Hitchcock, the william w. Professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s published in 2018 by symon and shchuster. Good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Lets get right to it. In surveying the 35 years of the cold war and its impact, would could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history, because of the challenges of the cold war, our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . Well, yes, i would agree with that, and i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the last half century or more that it has significantly grown in scope and in power, and the cold war had a great deal
Hes the author of the age of eisenhower. The Georgia Historical Society and the uva club of savannah cohosted the event which is one in a series of conversations on the cold war 75 years after it began. Im stan deaton and its our pleasure to partner with the uva club of savannah. This conversation is the first of three with university of virginia faculty. Part of the Georgia Historical Societys Georgia History festival which is focused on the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock. The professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war. Most recently the age of eisenhower and the world in the 1950s. Welcome and thanks for joining us. Thank you very much, stan. Good to be with you. Looking forward to the conversation. Lets get right to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact. One could argue that it changed the constitutional framework of the American Gov
And shusterment thanks for joining us. Thanks. Lets get right to it. In surveying the 45 years of the impact within could argue it fundamentally changed of constitutional framework the American Government. That it was this period that saw greater concentration of power in the president at the congress. The that more than ever in our history because much the hallenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . Well, yes i would agree with that. I think it has been characteristic of the presidency the last half century or ore that it has significantly grown in scope and power and the deal to do a great with that. We think back it the Second World War that must have been when the American Government became enormous, right. Ell, in some ways the military did but you think the Roosevelt White house was tiny. Office was very small. There is roosevelt with a half couple of ors and a leading military officials, others, arble
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Conversation. Lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress. That more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . Well yes i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the last half century or more that it has significantly grown in scope and in power and the cold war had a great deal to do with that. Its funny, think back to the Second World War that must have been the moment when the American Government became enormous. Well, in some way it is military did. But think about the Roosevelt White house was tiny. The executive office was actually very small. So theres roosevelt with literal