Great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great, he really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come here to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents other people had not seen before. Hes done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. In addition to that, on top of his Research Skills he is an excellent writer. I had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. I can tell you as much as i have followed the subjects and done my own research, there were many points i came across new information, i said, wow, that really explains whats going on. If you want to understand the difference in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s. In case you have forgotten, there were very significant differences and you wanted to know about the transition to
Election and his defeat in 1980 by mr. Reagan. Mr. Balmer spoke at the Jimmy Carter Museum in atlanta back in 2014. Welcome. Its a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall balmer, professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. I have followed his career for a long time. His under graduate work was done at a school where my father was a dean and my brother joe attended that school at the same time. And randy has turned into one of our great, modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is he really minds the resources of president ial libraries. He really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. And he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And on top of his research skills, h
Is pace finally coming to afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban sign a deal aimed at ending 18 years of war the government in kabul is not involved so kind disagreement lost and will the Afghan Peoples rights be protected this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program dick clark it is being called the 1st step towards lasting peace in afghanistan the United States and the Afghan Taliban have signed a preliminary deal towards ending nearly 2 decades of war its a result of 18 months of talks here in doha in qatar the 1st stage involves exchange of 6000 prisoners and whats called a meaningful reduction of violence over the next 135 days the u. S. And nato will withdraw all troops within 14 months if the taliban up holds its commitments its hopes all this will lead to direct talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government in kabul which the taliban has refused to recognize were just at the beginning. Furthering the cause of peace will require serious work and sacrifice by
A debt default. Counting the costs on aljazeera. Is based finally coming to afghanistan the u. S. In the taliban sign a deal aimed at ending 18 years of war but the government in kabul is not involved so kandice agreement lost and will the Afghan Peoples rights be protected this is inside story. I. Live there and welcome to the program dick clark it is being called the 1st step towards lasting peace in afghanistan the United States and the Afghan Taliban have signed a preliminary deal towards ending nearly 2 decades of war its the result of 18 months of talks here in doha in qatar the 1st stage involves the exchange of 6000 prisoners and whats called a meaningful reduction of violence over the next 135 days the u. S. And nato will withdraw all troops within 14 months if the taliban up holds its commitments its hopes all this will lead to direct talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government in kabul which the taliban has refused to recognize were just at the beginning. Furthering
Democratic president ial candidate the vital boost it needed to. A deal signed between the u. S. And the Afghan Taliban that may have already hit him and he just stumbling block is going to stones president ghani says the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban prisoners and it cannot be a precondition for talks with the group a prisoner swap was part of the accord signed in qatar on saturday the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan and a long lasting peace. Is live for us in kabul hotter less than 24 hours since this u. S. Taliban deal was into are we already seeing a possible barrier to the intra afghan talks. Well i think we see what were seeing now is actually all the problems that existed before this ceremony and that are coming up to the front again today just as 24 hours ago less than 24 hours ago afghan president i 70 was standing with the u. S. Secretary of defense mark spear and an aide to secretary