Focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century. In particular the era of the world wars and the cold war. And in addition to the age of eisenhower, dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom, a new history of the liberation of europe which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a winner of the george lewis spear prize and was also a Financial Times best seller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton who you all know will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the United States. Ann is a pioneer of journalism in america. She was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news. Her longevity and her impact are inparalleled. Anns career at abc news span seven president s of the United States, ten president ial campaigns. She anchored from the white house, from capitol hill, and president ial travel that took he
Wash journal. And if you missed any of the live coverage, watch any time on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. Now to the lecture part of our program. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock, author of the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock with the William Corcoran professor from the university of virginia where he focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century, in particular the era of the world wars an the cold war, and in addition to the age of eisenhower dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom, a new history of the liberation of europe which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a winner of the george lewis spear prize and a Financial Times bestseller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton will join for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the United States. Ann is a pioneer of journalism in america. The f
Professor of history at the university of virginia where he focuses on international and diplomatic history. In particular the era of the world wars and the cold war in addition to the age of i eisenhower. He is author of the bitter road to freedom, which was a pultizer prize finalist. Following his remarks, ann compton will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great book. Ann was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news. Her wrolongevity and impact are unparalleled. She spanned 10 president s of the United States. She anchored from the white house and she went to all 50 states and six continents. Ann was twauactually with presi george w. Bush on september 11th, 2011, and she was the only reporter allowed to stay on Board Air Force one with the president. She was on air force one on behalf of the entire press core. She is also a very good friend of the White House Historical association. She will moderate a n
William hitchcock talks about the age of eisenhower in the 1950s. He sat down with White House Correspondent an compton for the conversation on the life and legacy of the nations 34th president. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock author of the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock is a professor of history at the university of virginia where he focussed on International Diplomatic history in the 21st century, in particular the era of the world wars and cold war. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was also a Financial Times best seller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarremar remarks ann compton will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography. Ann was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news, she spanned seven president s of the United States. She anchored from the white house, fr
He is an author of the age of eisenhower. Now to the lecture part of our program. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock, author of the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock is the william r. Corcoran professor of history at the university of virginia where he focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century, in particular the era of the world wars and the cold war and in addition to the age eisenhower, hes author of the bitter road to freedom a history of the liberation of europe, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and also a Financial Times bestseller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the United States. Ann is a pioneer of journalism in america. She was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news. Her longevity and impact are un