[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, absolutely delighted to welcome you here, a special thank you to alma, that mall and joe for their sponsorship of our monthly book series. And cant hear me in the back . Theyll turn up the mook crow phone a little bit. I think were set now. This is a historic book talk here because its actual through the last one were going to have at these offices. I think some of you are aware, the institute is moving to new digs, a few blocks away in the west end. So our next session like this will be there, at 2300m street. January 22nd with David Ignatius and i hope well see many of you at that time. I also want to welcome all of our guests watching this live streamed and especially our many guests watching this on cspan. Also, a very special welcome, were delighted to have 25 students here from washington latin school. Washington latin high school. And i think i was discussing this with bob dallek how appropriate it is to have a grou
Harris. L i am the executive director here. It is very nice to see everyone out here this afternoon. Certainly we want to thank you , on behalf of all of our supporters, and we want to thank you for your support. Support of our members, trustees , and the National Archives and records administration, of which we are a part. The, an organization like humanities of new york for their vision and action grant that is the longest to be possible today. Fdr establish this library as a place not just to hold and display the materials heat generated throughout his career but also a place to study and learn about his administration and learn about the role of chief executive and about the times in which he was working. Little could he have appreciated the immense Economic Impact cities, of the ultimate war, which helped define his administration and his presidency. We take the charge very seriously, and we seek to encourage the exploration and analysis into all facets of his life, his leadership
Enabled to give more and be in a position to say ill make that giving a more significant part of what i have. I would just like to thank you for this evening and i think we should all thank you because you are doing something that is done rarely and you are actually succeeding and that is even rarer. So thank you. [applause] and im sorry about the many questions i didnt ask. It was nothing personal. Thanks again to peter and michael for being here. That was wonderful. He will be signing at the table on the side of the stage. Form a line starting outside of the auditorium. If you dont want to stand in line clear sign copies at the table appeared please visit the effective ultrathin table out there. Thank you so much for coming out. Have a great evening. [applause] welcome to book tvs live coverage of the roosevelt reading festival. This annual event takes place at night or company or your other line would bring in several authors in the fdr library. We will kick off in just a moment wit
Youre watching live in depth on booktv. December 7, 194,a day of infamiliary. Even as japanese diplomats were con ferring on peace measures, japanese plains were swooping down on pearl harbor. They dropped their death on the air base, civil homes and schools. A hundred japanese planes and midget sub marines took part. The arizona was completely destroyed and four others severely damaged. Three other battleships and three cruisers suffered damage. Nearly 200 planes were destroyed and that sunday morning the Pacific Fleet appeared to be completely immobilized by this sneak attack. Nearly 3,000 casualties added to the catastrophe. Its been 75 years since over 2400 american sailors and soldiers were killed in the japanese attack on pearl harbor, december 7, 1941. Starting now on booktv, on cspan2, a threehour discussion of that day, what led up to it and its aftermath. We have three authors joining us, eri hotta, steve twomey, and craig nelson, each of you in your book about pearl harbor a
Including the second sino japanese war that started in 1937 and the u. S. Embargo of Oil Shipments to japan. This hourlong event took place at National Defense university in washington and was organized by the friends of the National World war ii memorial. I am with the world war ii memorial. With our board. Thank you very much for hosting us today. We are favored with an extraordinarily interesting and wonderful lecturer. Dr. Craig symonds, an old friend of mine, who has devoted his life to College Teaching and writing. To be more specific, a professor in the u. S. Naval academy for 30 years, during which time he , is currentlyooks finishing a book about the history of the United States navy in world war ii. The whole thing. And has also written wonderful books, including a biography of general joe johnston. What brought you to dry land for that, sir. Ateral johnston was present the funeral of his great antagonist general sherman. And my right in saying he caught cold and died himself