Hitchcock, the william w. Professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s published in 2018 by symon and shchuster. Good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Lets get right to it. In surveying the 35 years of the cold war and its impact, would could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history, because of the challenges of the cold war, our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . Well, yes, i would agree with that, and i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the last half century or more that it has significantly grown in scope and in power, and the cold war had a great deal
Hes the author of the age of eisenhower. The Georgia Historical Society and the uva club of savannah cohosted the event which is one in a series of conversations on the cold war 75 years after it began. Im stan deaton and its our pleasure to partner with the uva club of savannah. This conversation is the first of three with university of virginia faculty. Part of the Georgia Historical Societys Georgia History festival which is focused on the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock. The professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war. Most recently the age of eisenhower and the world in the 1950s. Welcome and thanks for joining us. Thank you very much, stan. Good to be with you. Looking forward to the conversation. Lets get right to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact. One could argue that it changed the constitutional framework of the American Gov
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