clipper and george hammond culture of the amenities forum which organized today s event. i m happy to welcome back a. j. baime if we had them here you in half or so ago from the accidental president. his last book, and this time we have a virtually from his home, and we re going to talk about his new book about a 1940 election. we re going back 72 years to another election-year and you will be amazed at exactly how similar it sound in some ways. another with a different but in some ways. what s different is the politicians were all younger than they are today. that s one big difference. but a. j., take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. just a very good read by the way. very good read. outstanding. i want to say a couple things first. thank you so much for having the. the the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be and you are doing this virtual. a lot of people are going to pain-and-suffering china for myself i m just reminding why i fell in love with
this time we have them here virtually from his home. we re going to talk about his new book, about the 1948 election. we re going back 72 years, another election year. your going to be amazed exactly how similar it sounds in other ways it s very different. the difference is the politicians were all younger than they are today. [laughter] that s one big difference. but a.j., take it away. tell us about the overview of the book. just a very good read by the way. very good read. guest: will thank you. i don t see a couple things first rate thank you so much for having me. the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be. and here we are redoing this virtual, a lot of people going to pain-and-suffering, i know for myself, i m just reminded of why film of the reading minus six years old. books can transport you to another time and place. for me during all this that is been a blessing. now, regarding my last time i was with you, i already started this book. it was 2017 i was with
welcome to the commonwealth club, i m george hammond, chair of the forum which organized today s events. i m happy to welcome back a.j. baime who was here a year and half or so ago and his last book in this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book the 1948 election so we are going back 72 years for another election year and you ll be amazed at exactly how similar it sounds in some ways and in other ways very different and one of the difference is the politicians were younger then so that is one big difference but a.j., take it away and tell us about the overview of the book, a very good read by the way. thank you. i want to say a couple of things first. thank you so much for having me and the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be and here we are going through pain-and-suffering and i know for myself i m just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because books can transform or transport you to a
public service and brought to you by your television provider. welcome to the commonwealth club. i m george hammond, chair of the vanity form, i am happy to welcome back a.j. baime. we had him here i urine to have a go for the accidental president, his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book about the 1948 election going back 72 years and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways very different. politicians were all younger than they are today. take it away, the overview of the book, a very good review. guest: thanks for having me. the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be. a lot of people going to pain and suffering, i am reminded why i fell in love with reading, books can transport you to another time and place and it has been a blessing. regarding my last time with you i started this book in 2017 to talk about the accidental president. this book came out in the 2020 electio
half it or so ago for his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and we re going to talk about his new book about the 1948 election so we re going back 72 years to another election year and you re going to be amazed at how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways it s different but in some ways, the politicians were all younger than they were today so that s one big difference but aj, take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. just a very good read by the way. i want to say a couple of things first. thank you so much for having me. the commonwealth club is a wonderful place to be and a lot of people are going through a lot of pain and suffering. for myself, i m reminded why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because bookscan transport you to another time and place and during all of this that s been a blessing . regarding my last time i was with you i had already started this book. it was to that 2017 when i was