President harry truman like to refer to his wife as the boss. Family was their number one priority. Destroyed many of her letters and spend a good part of her white house years home in missouri. Truman served as true first lady on her own terms. Cspans continuing series first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, story the 33rd president of the United States, this truman. Here to tell us more about her, we are pleased to welcome back to our set the white house historian, his latest book called the imperial season. And the history professor and author of a biography of harry truman called the coming of the cold war. Thank you for being here. Where we left off last week was the death of Franklin Roosevelt. April 12th 1945. The call comes into harry truman. Where is he . He gets the message that he is needed. He is having a drink with his cronies as he often was known to do. A lot of politics was accomplished by relaxing and having somewhat more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone cal
Letters and spent a good part of her white house years home in missouri. She was first lady on her own terms. Good evening and welcome to our continuing series. Tonight the story of the wife of the 33rd first lady, bess truman. Coming out on november 12th, a little fun for you there, nicole is a history professor called the coming of the cold war. Releft off on the death, where is he, he gets the message that he is needed. She havi he was having a dri. He thought a lot of politics was accomplished by relaxes and having a more kcorgile atmosphere. Mr. Truman was out, and it wasnt a surprise to anyone in the white house as all. They knew roosevelt was going. But no one expected so quickly. I think it was an issue of when. He looked horl. It was the last campaign and he spoke to the Congress Sitting down and he was ashen. And his inaugural address for the fourth term had to be coming from the white house. He was stood up on the north porch. And the audience was out front and it was not re
applause good morning great to see everyone, thank you for being here with us this morning. Today we have the honor of hearing from a leader who understands the true importance of the relationship between the United States and israel, the importance to both great nations and to the rest of the world. Secretary of state blinken has helped shaped u. S. Foreign policy for more than 30 years. Prior to his service as secretary of state, he served as Deputy National security advisor and deputy secretary of state in the administration of president obama. And as the democratic staff leader, director, excuse me, for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under its then chairman joe biden. Throughout his years, secretary blinken has been a staunch supporter of unwavering commitment to israels security and his presence here today is an indication of the United States steadfast dedication to this most important friendship. Over the past several weeks as we witnessed israel being attacked from thre
book. i think you ll enjoy jeffrey frank. is a former senior e jeffrey frank revisits harry today, we have a fascinating book that i think you will enjoy. jeffrey frank is a former senior editor at the new yorker, and deputy editor of the washington post outlook section. an early contributor to the new yorker, he has written for the washington post, the boston journal, the guardian, book forum, vogue, and other publications. he is the author of ike and dick and has written for novels, among them, the washington trilogy. he is co-author of the translation of hans christian anderson stories that won the 2014 hans christian anderson prize. his latest book, the trials of harry truman. i will show you here. an extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945 to 1953. simon and schuster publication, 528 pages illustrated, and it is $32. 50. you will get a book plate until authors start coming around again. you will get a book plate that is signed if you order a book from us. and
and has written for novels, among them, the washington trilogy. he is co-author of the translation of hans christian anderson stories that won the 2014 hans christian anderson prize. his latest book, the trials of harry truman. i will show you here. an extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945 to 1953. simon and schuster publication, 528 pages illustrated, and it is $32. 50. you will get a book plate until authors start coming around again. you will get a book plate that is signed if you order a book from us. and you will get one of these special book plates that are sold alone. i love the dust jacket, jeff. i wanted to ask, did the beatles steal this image? it s a wonderful picture. it s a little bit of a cheat, because it was taken after he was president. but he is walking in independence square, and that is the way he appeared. if you were lucky enough to have him cited. he wasn t out all of the time. tourists would have seen more of him, but he wasn t going to w