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web site. our guest today is craig shirley. craig is president of shirley and banister public affairs, a government relations and marketing firm. he has written for the washington post , the los angeles times, the washington times, conservative digest, the weekly standard, many other publications. he previously authored reagan s revolution, the untold story of the campaign that started it all. that was the first book detailing reagan s pivotal 1976 challenge to president ford in the republican primaries. and he also authored rendezvous with destiny: ronald reagan and the campaign that changed america for the 1908 campaign 1980 campaign revealing the behind the scenes story of that run for the white house. you will note there is a consistency in craig s books [laughter] rendezvous and this are both very well researched although this one was over about 15 month months, and this one s only about 31 days. you re getting very more detailed. we are pleased to have him with us
host: james, thank you so much for joining us. guest: well, thank you for having me. host: i really enjoyed your book, great fun to read, and quite informative. guest: thanks. host: what i was fascinated about by the year 1948. i mean, clearly that was a banner year so to speak in terms of setting the stage for the world we live in today. that was the year that the transistor was ingented, the information theory, and that the book was published cybermedics qtsz, and what was about that year that all that came together? guest: that year is the starting point for my book because i start the book in the middle. it s a pivotal moment, and it s great that we can say this is the fulcrum in which the world changed. i really believe that about 1948. you named two things that came out of bell labs in the same year. the transistor, and claude shannon s information theory. claude shannon is the central figure of my book because of this starting point, because in 1948, h