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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Lectures In History 20160207



particularly what the war had been fought for. remember the war from the , union s point of view abraham lincoln s point of view was a war of reunion. a war to stamp out recession. over time, it becomes a war to stamp out slavery. the victory of union armies on the battlefield doesn t, in itself, resolve either one of those issues. that is what we are going to talk about we talk about talk about when we talk about reconstruction. giving practical meaning to reunion. think of this as the humpty dumpty question. how do you put the union back together after a civil war that lasted four years? the cost may be 750,000 lives in total. how do you put the union back together? that is what we will talk about next time. what i want to talk about today is the second of those two issues that the war raises. the second aim of union policy. in the civil war, their goal of destroying slavery. what is that going to mean ? practically what is freedom , going to mean for 4 million now ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 History Bookshelf 20150829



tectonic plates of politics undergird us. theant to look at event that is the most traumatic event of the last half-century of american life, the .ssassination of jfk and at almost 50 years removed, is there anything new to be said about this grim episode? surprisingly there is. jim pearson argues in camelot and the cultural revolution that the trauma of his killing went beyond the nation s grief and outrage and led to the d formation of our political consensus. it was the catalyst for transformation of liberalism in the 1960 s and should be regarded as a key turning point of the end of america s law liberal tradition and the beginning of a new kind of liberalism that represents a repudiation of the older tradition. whether this older tradition was too brittle because of its predecessors is a matter that the panel will take up. we have david brown and the author of a biography of richard hofstadter. hofstadter is important because he is one of the leading mid-century.he ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 History Bookshelf 20150906



undergird us. we want to look at the event that i think most people would agree is the most traumatic event of the last half century of american life, the assassination of jfk. even if we judge september 11 more consequential. at almost 50 years removed, is there anything new to be said about this grim episode? surprisingly there is. jim pearson argues in camelot and the cultural revolution that the trauma of his killing went beyond the nation s grief and outrage and led to the d deformation of our political consensus. it was the catalyst for transformation of liberalism in the 1960 s and should be regarded as a key turning point of the end of america s long liberal tradition and the beginning of a new kind of liberalism that represents a repudiation of the older tradition. whether this older tradition was too brittle because of its predecessors is a matter that the panel will take up. we have david brown and the author of a biography of richard hofstadter. hofstadter ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On American Panic 20140802



you will see the distaste he had . he thinks the pakistan is went after him. that is why but still, we know for a fact from various studies that a majority qaeda has moved to pakistan with the family. recently there were killed. killed most likely by taliban. the military or intelligence, pushing them. they wanted to come to the table. test the commitment they have given to the united states. however, in the initial years, may have no other option but to come from a point of view. in afghanistan would have been killed. pakistan give them space and leased to, i think, my guess or estimate been, i think maybe around 100 afghan taliban leaders are close. around that number that probably came. maybe their families were already living. and at that time they should have stood by them. but despite this in their personal capacity. and the intelligence organizations, there was a lot of manipulation. so the forces before 9/11. the operations. so the control, the manipulation some ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Assault And Flattery 20140802



american diplomat that i was reading the biography of karl marx, and his he said i wouldn t admit it if i was reading it. however, he later listened to me tell him why. i think the panic is in the minority. i think free speech and education makes the difference. what do you think? are you in the majority or not? i don t think they re in the majority. if they are in the majority we would be looking at something like germany in 1934. it doesn t take a majority to create a lot of violence and death and destruction and payne. education up to a point is a factor, but some very highly educated people have expressed very panicked thoughts. maybe they are availing themselves but i don t think just because one is educated, one doesn t necessarily address personal needs for certitudes. thank you. another question? when you talk it reminds me not of politics but medical advertising. three of five people work this, or you try to talk about an allergy, and most things ar ....

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