A guys. How are you . [applause] hey guys. How are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here. [laughter] so, history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution. But its also about the sounds. The muffled drum at lexington and concorde and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed. Its also about music. And music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree, more continually and profitably than you can ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. As sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and guns, they were carrying their pens and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. And our country vote. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i write music, i fear no danger and im in
About me. Its about the movement of young people coming together. To watch this program and other episodes, visit our website at booktv. Org. Click on the indepth tab at the top of the page. Joining us is pulitzer prizewinning author and historian rich atkinson. Here is his latest book the lfbritish are coming, the war for america, 1775 to 1777. Mister atkinson, your wellknown foryour world , you wrote back 200 years. I did. I spent 15 years looking at the american role in the liberation of europe and world war ii and when i finished third volume having gone through north africa and western europe beginning in normandy thinking about what to do next the obvious thing was due for that campaign whative done for western europe. I just didnt have a heart for it in part because i would have had to start the war over again at pearl harbor even earlier. Ive been thinking for a long time about what was i want to do as a historian and a narrative writer and ive always had a fascination since i
Online booktv. Orc. Joining us now, author, here is the willful america, 1775 1777. You are very well known for your trilogy. With that i spent 15 years looking at the american role in the ration and when i finished the third volume, i went through north africa and western europe in normandy, thinking about what to do, that campaign in the mediterranean into europe from i just didnt have the heart for it. Ive been thinking for a long time about what it is i really wanted to do and as a narrative writer, the boys had a fascination since i was a kid. So im one third of the way in from what i hoped would be another trilogy. This one is a history of the revolution from both the american side and the british side. Why do you say its more important now than ever . When we look at the resolution, we are trying to figure out who we are, who we come from. We are trying to understand if anybody can themselves. What are they dying for . What is that all about . It seems to me that this day, in a
We have been spending the week with an Amazing Group of educators from all over the country brought together under the auspices of the gulder Lehrman Institute of Early American History. This is generously supported by the Library Company of philadelphia and the pew center for arts and heritage. We spent the week tossing around ideas about how we might redraw Early American History. We tried to do that by suggesting one productive way of redrawing that history is to think in terms of a complicated and ever shifting set of contests among three sets of actors. Three sets of actors we call native people, settler colonists, and european empires. It is probably obvious to folks what we mean when we think about native peoples, although it should not be that obvious, except to stress it is a plural term. We are talking about many different peoples who have many different histories and are constantly in historical motion. European empires may be obvious, but once again it is a plural term. We
The case was about walter nixon. Three articles of impeachment where. Did. Were adopted. Drama focused on what happened in the senate. Impeachmentesented rule 11. Ofre was a Committee Senators appointed to receive testimony and that is what the committee did. And based on the committee report, the senate convicted judge nixon. He was removed from office. He sued and said senate rule 11 violates the constitutional grant of authority for the senate to try all impeachment does it prohibits the whole senate from participating. In the District Court and the court of appeals said the claim was nonjews nonjudicial ball. It involves a political question. Court agreed. Wasin a decision that unanimous although it has some important concurring opinions, the Supreme Court said it is indeed nonjudicial. And they had a bunch of Different Reasons for that conclusion. Host we talk about judicial due process. Is there such a thing when it comes to impeachment . The requirements of the constitution itse