This Holiday Weekend watch booktv on cspan2. Gay [inaudible conversations] etna [inaudible conversations] good evening. And welcome to the mid Manhattan Branch of the public library, thank you for joining us this evening. Tonights program is jayhawk based on the authors recent book 1932 the rise of hitler and fdr2 tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny. In 1932, two digression battered nations confronted their destiny, going to the polls to choose new leaders. Americas president ial choices were gregarious aristocrat Franklin Roosevelt or tarnished wonder boy Herbert Hoover. Germany suffered two rounds of bloody elections, and two president ial contests, not a reactionary hindenburg against rising radical hatemonger adolf hitler. As unstoppable politics and economic forces advanced on disoriented societies, merciless worldwide Great Depression bought opportunity for a transformation, perhaps hopeful, perhaps did the. Through fd ares new deal and hit theirs third reich, desti
Assumed a societal last that long from which it will come its like we can be happy that same stupid argument over the same shit forever and ever. But anyway, thanks everyone for coming. Of course, we will be happy to sign your numerous copies of our books that you were buying. Some of the books that wall street journal recommends. Book tv covered many of the authors and you can watch on our website booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] well, good afternoon, my name is bill legget on behalf of the stores owners, welcome to the store. Its a pleasure to have you here and a pleasure to hear winston, the winning of world war ii. Mr. Groom will answer questions. Its great to welcome winston where he worked as a reporter and washington star. Hes an author of both fiction and nonfiction, summers die, forest g you recollect mp and tonights book the generals. Another gift is his style which makes his work informative and a page turner, so please welcome winston groom. [applause] first, i would
Winston groom will talk and rear about half an hour and then take questions for 15 or 20 minutes more. We encourage questions, we just need you to ask them from the microphone over here both so everyone can be involved and also for our cspan awed yes, sir. Its great to audience. Its great to welcome kin son bloom winston bloom back to washington d. C. Histories including a storm in flanders, shiloh 1862 and tonights book, the generals. One of Winston Grooms gifts is his ability to flesh out the characters of these three influential but different leaders, giving us insights regarding how their experiences shaped their personalities and choices in the Second World War. Another gift is style, so please welcome Winston Groom. [applause] first, id like to thank everybody for coming out to hear me on this lovely saturday afternoon in washington d. C. I have been on a book tour now for a couple of weeks. Ive learned something about what people want to know. One of the first questions im usual
autistic. he had great relationships with family members. but whether or not they re that way, that s part of what makes us all different, and maybe some day they will have chemicals and pulls, ands dr. percy would say, they could take away all your quirks and disabilities and cure you of being borderline aspergers or whatever. i m not sure we want those devices because then we wouldn t have great leaders and agreed great great heroes. thank you. [applause] . this talk from tester county book company in west chester pennsylvania is just under an hour the need the military christmas theme the military christmas theme is a strange one, you may wonder how this came about. the answer is accident. in all four cases. usually describes from curiosity about something else. and my reading over many years has been activated basically by curiosity. it leads me to something that might turn into a book and if it doesn t it might be an article and it doesn t at least my curiosity mig