born and raised in wisconsin and came to be a professor at the university school of law when he was in his late 20 s. it was a major career job. he was soon appointed dean. the youngest being in the country. then he got involved in a lot of social and political issues. .e was a labor arbitrator he negotiated settlements and agreements from the international agreement and specific pacific maritime association. he was the only arbitrator that could get size to settle. they were building ships there. they needed that port. they wanted him a permanent arbitrator. he got the political bug and be selected in 1944. at that time, we were moderate republicans. he did switch parties. himink the last rough for was when he was chosen to be vice president and said i can only be part of this party. disputes.eries of he didn t have enough social justice orientation. he left the party, became independent, famously sat in the middle of the aisle between the republicans and the democrats. at
and after it is over, if you could help us get the chairs out of the way so people can have a book signed and talk with michael. fold of the chairs and put them against the pillar or a bookcase. thank you. very happy to have michael oren here. the, his book six days of war: june 1967. , has been a huge seller here. and i think there are a lot of reasons for that. one, people really want to know why, in the predicament that we are today, it has been 35 years, but it has also been 90 years almost since the, since this, since the end of the first world war. 80 years. the lines that were drawn at shadowme have cast a over the whole 20th century. the changes that took place in 1967 have certainly affected the whole second part of the century and we ve felt the effects into our new century. michael oren is in a story and that served the story that served in the government of israel. he has tried to steer a middle ground and be utterly as truthful as he can be about the causes of
showcase the history of eugene, oregon. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of eugene, oregon. we are overlooking the wayne morse commons at the university of oregon school of law. just outside the wayne morse center which is a center ,edicated to reviving understanding and carrying forward the tradition of our beloved senator. wayne morris was a law professor, a politician, and who was an activist born and raised in wisconsin and came to be a professor at the university school of law when he was in his late 20 s. it was his first major career job. he was soon appointed dean. the youngest in the country. then he got involved in a lot of social and political issues. he was a labor arbitrator. a very famous arbitrator up and down the west coast. he negotiated settlements and for theand this pacific maritime association. time he was the only arbitrator who could get both sides to settle and
on civil war leadership posted by longwood university in virginia. it s about an hour. less weaker of the morning is william jack davis. he is from independence, missouri. he has a bachelors and masters degree from brett sonoma state university. you may know him from civil war times illustrated. only s popular civil war magazine. those with the best years of it. he is the author and editor of 60 books. they are relating primarily to the civil war, but also southern u.s. history. think about that for a minute, 60 books. was athose, his first history of the new market campaign, which i think is a model small battle history 40 years after was written. it s one of the last small battle history s ever written. he wrote a biography of john c reich and ridge breckenridge. war, inn the end of the florida and other locations. i corresponded with him about the escape of some of the confederate cabinet members through florida. he is the editor of the series on the civil war in virgi
open prairie, 15 miles from peoria. we have had but little difficulty in our journey so far. across the illinois river, or perhaps the last time, with but little difficulty except what has been occasions by bidding farewell forever to those with whom most of us have associated all our lives. many people came over the oregon trail between 1843, the beginning of the big migration that came west, most people walking the trail. just imagine walking for 8-15 miles. it was six months of really tough, tough work. but diaries like this that are full of rich in detail and reflective of what is happening are just gems. and abigail scott duniway is an example of one of the great diaries. she describes what is happening between the people. she describes troubles that have been. she describes the landscape and the scenery and it is clear, you get a pretty good idea that she is a good writer. and that skill served her well later on in her career as a leader in the suffrage movement. abiga