First is paul sparrow who is director of the franklin d. Roosevelt president ial museum and library in hyde park, new york, following a career as a documentary filmmaker and a Senior Executive at the museum and paul has been directioning the Roosevelt Library museum since 2015 and heel ll be talk about fdr and the Manhattan Project and our second guest is Clifton Daniel who is the eldest grandson of president harry truman. He is also a truman scholar where he spent quite a bit of time study being the life and career of his grandfather and currently serves as honorary chairman of the board of trustees at the harry truman president ial library and museum in independence, missouri. So today will give a great opportunity for question and answer. Please weigh in with lots of questions. Weve already been talking quite a bit offcamera, about our topic today, and i guarantee you theres going to be a lot of interesting ideas and discussion. So i will begin, and introduce all to join us on the p
Cable Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Welcome to at home with the roosevelts. Im joined today by the director of the Herbert Hoover president ial library museum. Hi, im tom schwartz. Im the director of the Herbert Hoover president ial museum in iowa. Were here today to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in American History, the president ial election of 1932, hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship of prior to and after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the United States with the Great Depression. Of course the two of them had known each other for quite some time. During world war i roosevelt was the assistant secretary of navy under woodrow wilson. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce co
Im senior director of research and history here at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Were standing in the road to berlin, permanent gallery exhibits which opened in december 2014 after several years of development. Our mission here at the National World War Ii Museum is to tell the American Experience in world war ii, why it was fought, how it was won and what it means today. The building were in tells the war part of the story, how it was won. So here we are in the first gallery of the road to berlin and behind me, youll see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, the lineup, if you will, of the two sides that are going to engage in this great struggle. When our visitors arrive in this gallery, we believe that they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the streets in our museum. So with the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major Strategic Elements
That professor aaron mason recently informed me that he will not be here and making a presentation, and, therefore, you should expect to hear three presentations instead of four. I trust that this may make sure that we have enough time for audience questions and participation at the end, which is a minor benefit from not getting to hear professor masons presentation. So well still try to use our 90 minutes effectively. All of the presenters have had to cut their presentations in order to fit our session. All of the presentations represent work in progress, which is exciting. Our speakers will present in the order in which they appear on your program, beginning with Michael Gunther. Professor Michael Gunther hails from historic lake george, new york. He earned his ph. D. In history in 2010. He is current professor of history at georgia gwinnett college, a fouryear institution in the suburbs of atlanta. Dr. Gunther recently published a journal article on the bordering of quebec in the 17
History tv on cspan3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. Deputy defense secretary Patrick Shanahan delivered keynote remarks at the Reagan National defense forum. He discussed National Security threats, Defense Innovation and military readiness. Following remarks, mr. Shanahan was interviewed by cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. This is a half hour. [applause] how are you . Good. I say those 30 years were a good warmup act. John, thank you, and im going to make sure to get a copy of your book on the way out of town here. So thank you for that warm introduction. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,gu in todays Dynamic World strong leadership is more critical than ever. I can not picture a crowd more in tuned with the importance of good leadership than this one. It is my first time here but many of you have been coming to this event for years. The beauty of the forum is its ability to draw together such invested, y knowledgeable and diverse leaders fr