Domestic politics can unseat you. So he was a Foreign Policy president. Johnson, his grandiosity was being another Franklin Roosevelt. You know, wars do have a tonic effect as well as a very toxic one. And they really rally us all together and there was a great slogan that wilson urged upon the nation and the legislature especially which was politics is adjourned and for the few years that we were actually fighting in the war america did adjourn politics. Rose looking at president ial leadership when we continue. Funning for charl yee rose is provided by the following and by bloomberg. A provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The great fundamental issue now before our people t is are the American People fit to govern themselve, to rule themselves, to control themselves. I believe they are. Rose doris concerns goodwin is here, she is a historian, she is an author
Everybody. Good to see you. Weve been looking at aspects of gilded age and progressive era American Life for the last couple weeks. Weve looked at the west weve looked at the jim crow south. Weve looked at capital and labor and progressive reforms. Today were looking at how the life of one crucially important figure from this period helps the flesh out. And kind of concrete life some of those abstract ideas that weve been looking at so today were looking at the life and career Theodore Roosevelt. Not the last time that well come back to him in this class. But today kind of just specifically geared toward him. His life does fit the themes of the gilded age progressive era very well, and its also part of my area of research. So taylor is primarily teaching institution, but all of your faculty are doing research on their own is time permits. And for me, ive finished writing a book last year on the religious life of Theodore Roosevelt. So this is a time for me to get to actually talk about
And the lincoln assassination i think, changes the trajectory of this story. So i dont counterfactuals. I dont know what would have been different head lincoln lived. But i do try to show that for a brief period, for four years, the white house is different than it was before, and it is different than it would be for a long time after. Well, thank you very much, john. Well, good morning. Everybody. Good to see you. Weve been looking at aspects of gilded age good morning everybody. Good to see you. Weve been looking at aspects of the gilded age and the progressive era progressive life. In early weeks we looked at the west, the south, the capital and labor progressive reforms. Today, we are looking at the life of one crucially important figure in this period helps to flesh out the concrete life of some of those asked abstract ideas weve been looking at. Today we are looking at the life and career of Theodore Roosevelt. Not the last time we will come back to him in this class. This is spe
Everybody. Good to see you. Weve been looking at aspects of gilded age and progressive era American Life for the last couple weeks. Weve looked at the west weve looked at the jim crow south. Weve looked at capital and labor and progressive reforms. Today were looking at how the life of one crucially important figure from this period helps the flesh out. And kind of concrete life some of those abstract ideas that weve been looking at so today were looking at the life and career Theodore Roosevelt. Not the last time that well come back to him in this class. But today kind of just specifically geared toward him. His life does fit the themes of the gilded age progressive era very well, and its also part of my area of research. So taylor is primarily teaching institution, but all of your faculty are doing research on their own is time permits. And for me, ive finished writing a book last year on the religious life of Theodore Roosevelt. So this is a time for me to get to actually talk about
Everybody. Good to see you. Weve been looking at aspects of gilded age and progressive era American Life for the last couple weeks. Weve looked at the west weve looked at the jim crow south. Weve looked at capital and labor and progressive reforms. Today were looking at how the life of one crucially important figure from this period helps the flesh out. And kind of concrete life some of those abstract ideas that weve been looking at so today were looking at the life and career Theodore Roosevelt. Not the last time that well come back to him in this class. But today kind of just specifically geared toward him. His life does fit the themes of the gilded age progressive era very well, and its also part of my area of research. So taylor is primarily teaching institution, but all of your faculty are doing research on their own is time permits. And for me, ive finished writing a book last year on the religious life of Theodore Roosevelt. So this is a time for me to get to actually talk about