To preserve the records of the federal government and make them accessible to the public. That includes over 8 billion. Ermanent valuable records tonights presentation will include some of those pictures. Im honored to have with us doug schoen, it comes to us all the way from new york city. Hes a Founding Partner and principal strategist, a leading leading firm. T at a ladies and gentlemen, please welcome douglas schoen. [applause] sam, thank you for the kind introduction. What we are about to embark on tonight is what is for me and i suspect for you a labor of love, which is going through american political history. In a certain sense what youre about to hear is the result of a month exercise in putting together a jake saw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle was telling the story of american elections through images. I dont pretend to suggest that what youre about to hear his comprehensive, but i do want to leastt that it tells a part of the story and gives you a visual sense of what was going
Critics all over the United States marveled at it as well. One thing st. Paul people were living with was the idea we were still on the frontier. We were at the turn of the 19 century and people were still thinking we lived in log cabins and did not have much of modern conveniences. For the people back east making those judgments to see favorable reports and artists and architects commenting about the greatness of this building that really made st. Paul come up a notch culturally. It was a center of culture for st. Paul and the state of minnesota. I think people were proud to say we have arrived. You cant call us a backwoods frontier state anymore. Our building rivals anything you can build in new york or philadelphia. That was nice for the people of the state to say we have a marvelous building that will stand the test of time. Throughout the weekend, American History tv is featuring st. Paul, minnesota. Our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. Learn more abo
The Richard Nixon and the National Security council. They discussed the president poshard policies toward egypt and israel during the yom kippur war. They also encourage diplomatic relations with china during the cold war. By theent was cohosted National Archives and the Richard Nixon foundation is about 90 minutes. To talk, this is going to be the first in a severalpart series on how it the Nixon Administration change the world. Kissinger,y, Henry Henry Kissinger poshard kissingers National Security council. The first middle east Peace Agreement in probably 2000 years. This amazingt in series of successes is how president nixon and his very able foreignpolicy adviser Henry Kissinger transformed the National Security decisionmaking structure. On the very first day of the administration, these innovations created the groundwork for all of the successes they were able to achieve in the next and poshard presidency. Nixon and you might say, that is more about Good Housekeeping is that a br
This is probably going to be the first in a several part on how it the Nixon Administration change the world. Particularly, Henry Kissingers National Security council. It led to the first middle east Peace Agreement in probably 2000 years. What gets lost in this amazing series of successes is how president nixon and his very able foreignpolicy adviser Henry Kissinger transformed the National Security decisionmaking structure. On the very first day of the administration, these innovations created the groundwork for all of the successes they were able to achieve in the next and poshard presidency nixon presidency. And you might say, that is more about Good Housekeeping is that a brilliant policymaking. But they realized that the key to a successful foreignpolicy was dedication. They discussed how they wanted to structure the National Security Council Staff. Nixon learned firsthand about a good counsel when he was eisenhower poshard Vice President. Eisenhowers Security Council was more li
And pr, the field that supports the media. I built on his work and did what teachers and scholars say, i extended the his geography histiography. He would say that eisenhower was driven by a Public Relations mentality. Everything he did as a general and president , that was some facet of what he did. One of the reasons why i was telling people the title of the book and they were an eisenhower fan and they winced, because Public Relations can have a Bad Reputation in some circles. When i say that eisenhower embraced and was driven by Public Relations it was not a sense that he wanted to grab glory of it was not a sense that he wanted to fool people. Just the opposite. Eisenhower believed that Public Relations, if properly practiced, was he central to american democracy. And he wrote that in his book at ease. That Public Relations was good for american democracy. He saw it as a way for general eisenhower to get the American Public on board for the war. And he saw it as a way for presiden