This program is about an hour. Host barbet three to be here with you to talk about the kennedys. Both of us having grown up catholic i think the kennedys have a particular resonance for us but i wanted to start right out and ask you, you are a president ial scholar and how did she get interested in rows . Guest ive been interested in the Kennedy Family since i was a little tyke it when i was four years old my mother took me and my brothers to louisville kentucky. We lived in the suburbs and she popped us and our 56 chevrolet and took us to the courthouse. She was drawn to this new candidate on the scene in the president ial race for senator john f. Kennedy. Host do you think it was because you were catholic . Guest i think it was a part of it and edition two it was her age. I always point out that while she loves history and politics wasnt really that active than grassroots politics and didnt particularly like driving downtown on a busy street so i know it was pure charisma and catholi
new book about the history of the fbi. what i really learned about hoover is that he was not a monster. he was an american machiavelli. and he is the man who created the national security system we have today, really. and the surveillance state we have today. every camera on every street corner, every fingerprint, every bit of biometric data that is on file is a monument to him. rose: ahmed rashid, peter beinart and tim weiner when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. ahmed rashid is here, a best selling author and journalist. for three decades he ses reported on afghanistan, pakistan and the rise of the taliban, the late christopher hitchens called him pakistan s best and bravest reporter. his latest book is called pakistan on the bring, the future of america, pakistan and afghanistanment i m pleased to have him back at this table. welcome,
but foreign policy is always about the balance of risk. rose: we conclude this evening with tim weiner, his new book about the history of the fbi. what i really learned about hoover is that he was not a monster. he was an american machiavelli. and he is the man who created the national security system we have today, really. and the surveillance state we have today. every camera on every street corner, every fingerprint, every bit of biometric data that is on file is a monument to him. rose: ahmed rashid, peter beinart and tim weiner when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. ahmed rashid is here, a best selling author and journalist. for three decades he ses reported on afghanistan, pakistan and the rise of the taliban, the late christopher hitchens called him pakistan s best and bravest reporter. his latest book is called pakistan on the b
into israel. risks of terrorism from the west bank. but foreign policy is always about the balance of risk. rose: we conclude this evening with tim weiner, his new book about the history of the fbi. what i really learned about hoover is that he was not a monster. he was an american machiavelli. and he is the man who created the national security system we have today, really. and the surveillance state we have today. every camera on every street corner, every fingerprint, every bit of biometric data that is on file is a monument to him. rose: ahmed rashid, peter beinart and tim weiner when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. ahmed rashid is here, a best selling author and journalist. for three decades he ses reported on afghanistan, pakistan and the rise of the taliban, the late christopher hitchens called him pakistan s best and bravest r
risks that rockets could be fired from the west bank into israel. risks of terrorism from the west bank. but foreign policy is always about the balance of risk. rose: we conclude this evening with tim weiner, his new book about the history of the fbi. what i really learned about hoover is that he was not a monster. he was an american machiavelli. and he is the man who created the national security system we have today, really. and the surveillance state we have today. every camera on every street corner, every fingerprint, every bit of biometric data that is on file is a monument to him. rose: ahmed rashid, peter beinart and tim weiner when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. ahmed rashid is here, a best selling author and journalist. for three decades he ses reported on afghanistan, pakistan and the rise of the taliban, the late christop