Tribune, tom brokaw of nbc, and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 5050 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [applause] Judy Woodruff for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask this evening. By prior agreement between the two candidates, the first question goes to senator quayle, and you have two minutes to respond. Senator, you have been criticized, as we all know, for your decision to stay out of the vietnam war,
Committees suffering from bows and arrows. This book came about, and many of my friends have heard me give this origin story. This book came about because of the review i did that mention the series that was used biography to teach history. It would hit biographical topics or would use a representative biography to get at a broader subject of history. They had just published their first volume, it was on pocahontas because of the issues regarding native American History. They were looking for someone to do something on American Foreign relations. He offered me the opportunity to put together a perspective. These were supposed to be short and concise books. That was the idea. The topic i debated and consulted with some people about which biographical figure might serve that purpose in the american context. I kept coming back to hendry to Henry Kissinger. A long career of american and foreign relations. He really does represent something about 20thcentury American Power. When i did get t
History at the university of california at los angeles. He specializes in korea and also in northeast asia. He teaches a wide variety of courses u. S. Politics and diplomacy, the cold war, the global cold war, decolonization and dissent. The history of capitalism and much more. Kevin has written numerous essays and articles for some of the leading pop culture and scholarly journals, including diplomatic history, the nation and the village voice, his a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at stanford university. There it is again that stanford university, where hes completing a new book with the tentative title, worlds unseen, Henry Wallace, Herbert Hoover and the making of cold war america. No doubt kevin will be talking on that subject right now. Kevin, all yours. Well, thank you, burt, for the kind introduction. Thank you. Also, too, as everyone else has said to to the Thomas Schwartz for leading this charge into a revision, is am i also like shawn feel the same way about it . W
Hokkaido . Truman said, no. And so im going to wrap things up therekevin is assistant proff history at the university of california at los angeles. He specializes in korea and also in northeast asia. He teaches a wide variety of courses u. S. Politics and diplomacy, the cold war, the global cold war, decolonization and dissent. The history of capitalism and much more. Kevin has written numerous essays and articles for some of the leading pop culture and scholarly journals, including diplomatic history, the nation and the village voice, his a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at stanford university. There it is again that stanford university, where hes completing a new book with the tentative title, worlds unseen, Henry Wallace, Herbert Hoover and the making of cold war america. No doubt kevin will be talking on that subject right now. Kevin, all yours. Well, thank you, burt, for the kind introduction. Thank you. Also, too, as everyone else has said to to the Thomas Schwartz for
History at the university of california at los angeles. He specializes in korea and also in northeast asia. He teaches a wide variety of courses u. S. Politics and diplomacy, the cold war, the global cold war, decolonization and dissent. The history of capitalism and much more. Kevin has written numerous essays and articles for some of the leading pop culture and scholarly journals, including diplomatic history, the nation and the village voice, his a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at stanford university. There it is again that stanford university, where hes completing a new book with the tentative title, worlds unseen, Henry Wallace, Herbert Hoover and the making of cold war america. No doubt kevin will be talking on that subject right now. Kevin, all yours. Well, thank you, burt, for the kind introduction. Thank you. Also, too, as everyone else has said to to the Thomas Schwartz for leading this charge into a revision, is am i also like shawn feel the same way about it . W