For a commentary on her presentation. Doctor woods is the professor of soviet history and also joining us in january as a fellow here and the author of two books including her current book and her current work the issue listed here at the center is also on putin and his performance of power it russia today. So with that nature of the floor over. Thankyou to the Wilson Center that hosted the when i was here and also a special thanks to the staff in the library who were terrific twos support my research. Were in an interesting period with u. S. Russia relations or European Russian relations. We have the most serious crisis since the cold war in which one country expanded its territory at the expense of another in the United States responded quite unusually to put sanctions against the Financial Holdings of the named individuals close to a certain russian politician this does not happen every day we very quickly become accustomed twos the idea of sanctions but normally there should have b
Up next, author of putins kleptocracy. She talks about the designs putin has for russia today. She spoke about her book at Woodrow Wilson center in washington d. C. Welcome. We are, indeed, in for a treat today, and if you havent got enough discussion on putin, well, i think were going to, hopefully, satisfy your curiosity today. It is our great pleasure to have karen here to talk about her new book, putins kleptocracy, and i should add that the books are available on sale as well. Karen is the walter e. Havenhearst director of science for postsoviet studies at Miami University in ohio. She is a former Wilson Center Public Policy scholar as well as a former guest scholar at brookings. She has taught at many universities including a long stint in the university of maryland. The author of numerous books, but i are a sneaking suspicion that this one really rises to the top of the list x she received her ph. D. From the London School of economics. Karen will be followed by professor Elizab
Grandfather and your mother. Your mother while your grandfather was in the whitehouse, would occasionally perform publically and on one particular occasion she is an incredible vocalist to clarify. I am sorry. Right. Thank you, margaret. He was in key west. She was saying a review was written that your grandfather didnt like. That is right. She was singing at constitutional hall in the 1950s and the review was written by paul hume of the washington post. He said unkind things about my mothers singing ability. Quite a few things. My grandfather read that the next morning. The korean war i dont know if it had started and that would be dramatic his press secretary, charlie ross died the morning of the concert of a massive heart attack. Grandpa wasnt in a good review. He comes this review and he sat down and wrote out a review of a page and half and wrote out unkind things. The end of the letter said i would like to meet you in person and when i do you will need steak for black eyes and yo
Family. Nine members of the family have worked at the white house. I talked to one of the butlers who works every week at the white house. His uncle was the head butler. He told me my uncle ram the white house. They brought him in when he was 17 years old in 1959 during the eisenhower administration. He is still working there. He described how he used to work in the kitchen and they kept on giving him ice scream ice cream because he was skinny. It is incredible he remembers how the eisenhowers word. They are a dying breed. Tonight at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Over the next four hours, we are giving you a special mothers day presentation with the children and grandchildren of former first ladies, sharing tales of life in the white house. We begin with the grand daughter of lou hoover, the grandson of breast truman, and a daughter betty ford. Good evening everyone and thank you for being here. It is always a pleasure to be here. If what happened in the last few minutes back
Appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of northern virginia, effectively ending the civil war. We will be live from Appomattox Court House National historic park on both april 9 and 12th as historians including ed ayres reflect on the last battles and explore the aftermath and legacy of appomattox. We will also bring you reenact its of some of the key moments from 150 years ago and we will open our phone lines to take your calls. The surrender at appomattox live april 9 and 12th, here on American History tv on cspan three. Up next, we hear from Staff Members at the three president ial libraries based in texas about their collections documenting the white house years of Lyndon Johnson, george bush, and george w. Bush. The george bush president ial library and museum hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. As we say here in texas howdy. My apologies to the people from johnson and bush 43, but that is what we do here. Welcome to the bush library. Im the director here. We have t