Carried it alive and we are pleased to be joined by former radio host and msnbc contributor Charles Sykes whose new book is called how the rights lost its mind is this a book about donald trump . Guest now, obviously he plays a major role but its really about the conservative movement, what happened to the conservative movement and how it enabled him, capitulated to him and how where did you go wrong . How do they conservative movement go from being run by William F Buckley to sean hannity . digital from Ronald Reagan to donald trump . How do we go from edmund burke to and culture . What happened to us that led up to that and this is the big question i had after the election. What just happened . What did we miss . The things going on that i thought i understood that maybe i didnt. Host was there a seminal moment . Was it years in the making . With the 2016 . Guest i started off with a thesis that donald trump was a black swan. He came in and took over sort of as a fluke, took over thi
Revolution and still not clear today, a confrontation between vietnamese ships and american ships which then led to a resolution ran through by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus and strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking appropriately was chin fa, that we certainly didnt want to have a confrontation athat would lea to a real conflict there. So it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation which then not only didnt harm the enemy but strengthened their resolve and that led, of course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions. The new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations right out here on this mall there was a Million People or how ever many it was that it really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. Mass arrests, demonstrations, chicago that all of us can look back and see on cspan but it was a tumultuous time and most of it was bred by
And bad . The legacies of vietnam is that we, before we get into a conflict, we better have a strategy and a capability to win. And this was one of these gradual drip, drip, drip involvements, started out with the thing called the gulf of tonkin resolution, still not clear today, confrontation between vietnamese ship or ships and american ships, which then led to a resolution rammed through by linden johnson, a complete lack of focus and strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of linden johnsons thinking appropriately was china, that we certainly didnt want to have a confrontation and a conflagration that would lead to a conflict there. So, it cautioned all of our actions so that it was a very gradual escalation, which then not only didnt harm the enemy, but it strengthened their resolve. And that led, of course, to all kinds of implications and repercussions, the new age, the use of drugs, demonstrations right out here o
Can get a sense of where to find me or what ever doing institute please join me to welcome john. Banks for coming to a the last event we have had an amazing glasssteagall and. And as the author of 12 books like blackhawk down at the Philadelphia Inquirer 20 years now writes for vanity fair and the atlantic the writer in residence at university of delaware it in 1968 of the tet offensive at the turning point of the of war in vietnam. [applause] and Kurt Andersen is the best selling author and contributors to vanity fair and the New York Times his book reader of studio 360 the peabody award winner and in fantasyland the liquid history of america to show what is happening in our country today in the fake news moment we are living through is the ultimate expression of our National Character. [applause] the of the floor is yours. Thanks for coming i am honored to close out the book festival i will talk for a couple of minutes then kirch will come up to tell you about his book then we will h
On the 50th anniversary of his capture, senator mccain talked with American History tv about those events and his thoughts on the wars legacy and impact on america. This is about 25 minutes. Senator mccain, when you look back 50 years ago when your plane went down there in hanoi, and through the last 50 years, what today in your opinion are the legacies of vietnam, good and bad . The legacies of vietnam is that before we get into a conflict, we better have a strategy and a capability to win. And this is one of these gradual drip, drip, drip involvements, started out with a thing called the gulf of tonkin resolution where there was supposedly and still not clear to this day confrontation between vietnamese ship and or ships and american ships, which then led to a resolution rammed through by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus at strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking, appropriately, was