments on the table and professor cadrington if we if we can begin with you at the end book you identify five factors that have coincided with increased interest in the article 5 amendment process over american history which include discontent over supreme court decisions transformational social change the upheavals of war and other crises policy experimentation in the states and extreme political polarization. there s a lot there but tell us
shenandoah valley campaign, may 18 1864, which was published in 2010 and tonight. he s here to talk about his newest book from arlington to appomattox. robert e. lee s civil war day by 1861 to 1865. and so with that i m going to turn the screen over to our guest author. great. thank you, kelly. and see him there we go. all right, and good evening everybody and it s my pleasure to be here with y all and like kelly said tonight. i m gonna be talking to you a little bit about my newest book from arlington to appomattox, which is kind of a an almanac or reference book if you will about excuse me about lee during the civil war. and make my brady box thing or brady bunch thing over here go away so i can actually see my slides. there we go. okay. i think the the best way to talk about what this book is is really to talk about what it s not. it s not your basic lead biography. i m sure many of you are familiar with eb longs. book the civil war day by day. this is kind of like the sam
constitution 200 years 27 amendments and the promise of a more perfect union and charles kessler a senior fellow at the clermont institute editor of the claremont review of books post of the claremonts american mind series and dangler daikema distinguished professor of government at claremont mckenna college his newest book which he ll discuss today is crisis of the two constitutions the rise decline and recovery of american greatness. it s such a pleasure to of you wilfred covington and charles kessler your two books are fascinating because they re both about constitutional history and how we should think about the present although they approach it from different perspectives. so i want to begin just by inviting each of you to put your important arguments on the table and professor cadrington if we if we can begin with you at the end book you identify five factors that have coincided with increased interest in the article 5 amendment process over american history which inclu
newest book from arlington to appomattox. robert e. lee s civil war day by 1861 to 1865. and so with that i m going to turn the screen over to our guest author. great. thank you, kelly. and see him there we go. all right, and good evening everybody and it s my pleasure to be here with y all and like kelly said tonight. i m gonna be talking to you a little bit about my newest book from arlington to appomattox, which is kind of a an almanac or reference book if you will about excuse me about lee during the civil war. and make my brady box thing or brady bunch thing over here go away so i can actually see my slides. there we go. okay. i think the the best way to talk about what this book is is really to talk about what it s not. it s not your basic lead biography. i m sure many of you are familiar with eb longs. book the civil war day by day. this is kind of like the same thing only done from a from a lead point of view so as much as i possibly could i recreate every day from mi
of the claremonts american mind series and dangler daikema distinguished professor of government at claremont mckenna college his newest book which he ll discuss today is crisis of the two constitutions the rise decline and recovery of american greatness. it s such a pleasure to of you wilfred covington and charles kessler your two books are fascinating because they re both about constitutional history and how we should think about the present although they approach it from different perspectives. so i want to begin just by inviting each of you to put your important arguments on the table and professor cadrington if we if we can begin with you at the end book you identify five factors that have coincided with increased interest in the article 5 amendment process over american history which include discontent over supreme court decisions transformational social change the upheavals of war and other crises policy experimentation in the states and extreme political polarization.