Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. Bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. Bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. He teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. His Research Interest for many years has been civil war widows. He is currently researching a biography of a britishborn civil war widow, Elizabeth Louisa knights harris. Please help me wel
Here are some of our featured programs for this Holiday Weekend on the cspan networks. On cspan saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, tomorrower texas state senator and candidate wendy davis. On the challenges facing women in politics. And Easter Sunday at 6 30 p. M. Eastern, golfing legend Jack Nicklaus receives the congressional gold medal for his contributions to the game and community service. On cspan 2s book tv saturday night at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on after words. Activist and author cornel west on the radical political thinking of Martin Luther king, jr. Sunday at noon on in depth our live threehour conversation with former Investigative Reporter for the Washington Post and New York Times best sellinger author ronald kessle r. Hes written 20 books including escape from the cia sins of the father and the first family detail. On American History tv on cspan3, saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on lectures in history. East Carolina University professor emiritus Charles Calhoun during grants
Hes a two time recipient of the Jefferson Davis award for the best book published on the era of the civil war. He thus had a long and close relationship with both of the institutions that are now the American Civil War museum. Despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana well call him an honorary richlander. If you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. This walk honors william j. Cooper junior. All of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. Given the fact theres only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. Ill tell you one book you should read and its on sale outside is bills new book now we have war upon us. It gives insight to the several months before the opening of the civil war. Its a great addition to anyones bookshelf. Its my pleasure to introduce mr. William j. Cooper junior. [ applause ] im certainly pleased to be here. I need to start with a couple of disclaimers. Im really grateful for wades play my bo
You may have seen a spirited reply to the letter which is worth looking at. One of the issues which is a arisen of course in congress over the last couple of weeks, including with the visit with netanyahu is that it probably has made it rather more in congress than it was previously. That also changes the dynamic as far as the United States is concerned. The foreign secretary said, we have made some progress in the negotiations, i think there is a willingness on both sides to try to reach a deal, but the obstacles are still formidable. These are about Big Decisions which are going to have to be reached primarily by iranian colleagues, about the future of their nuclear industry, and the amount they have invested in it. Those are difficult decisions. And as the foreign secretary said, there are still a number of them which are critical to success on which we do not have movement. So as just said we go into the negotiations in the next round of negotiations with the degree of optimism, bu
Guerilla warfare tactics saved them. This is just under 40 minutes. Hes boyd professor of history in Louisiana State university. He served on the board of trustees and on the National Advisory board of the American Civil War center. Hes a two time recipient of the Jefferson Davis award for the best book published on the era of the civil war. He thus had a long and close relationship with both of the institutions that are now the American Civil War museum. Despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana well call him an honorary richlander. If you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. This walk honors william j. Cooper junior. All of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. Given the fact theres only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. Ill tell you one book you should read and its on sale outside is bills new book now we have war upon us. It gives insight to the several months before the opening of the civil war.