Khrushchev. And we might save that for a later discussion but i really enjoyed that conversation. Vlad is a professor of International History at the London School of economics, an expert on the cold war and soviet russian history and particularly intellectual history. Among the books is particularly related to our topic of this conference, a failed empire, the soviet union and the cold war from stalin to gorbachev and i also noted among his books zhivagos children and having just watched the movie yet again, i was drawn, of course, to that topic. Jeremi suri is a longtime friend of the Miller Center. We are always happy to welcome him back. As we did recently for an American Forum on his latest book, the impossible presidency which in light of the incumbent might be called the impossible president. But it is called the impossible presidency and it is about whether anyone now can be a successful president. Jeremi is the mac brown distinguished chair for leadership and Global Affairs at
Million, but 11 are or very special because he developed an intimate relationship with every president many modern time going back to harry truman. And with us today to talk about this book is Michael Duffy who is a veteran reporter with Time Magazine. He is known in this town as the ultimate insider. He is the reporter who knows the back story on the big story. He is a man who is very well sourced and has a reputation in time for being selfeffacing, very witty and a man who would sit with his coauthor, nancy gibbs, in the bureau and come up with these astounding cover stories, more than 100 of them to their credit, in a mysterious process that no one else quite understands. [laughter] so i want to get to that in a minute, but first, welcome to the show. Welcome to after words, michael, and let me ask you many books, scores of books have been written about billy graham but none that have focused on his relationship with the president s in quite this way. How did you get this idea, whyd
Being threats five years inside that small embassy means sanchez had plenty of time on his hands to entertain visiting friends and supporters. A new. Party is about to be launched in the u. K. With support from across the channel french m. P. s belonging to a manual march movement not only back to the idea but have reportedly been giving advice to the founders of the new British Party charlotte who pinsky investigates. This is really a brand new Political Party thats about to launch in the k. Its goals are quite ambitious pledging to transform british politics and reverse brigs it it wants a second referendum on it i think theres no chance of braggs it being reversed the brave people have spoken and thats an end of the matter they can bash their head against a brick wall although get is a sore head for the party is launching in the u. K. Its getting advice for of course they can all hear it from the helping hand coming from a manual Michaels Party the republic of march with advisers sa
Course we can all hear it from the helping her and coming from a manual much for his party the public wash with advisors said to me at a recent meeting consulting about tactics and its normal each one of your girl friends was glad you came here like us and like many other countries looking for because it was feeling despair i think the danger increasing you can look at the future musical and i think that the movement that chris and others i meet with when you use the future you can embrace. Burring the ideas of mark. Which invited in every day people regardless of their experience in politics who knew also calls on everyone to join and those behind it hope itll work for them to. We dont have much time the only way of winning is by the same miracle as michael the u. K. Electoral Commission Says there is no issue with the British Party receiving advice from a Foreign Political Party providing it receives no funding from it so its fair enough but what the reaction be if the advice was com
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