There were moments president truman when marshall was a miserable failure at controlling his anger. The conversation between roosevelt and marshall it was december 5, 1943. The nature of marshalls character. He then came to the point. Do you want to command the overlord invasion. See mac at this time the british in the americans marshall knew that if he ask for it. Almost certainly roosevelt would give it to him. He didnt ask for it. Instead he told the president you should base the decision on whats best for the country and you should not consider my feelings. With that the president concluded that matter. He said to marshall. I could not sleep at ease if you were out of washington. That was the springboard to the presidency. Whether he coveted the overlord at command or whether he thought it was the best interest of the country for him to stay in washington we will never know what was actually going through his mind and what was true. His refusal to express the desire one way or anot
Good afternoon. Im the Deputy Director of the library and thank you so much for being here for the roosevelt reading festival. The 16th annual. President roosevelt would be a very happy man to see some and people here today. What we call was about whether because it seems to break in our favor only special days like this. Also, we would ask and love for you to become members if you would like because membership helps support these wonderful programs and if you would like to our colleague lauren is author and she will help you out. If you have not been to the dday exhibit, about fdr and churchill please go over and take a look. It is really special and we are showing things that have not been on exhibit before. I will go over some of the basic rules. You know by now you are out there for other sessions from their we will go out to the lobby where books will be available for purchase and signing. I will introduce our author david roll who is a familiar face with his research and he is al
Eisenhower and George Patton and bradley and how they provided leadership on the allied assaults, especially the european assaults on nazi germany in world war ii. When we heard he was writing his second book to figure out of way to get the museum on the books they need to reread the to have you back. His latest book covers the alliance of the american war effort but this time from the perspective of the president fdr and his war cabinet. The men who were responsible for assembly eng securing the forces of victory and this is a particularly interesting topic from fdr as the commander. So this will be an Exciting Program but before i call him up he didnt just come down here to talk this evening he did extra duty to go above and beyond to work with us through the Leadership Academy who came from around the country to put the headband struggle of world war ii and the 20thcentury and with the shipyards and went to a variety of sites through this city and got them into the swamps with john
Josiah bunting iii back to the New York Historical society. 2016, heretirement in served as president of the Guggenheim Foundation in new york city, and is the former superintendent of the Virginia Military institute in lexington, virginia. To newbeen a great fan York Historical for many years, serving as advisor to our fabulous exhibition and most at the New York Historical society. He is the author of several books including ulysses s grant, and a forthcoming biography of george c marshall. Before we began come as always, i would like to ask you to make sure your cell phones are switched off. And now, please join me in welcoming general bunting to the stage. [applause] thank you. Good evening. It is a pleasure and an honor to be here and to talk about my favorite person, excluding those of you. [laughter] i should begin by talking a little bit about our cultures feeling about the Second World War. At thefrom time to time museum, or rather the program that honors the second what were
For his great support which and night which allowed us to invite so many historians to New York Historical kit i would like to recognize and thank some of our trustees with us this evening. Mr. Michaelkett and weissberg. Thank you so very much for all you do. On our behalf. All ofo like you thank our Chairmans Council members who are with us this evening and of course my very talented colleague, dale gregory, our Vice President for public programs. Lastevenings program will about an hour, and it will include a question and answer session. You should have received a note card and pencil as you enter the auditorium this evening. If not, colleagues are going up and down the aisles with them. The no cards with your questions will be collected later on in the program. We are thrilled to welcome Josiah Bunting iii back to the New York Historical society. Prior to retirement in 2016, he served as president of the Guggenheim Foundation in new york city, and is the former superintendent of the