Think tanks, dedicated to civil education political reform. He is a frequent media commentator on cnn, and foxs special report with brit hume, msnbc, usa today, the new york times, and the bbc. Dr. Watson has lectured at the four arts numerous time, and he will do so again in the future. We again welcome him as he works his formidable magic with our historians. There you go. Okay. Everybody hear me all right . Most importantly, i have a signed copy. Well, thank you again, molly, dr. Brennamen and the entire team at the society and congratulations on yet another important and successful and exciting program. Id also like to thank cspan as mentioned earlier for covering the program, and jay gaines and the others who underwrote the program. The opportunity to sit and talk history, if anybody knows me, i never miss the opportunity, and Nothing Better than a nice history talk. But to sit and talk history with one of my heroes and arguably one of the preeminent historians of our time or any
It featured profiles of seven american icons were control freaks, from Thomas Jefferson to steve jobs. These were people with character disorders that had difficulty relating to other people but were amazing movers and shakers. And i wrote a chapter on jefferson. And jefferson, of course, is americas most articulate proponent of freedom and most articulate enemy of tyranny. But with his own daughters, he was a control freak. He told them what to do, what to wear. So here he is, and jefferson also was an amazing politician. We all know how brilliant he was. But in the election of 1804 he 74 of theed by vote. It brought up the question of how one leads a nation and how one leads a family. Jefferson was a great visionary thinker and a great leader, but as a dad, soso. He also neglected his daughters a little bit. When he goes to paris, he sticks them at a convent school. One of his daughters famously had to be shepherded from london when she comes to visit him in paris. And so this questi
Thomas jefferson to steve jobs. People with character disorders that had difficulty butting to other people were amazing movers and shakers. I wrote a chapter on jefferson. Jefferson, of course, is americas most articulate proponent of freedom and most articulate enemy of tyranny. With his own daughters, he was a control freak. He told them what to do, what to wear. Jefferson also was an amazing politician. We all know how brilliant he was. Election ofut in 1804 he was jefferson was a great visionary thinker and a great leader, but as a dad, soso. He also neglected his daughters a little bit. Paris come heo sticks them at a convent school. One of his daughters famously had to be shepherded from london when she comes to visit him in paris. This question of how one leads a nation and a family sometimes there is a big disconnect between the public and the private man. Another example would be franklin roosevelt, who was a great communicator. He was one of the great president s of the 20th
This week on q a, journalist and author Joshua Kendall. He discusses his book first dads. Brian Joshua Kendall. Author of first dads. What is this book about and where did you get the idea . Mr. Kendall my last book was obsessives, and i did profiles of seven american icons were control freaks, from icons who were control freaks, from Thomas Jefferson to steve jobs. These were people with character disorders that had difficulty relating to other people but were amazing movers and shakers. I wrote a chapter on jefferson. Jefferson, of course, is americas most articulate proponent of freedom and most articulate enemy of tyranny. With his own daughters, he was a control freak. He told them what to do, what to wear. Jefferson also was an amazing politician. We all know how brilliant he was. But in the election of 1804, he was reelected by about 75 of the vote and it brought up the question of how one the nation and how one leaves the family. How one the nation and leads the nation. Jeffers
Host this an spendded look on booktv at marsha black burys reading habits. This is booktv on cspan2. Now october boon tv the weekly after words program. This week, Mark Thompson discusses his new book enough said what gone wrong with the language of politic which looks at the eerosion of public language. Er viewed by ariana huffington, founder of the huffington post. Host mark, thank you for joining us congratulations on the book. I loved reading how it started as a series of lectures you gave at oxford and will you tell us about that. Hough it happened and guest i was running a cleave exec tv of the bbc and was going to be leaving but right flight the middle of the job and i got a phone call from one of the heads of Oxford University and said would you like to be a visiting professor and the art of public persuasion, said no, dont know anything about them and kind of put the known down. Then i kind of thought about a week this thing sticks in your head and you kind of just let it i th