And how they changed president ial campaigns. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. It is a little over an hour. Good evening print welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. Perhaps befitting my new parttime status as a visiting fellow at the whole center for the humanities at the university of kansas director of public affairs, emeritus. Me,ever you want to call im off the payroll here, but i cant stay away from this place, im afraid. Kind of addicted to it. As one of my former colleague said an hour ago, i cant go cold turkey. For thely tonight, when fourth time in four years, we are hosting president ial historian extraordinaire john robert greene, a professor of intory and humanities cazenovia, new york, where yes taught for the past 36 years. He also serves as the college archivist. As i just adjusted, since 2012 bob greene has been making annual appearances at the Kansas City Public Library. In 2012 he spoke on president george h w bush. In 2013 he was back for a tal
, one fory tonight the fourth time in four years, we are hosting president ial historian extraordinaire, john robert greene. Professor in new york where he has taught for 36 years. He also serves as the college archivist. Greene has been making annual appearances at the kansas city public library. In 2012, he spoke about president george h. W. Bush. In 2013, he spoke about betty ford. Last year, on the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixons resignation, bob was here to give a presentation about the administration of gerald ford. Held three programs were in conjunction with our good libraryat the institute. We have another president ial library in the neighborhood in abilene, kansas. This year, which happens to be the 125th anniversary of eisenhowers birth, we have launched a series to examine the eisenhower era. Thanks to the tremendous support from the foundation and Commerce Bank trustee. Tonight, which marks the midpoint of that series there is a brochure in the corridor. Bob greene, an
Place, i am afraid. As one of my former colleague said an hour ago, i cant go cold turkey. Especially tonight, when for the fourth time in four years, we are hosting president ial historian extraordinaire john robert greene, a professor of history and humanities in cazenovia, new york, where yes taught for the past 36 years. He also serves as the college archivist. As i just adjusted, since 2012 bob greene has been making annual appearances at the kansas city public library. In 2012 he spoke on president george h. W. Bush. In 2013 he was back for a talk about first lady betty ford. Last year, almost to the day of the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixons resignation, bob was here to give a presentation about the administration of gerald ford. These three programs, part of our beyond the gamut series were held in conjunction with our good friend at the Truman Library institute. But of course, we have another president ial library in the neighborhood, more or less just down i70 in abilene,
You are immediately drawn, as a young person, i think, to want to write something new, to revise history, not to make it untrue, but to Say Something that people havent said before about the elections, about president ial scholarship, about history in general. That you want to reinterpret what was an orthodox view. Thats what i did with my first really bad book, that was published in 1985. It was as henry said, a well, it was my dissertation, i didnt even revise it too much. I was really in a hurry to get it in print. It was on the president ial election of 1952, entitled the crusade. What i wanted to do was to Say Something different about the election than had been said before. So what i did was, i tackled the myths of the president ial election. And what i centered on was the myth of the draft. You all know what it is. Dwight eisenhower was drafted. He didnt want to run. And he was drafted by a group that was fronted by the citizens for eisenhower, that was organized by tom dewey wh
Join American History tv on saturday, november 7th, for tours and live interviews from the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Well explore the road to berlin and the African American story, and well take your questions for historians joining us throughout the day. World war ii, 70 years later live from the National World War Ii Museum saturday, november 7th, on cspan3. Thursday night, American History tv in primetime will feature archival films featured on our program real america. Youll see seeds of destiny, a 1946 academyaward winning short film about the refugee crisis in europe at the end of world war ii. A 1963 film about the king and queen of afghanistans visit to the u. S. , and a 1975 film about the Energy Crisis looking at efficiency and alternative fuels. Tune in thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Up next on American History tv, historian john robert green chronicles the 1952 president ial election between Dwight Eisenhower and adley stevenson. He examines the myth tha