The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
The suburbs. How many of you grew up in the suburbs . Okay, almost all of you. And what kind of adjectives would you use to describe the suburbs . Proud. Nathaniel, i cant hear you. Proud. Proud, okay. Perhaps an unusual choice. Nicholas . Its like being from nowhere. Like being from nowhere. Good. Other descriptions, characterizations . Safe. Safe. K cassidy. Utopia. Emily . Familyoriented. Nicholas, were you going to Say Something . Drew . I loved it. Good. I mean, some people, utopia, maybe this is a different generation. I thought people were going to say lame and boring, which is why i picked this very lame typeface. I thought we would start with an image of contemporary suburbia. This is an engagement shoot, a young couple who have taken to the suburban street for their engagement you know, people get married and they take engagement photos, and this went around the internet for a while and lots of people, including myself, laughed at it. So whats so weird about that . Why does t
Proud. Proud. Okay. Perhaps an unusual choice. Nicholas. Its like being from nowhere. Like being from nowhere. Like being from nowhere . Good. Other descriptions. Characterization. Safe. Safe. Good. As lexi points out. Cassidy. Utopia. A utopia. Emily . Family oriented. Family oriented. Nicholas, were you going to Say Something . No. Drew. I loved it. Okay. Good. I mean, some people, utopia, maybe this is a different generation. I thought people were going to say lame and boring, which is why i picked this very lame typeface. And i thought wed start with an image of contemporary suburbia, which this is an engagement shoot. A young couple whove taken to the suburban street for their engagement. You know, people get married, they take engagement photos. And this was this went around the internet for a while. And lots of people, including myself, laughed at it. So whats so weird about that . Why does this image seem whats the disconnect . Ali . Usually engagement pictures are like at a sc
Day and talks about how changes from home loan policies, mass production and automobiles created urban living. His class is about an hour. So today were talking about the suburbs. How many of you grew up in the suburbs . Okay, almost all of you. And what kind of adjectives would you use to describe the suburbs . Proud. Nathaniel, i cant hear you. Proud. Proud, okay. Perhaps an unusual choice. Nicholas . Its like being from nowhere. Like being from nowhere. Good. Other descriptions, characterizations . Safe. Safe. Cassidy. Utopia. Emily . Familyoriented. Nicholas, were you going to Say Something . Drew . I loved it. Good. I mean, some people, utopia, maybe this is a different generation. I thought people were going to say lame and boring, which is why i picked this very lame typeface. I thought we would start with an image of contemporary suburbia. This is an engagement shoot, a young couple who have taken to the suburban street for their engagement you know, people get married and they
Feldman analysts is artistic portrayals of the American Revolution and civil war. She talks about the influence of paintings, sculptures, in memorials on how history is remembered. The Smithsonian Associates host to this event. Today we are going to look at the American Revolution and civil war, in particular, but a little beyond that. Controversies about the stories we tell. I am going to focus, because it is impossible to cover such an amount of material in one top. Im going to focus in particular on the nations capital, and the public buildings on the mall, which is after all, the centerpiece of american political culture, and our public culture, where people come from all around the world, and the country to participate in government, to learn about government, to understand our heritage. So i thought what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the issues we should be aware of . And what is missing . S