My wife said, when you get a pulitzer, you can get an armani. [laughter] im hoping to get mostimproved historian james that is a distinguished award too. [laughter] peter thank you for so much that you have done over the years. Thank you. [applause] the civil war airs every saturday at 10 00 eastern time. To watch more programming any time, visit our website cspan. Org history. You are watching American History tv, for weekend, every weekend on cspan3. This weekend, the cspan cities toward travels the country with time warner cable. To mourn to learn more about the life of lexington, kentucky. In the mid1940s, if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, perhaps president. A lot of people wouldve said ed prichard of kentucky. He was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20s. He was destined for great things. He came back to kentucky in the mid1940s. He wasnt dieted for stuffing the
Underscore the wars bleakest battles while exposing and underlining that there are few winners and fewer heroes. Little glory. James the idea that the civil war really was its a kind of neorevisionism. It was useless because it didnt accomplish anything. Peter roughly 700,000 casualties. Is it worth freedom for africanamericans that some would say with second place . James it comes out of the skepticism about whether the civil war did accomplish a new birth of freedom. I think if one goes back and take a look at what the slaves themselves thought about the freedom, or even the native the nader is one black historian called it. Clearly that is better than slavery. If one looks back at what the slaves themselves thought about freedom in 1865, one of black historian wrote about freedom in the 1900. Clearly it was better than a slavery. In my opinion, the civil war accomplished a huge amount in terms of changing the direction of this country, largely for the better. Not that there werent h
Exploring iconic photographs. Everybody wrote one essay and we will see the historic images. The program is moderated by one of the coeditors, professor Gary Gallagher. Peter has given me the official goahead. We are going to display mercy in this panel at the end of a long day. What we are going to do is go down the table. Matt joan, aaron are our panel. We are each room to talk about our photograph and i will start with matt. I am going to start with mattgallman matt gallman because this book was his idea. Is it ok if i stay seated . This is a book that we did and my job right now is to tell you about the impulse for this book. And what the book really is. They are sure got back there so you have no idea. Shrinkwrapped back there so that you have no idea. I am going to tell you something that might shock you, the idea emerges over beer. [laughter] matt we were sitting around and talking about what might be a good idea for a book. How about so that you have no idea. This . Most everyt
The market moved. I am incredibly hopeful that well get the done by the end of the year Jpmorgan Ceo Jamie Dimon takes aim at president trumps policies, saying the u. S. Economy would be growing much faster if the administration got its act together. Ask any of new this audience what have regulations done theyre crippling businesses Small Business formation in this country, the United States of america, is less in a major recovery by 500,000 businesses embrace new opportunities. Thats the message from European Commission president Jeanclaude Juncker as he strikes a bullish tone in his state of the Union Address. The wind is back in the sails. We have now a window of opportunity, but it will not stay open forever. Welcome, everyone. Lets look at the energy complex. The oil market has coped well with the busy Hurricane Season thats the message from the International Energy agency. In its new report, the iea said crude prices were settling after recent severe weather. It added that Invest
Republican health care bad health care bill, a big big win. Democrats say that the fight is far from over. We will get the latest from washington. Sarah it is good to have you with us, i am sarah. Today is the final day of campaigning ahead of sunday pots election in france. Emmanuel macron and Marine Le Pen have offered starkly different visions for france from the campaign that has been watched very closely across europe and around the world. Right now, macron has a 20 point lead. The last day of the campaign was a tough one for Marine Le Pen on the visit to the famous cathedral in france. Protesters gave her a hostile reception. The reaction was harsh, she accused the supporters of inciting violence everywhere and say they had no dignity. Polls suggest that le pen is way behind her proeuropean rival. The politician said that evening she lost the election, she had achieved a complete ideological victory. We have been at the center of this election, we have imposed the terms. Everybod