He is an affiliated professor in the Harvard Department of government, an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Law School and an honorary fellow of st. Catherines college in cambridge. His previous books include the ideological origins of the british empire, winner of the longman History Today book of the year award, the declaration of independence a global history, which was a Times Literary Supplement book of the year, and the history manifesto which was a new statesman book of the year. His new book, civil wars a history and ideas, examines the history of the very notion of civil war from its roots in republican rome to the conflicts that have roiled the global south for the past two decades. Questions of what makes a conflict not only a war, but a civil war rather than a foreign war or a revolution, are intensely political and depend on which warrior you ask. Shifting definitions of the term have also determined foreign policy. Do outside powers choose to arm one side or the other
You said the most interesting thing about the race it was the dumbest race possibly in american history. Totally nuts. How does that compare to 2016 . Well, that one was dumber, actually. Which is sort of heartwarmerring thing when you think about it. William Henry Harrison i have to say i was this could only happen i was talking to a really famous historian who i cant quote because he belongs to some other News Organization and he cant be quoted by me but i would was talking about how horrible the race is, the worst race, cant believe this is so terrible. And i said well what about women Henry Harrison and he screamed at me. Its even worse than william Henry Harrison. Thought, way this, a discussion that nobody else in america is having at this moment in time. The great thing the way william Henry Harrison it was the beginning of popular vote sod they were trying to think about ways to sell things things and e accidently they stumbled on the idea 0 peddling him as thats humble soldier
Uct the death and the life of your son Trayvon Martin. I wanted to start off by first noting it has been five years. It is hard to believe. It feels longer and shorter than that. What are you thinking about five years later as you revisit the life and the traumatic events that happened to your family five years ago . Each year when his birthday comes around, which was february 5th, sunday, it remind us what we are missing out on. We didnt get a chance to watch him graduate from high school or see him go off to college or go to the prom or things like that. I think about how many kids he would have had, who we would have married. At 22 it is fairly young but he would have been graduating from college like his brother. I think about the good times and knowing those memories cant be taken away. As parents, you want to see your children do something productive in life. We would definitely be hoping for another College Graduate from our kids and going on just to see his life progress. Seein
Cassandra kinging in the author of five novels including moonrise her literary homage to rebound becca. Moon rice was moonrise was a southeastern independent book ellers alliance best seller. Cassandra king is joining us today to hell celebrate a beloved writer and friend of festival. Pat conroy. He has influenced a generation of writers and moved readers both in and out of the low country with his enforcingis gettable prose. Today she was success hi book of essays published posthumously. I always struggle with that word. Please give a very warm welcome to cassandra king. [applause] thank you so much. Great to be here in sister city of savannah. I live in buford. I come over here frequently and pat i both loved satisfy van nave always think of savannah as scar let scarlet oparaand charles son is miss melanie. I have a soft spot for savannah. This, of course, is bittersweet for me to be here, talking about pat, especially this time of year because its been almost a year, two or three of