Welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond, chair of the forum which organized todays events. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime who was here a year and half or so ago and his last book in this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book the 1948 election so we are going back 72 years for another Election Year and youll be amazed at exactly how similar it sounds in some ways and in other ways very different and one of the difference is the politicians were younger then so that is one big difference but a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book, a very good read by the way. Thank you. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me and the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and here we are going through painandsuffering and i know for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because books can transform or transport you to another time and plac
Americans can seat democracy at work citizens are truly informed, a republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the nations capitol to wherever you are. It is the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan empowered by cable. We are very excited to be welcoming this evening. A little bit about brett. His first book the long bomb was followed by the big fix. International bestseller look at corruption in the world of folklore, and now its in the inspiration show the pinnacle of anyones career. The National Reports for the wall street journal in his investigative board often folks are often the former soviet his new book with the quest gone wrong related to his work for the fbi. In conversation with susan, as a is astaff writer for the new yo. On its weekly from washington as well as a cnn Global Affairs analysis. Please join me andfo whack welcoming brett and susan. Thank you so much.
Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are because the opinion that matters themost is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, howard my people. Professor emeritus of history at mississippi university. Hes the author now two volumes of history of jenny and Rosalynn Carter, the first georgia years 24 1974 and now jenny and Rosalynn Carter, the power of human rights he was Professor Emeritus at Mississippi State , all of three other books. Ellen glascow and the woman within Christopher Gaston and american revolution. And confederate and cherokee chief, the life of William Holland thomas but its the biographies of jenny and Rosalynn Carter brings us here tonight and you know i think theres probably no better person to be in conversation with stanley and steve hoffman. Steve has an assistant to president carter since 1981. He helped research and edit carters book keeping faith has really had a
With us tonight is mike presidency dio of the center for arts and culture. Prior to joining fort mason he was an nonprofit sf heritage in opened up the directors efficacy of the los angeles conservancy and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because his preservation work in los angeles is the subject of tonights talk in here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us mike. Mike. Welcome and theyll hand the microphone over to you. Thank you so much frances. Such a pleasure to be here tonight with my two longtime friends and colleagues Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer to talk about their stunning new book preserving los angeles how preserving historical cities can transform americas cities published by angel city press. Dare i say this book is a monumentalda achievement in the preservation field. Ken has devoted his career h to enhancing the heritage of los angeles and when i joined in 2006 i had big shoes to fill. Ken had just lef