Trump and Winston Churchill have in common . Guest its great to be with you. Donald trump and Winston Churchill have a lot in common. When you look at both men knew what an think thats t instincte case. One map in his pajamas almost every afternoon and the other it would appear barely slept. Once again introducing tariffs and the other by opposing them. One was a great compelling and the other eight crude nonetheless. On the surface they seem to be profoundly different but as soon as you start to go a little deeper by reading my book trump and churchill defenders of western civilization, you find that the men had remarkable similarities to. They both loved their country, both plain speakers and clear thinkers, both alpha males. Both had an acrimonious relationship with the media, both endured massive battles with the establishment and their own political parties. Both had predecessors that were considered very weak. Of course Winston Churchill had metal chamberlain and donald trump had
And talked about and consumed over the years. This conference is sponsored by the department of history at purdue university, is organized by one of our panelists. It is also by nikki. We are thankful to all of them to get into this and discuss how history is going to be taught in the future. My name is connie doebele. We are fairly new entity the, here at purdue, our goal is to help professors from across the country used the cspan archives, which is over 250,000 hours of american political history in their classrooms and in the research. We do some other things but thats what we are concentrating on at this conference. I tweet at c. J. Doubly we we hope that you will follow us. On twitter. We would be interested in following you as we reach out to, specifically history professors across the country who are interested in using the cspan archives in their classrooms and research. Here is what we are going to do, we have three excellent panelists who have different areas of interest und
Joining us now on book tv author and neck adams his six book is just out, here it is trump and churchill defenders of western civilization. Mr. Adams what does President Trump and Winston Churchill have in common . Peter. Great to be with you. Donald trump and Winston Churchill have a lot in common. Now you would not think that to be the case. One was 5foot six and loves to drink the other is 6foot teetotaler one famous in his pajamas every afternoon and the other would appear barely sleeps. One begins his career by introducing tariffs and the other by opposing them. And with this compelling or raider the other one is crewed by the tweeter nonetheless. So they seem to be profoundly different. But as soon as you start to drill deeper than you find that the men had remarkable similarities. Those planes speakers and clean thinkers both alpha males. Both have acrimonious relationship with the media. Both endured massive battles with the establishment in their own Political Party. Both have
A few words about our quite different roles well, nathan and i have the same role. Hes trying to steal the 20th century from me and doing a pretty good job of it, but we all have relatively different roles in backstory. 9 were going to talk about that a little bit. And then we are going to open it up to your questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes at backstory. In fact, were rarely in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like, for instance, even though i talk to him every week. So introducing myself, im a professor at the university of virginia, i cohost backstory and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly, of course, is known to most of you as an outstanding scholar. He is the Herbert Herbert baxter adams chair of history at the Johns Hopkins university. He is the author of a world more concrete real estate and the remaking of jim crows sout
Joining is now on book tv is author nick adams the sixth book is just out. Here it is, trump and churchill. What did President Trump and churchill have in common cracks they have a lot in common. At first blush you would not think that to be the case one was 5foot six and loves to drink the other 6foot 3 inches teetotaler one famously in his pajamas every afternoon the other barely sleeps. And then to introduce tariffs and this compelling orator the other crude but very effective tweeter nonetheless. So on the surface so as i dig deeper with the western one you find that the man had remarkable similarities. And those alpha males both have a relationship with the media, endured massive battles at the establishment and that Neville Chamberlain and donald trump have barack obama between the times and the men and thats why write the book. Host when we look back at Winston Churchill history we often picture him with unanimous support. It certainly wasnt that way. Winston churchill was a dis