Good evening and welcome, both newcomers and repeat offenders, if you look around here, you notice the great many ponderous and intangible books out there in the world. That being the case, its always refreshing to find whose impact in the portion to the Tipping Point is one of those books, from time to time, usually its quite unexpected, work appears that acts as a decongestant for the brain, one strong spray with a passages to clean up, suddenly we can finally grasp things around us that weve always been looking at, we drop the enter gp and more sharply, it can be rather intoxicating, once again this is that kind of book. One of the delights i find of the Tipping Point is that malcolm asked the kind of question that a child might ask, the kind of question that is on the tip of her brain like the name on the tip of the tongue. Often we find it hard to focus on, not despite a bit but because of it. In the question he asks to hear is that one once weve heard asked, why didnt anybody thi
Tonight we present Nigel Hamilton with his trilogy on fdr war and peace the final odyssey. His unpublished documents and interviews he rewrites a famous account of world war ii strategy given by churchill 75 years after the dday landing we can see closeup and in dramatic detail who was responsible for rescuing and insisting upon france of june 1944. The coup detat turns to personal tragedy over the course of the disease as he was commanderinchief to prepare the United Nations for the post world order. Now we know even on his deathbed he was a great visionary. Douglas brinkley says war and peace is a masterful reevaluation. And pulitzer prizewinning coauthor calls it a stunning achievement. Hamilton commands his talent and meticulous historian and biographer as an intimate portrait of americas most consequential president. The most awardwinning of jfk, jfk, and montgomery and president clinton among other subjects his most recent book the mantle of command was long listed for the Nation
Responsible to insist upon the great invasion of france june 1944. As churning to personal tragedy and how in the months left wet yalta and quebec to prepare the United Nations for the american backed world war. Now we know fdr was the great visionary. Douglas brinkley says masterful reevaluation of dday and helped on hitlers demise. And coauthor of prometheus with the stunning achievement hamilton commands a meticulous historian and a seasoned biographer the result of the most consequential president. Nigel hamilton is the bestselling and awardwinning biographer of jfk montgomery and president bill clinton. And the previous book in the series from the National Book award senior fellow at the mccormick splits his time between boston massachusetts thank you for joining us please welcome nigel. [applause] eyes split my time between the two. [laughter] and the command was actually the first the second was called commander in chief this what im borrowing from a very distinguished writer ma
We cannot say he belonged much overltimore or richmond the world or new york, but to the world. Were inside a working public theding that has hosted longest working acting legislature today. Since we are the First American State Capitol to open after the revolutionary war and the first monumental roman temple style public building in the modern its influence on other State Capitols, county courthouses, and public buildings that are very famous in washington, d. C. Cannot be underestimated. I have heard an architectural historian described the iconic buildings in washington, d. C. As a sequel to the virginia State Capitol back here in richmond. We started with our First Political center in jamestown, the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600s. There are multiple buildings, public and private, used for public meetings. Then when we moved to williamsburg we build and capitol in the english tradition. That burned down and we rebuilt the se
Public building in the modern era, its influence on other state capitols, county courthouses and public buildings that are famous up in d. C. Cant are underestimated. Ivan them described as the iconic buildings in d. C. As the sequel to the Virginia State capitol back here in richmond. We started off with our First Political center at jamestown, which is the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america. And that was used throughout the 16 hundreds and there were multiple buildings, public and private used for government meetings. And then when we moved to williamsburg we built a capital in the english colonial tradition which burned down in the middle of the 17 hundredans we rebuilt a second one. And it was the second capitol in williamsburg that we left behind when we moved here to richmond during the revolutionary war. And interestingly mr. Jefferson who introduced the bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move a year later he was serving as governor and he got