year 2000 and endowed by john w. kluge. the center welcomes over 100 scholars every year to pursue research interests at one of the world s largest libraries. up next we speak with one of their 2014 fellows. joining us on american history tv is kevin kim, a senior lecturer in history at vanderbilt university. what can you tell us about the book you re writing? it is mainly a political history of the cold war from the perspective of hemy wallace and herbert hoover. the full working title now is worlds unseen, henry wallace, herbert hoover, and the rise of cold war america. it really uses these two figures as vehicles for exploring what the cold war, how it felt, how it was experienced, how it was thought about as a very contested, vibrant, phenomenon. and it starts, you know, focuses on these two figures with their biographies, what made them tick, their upbringing, their early political careers, but the heart really focuses on their experiences first in world war ii bec
kluge center in washington, d.c. which was established in the year 2000 and endowed by john w. kluge. the center welcomes over 100 scholars every year to pursue research interests at one of the world s largest libraries. up next we speak with one of their 2014 fellows. joining us on american history tv is kevin kim, a senior lecturer in history at vanderbilt university. what can you tell us about the book you re writing? it is mainly a political history of the cold war from the perspective of hemy wallace and herbert hoover. the full working title now is worlds unseen, henry wallace, herbert hoover, and the rise of cold war america. it really uses these two figures as vehicles for exploring what the cold war, how it felt, how it was experienced, how it was thought about as a very contested, vibrant, phenomenon. and it starts, you know, focuses on these two figures with their biographies, what made them tick, their upbringing, their early political careers, but the heart
fellows. on americans history tv is kevin kim, senior lecturer in history at vanderbilt university. what can you tell us about the book you are writing? that is mainly a political and intellectual history of the cold war from the perspective of henry wallace and herbert hoover. worldsking title is unseen, henry wallace, herbert hoover, and the rise of cold war america. it uses these figures as vehicles for exploring the cold war, how was experienced and thought about as a very contested, barbara phenomenon. it starts because it s focused on these two figures, their biographies, what made them tick, their upbringing. their political careers, but the heart of it focuses on their experiences first in world war ii, and because it is a pivotal event, how both men saw the cold war coming, and in the cold war focusing from its inception in ,ate world war ii of to vietnam which is when both men are in their later years and sadly passed away. what did worlds unseen mean in the conte
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she s in the driver s seat? well, people are either positioning themselves already for a role in hillary s government or acting to lock in positions they have with either her or the few people she would give authority to hire for her. why does it feel like the train has already left the station? what does this mean for the other side? if the republicans are also looking for jobs in 2016 and need to win to get those jobs, if they see her on the move already, does that mean they re more likely to push a candidate who actually has a good chance of boxing her out for the center? those people in the middle politically? in other words, new jersey governor chris christie. does this help give him a leg up? speaking of boxing out, is that what the earlier than expected coming of hillary is doing to president obama? he s still in the inaugural term of his second term. is he getting brushed aside from the rush for jobs and connections to a president who has yet to take office and might