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This Holiday Weekend watch booktv on cspan2. Gay [inaudible conversations] etna [inaudible conversations] good evening. And welcome to the mid Manhattan Branch of the public library, thank you for joining us this evening. Tonights program is jayhawk based on the authors recent book 1932 the rise of hitler and fdr2 tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny. In 1932, two digression battered nations confronted their destiny, going to the polls to choose new leaders. Americas president ial choices were gregarious aristocrat Franklin Roosevelt or tarnished wonder boy Herbert Hoover. Germany suffered two rounds of bloody elections, and two president ial contests, not a reactionary hindenburg against rising radical hatemonger adolf hitler. As unstoppable politics and economic forces advanced on disoriented societies, merciless worldwide Great Depression bought opportunity for a transformation, perhaps hopeful, perhaps did the. Through fd ares new deal and hit theirs third reich, desti
Good evening. And welcome to the mid Manhattan Branch of the New York Public Library. Thank you for joining us this evening. Tonights program is a talk based on the authors recent book 1932 the rise of hit her and fdr. Two tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny. In 1932, two depression battered nations confronted their destiny, going to the polls to choose new leaders. Americas president ial choices were gregarious athis tocrat Franklin Roosevelt, or tarnished wonder boy, Herbert Hoover. Germany suffered two rounds of bloody elections, and two president ial contests. Reactionary, paul von pin den berg against rising radical hate monger, Adolph Hitler. As unstoppable politics and economic forces advanced upon weakened, disoriented societies, a merciless worldwide Great Depression brought opportunity for a transformation. Perhaps hopeful. Perhaps deadly. Through fdrs new deal and hitlers third reich. Destiny unrolls, but reviewing history may reveal whether the outcomes of the
Booktv. Org bookclub. President ial historian tevi troy examines the Popular Culture that american president s have partaken in over the past 200 years from Andrew Jacksons interest in attending the theater to the Reading Habits of dwight eisenhower. He speaks on a panel with jonah gold burg, William Galston and political analyst and columnist mona charen. This Panel Discussion is just under two hours. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Im chris demuth, fellow here at the Hudson Institute, and i will be moderating this afternoons session in which we will be recognizing and celebrating and discoursing upon tevi troys new book, what jefferson read, ike watched and obama tweeted 200 years of Popular Culture this the white house. With a title like that, you might expect that the book is a parade of ton and entertaining stories about president s idiosyncratic tastes in reading, theater, music, sports, movies, tv, or maybe its more than that, maybe its a study of decline [laughter] from a
Stay at home dads who are very happy and who do not all entirely live in portland, oregon, you know, that is okay too. Were the only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books, and throughout the fall were marking 15 years of booktv on cspan2. This weekend booktv of is live this florida for the Miami Book Fair international. Coverage kicks off today at 10 a. M. Eastern on cspan2 with dave barry, roy blunt jr. And brad meltzer and continues with appearances by Doris Kearns Goodwin and a. Scott burg. Plus callins with sheri fink, peter baker and susan herman. Sundays coverage starts at 10 30 and includes mark halperin, bill ayers, Thomas Cahill and chris matthews. The Miami Book Fair International Live this weekend on booktv on cspan2. And dont forget to weigh in on our november book club question what books are you reading on jfk . Post your thoughts anytime on our book club chat room, booktv. Org bookclub. President ial historian tevi troy examines the Popular