Presidents Truman and Reagan and the Cold War

Sep 24, 2009

Fall for the Book Festival

Robert Dallek and James Mann talked about their books on Presidents Truman and Reagan. The two presidents bookend-ed The Cold War, which ended twenty years previously with fall of the Soviet Union. After their presentations they responded to questions from members of the audience. Roberrt Dallek is the author of Harry S. Truman: The 33rd .. Read More
Robert Dallek and James Mann talked about their books on Presidents Truman and Reagan. The two presidents bookend-ed The Cold War, which ended twenty years previously with fall of the Soviet Union. After their presentations they responded to questions from members of the audience. Roberrt Dallek is the author of Harry S. Truman: The 33rd President, 1945-1953, part of The American Presidents Series (Times Books; September 2, 2008). James Mann is the author of The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War (Viking Adult; March 5, 2009). This event of the Fall for the Book Festival was held on Thursday, September 24, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. at George Mason University. The co-sponsors were the German Embassy's Freedom Without Walls program, Gale Cengage Learning, and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

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00:00:18 Unidentified Speaker FROM THE BOOK FESTIVAL IN FAIRFAX, VA. ROBERT DALLAS AND JAMES MAN TALK ABOUT THEIR BOOKS ON PRESIDENTS...
00:08:10 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? FIRST I SHOULD THANK THE COUNCILMAN FOR HIS VERY NICE INTRODUCTION. WHEN I GET...
00:20:44 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING CONTRAST BECAUSE NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE TO THE LAST YEARS...
00:47:08 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD JUST FOR ONE MINUTE PICK UP ON A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT JIM MADE. YOU KNOW, AND JIM WHAT IS...
00:49:49 Unidentified Speaker I WILL TELL ONE OTHER STORY. IT IS TRUE. REAGAN CORRUPT AS A DEMOCRAT. HE BECAME FIERCELY ANTI-COMMUNIST...
00:51:02 Unidentified Speaker MENTIONED DURING THE KOREAN WAR WHEN WE WENT ACROSS THE 38TH PARALLEL, WASN'T THERE AN OPTION OR DID...
00:51:22 Unidentified Speaker THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT IN MACARTHUR WAS ENCOURAGED NOT TO GO UP TO THE ALLITT RIVER, NOT...
00:54:37 Unidentified Speaker FROM WHAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED, HOW WELL HAVE THE RESIDENTS OF EAST BERLIN AND WEST BERLIN BEEN RECONCILED...
00:54:51 Unidentified Speaker I AM GOING TO ACTUALLY CORRECT THE QUESTION OF EAST AND WEST GERMANY BECAUSE BERLIN ITSELF, THE WALL...
00:57:41 Unidentified Speaker PARDON? THE QUESTION WAS THERE WERE REPORTS THAT, THAT REAGAN NEARLY GAVE AWAY THE STORE AT BRECKI,...
01:02:31 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING YOU ASKED NOW, BECAUSE I HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST, NOT STRICTLY...
01:05:18 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION ON -- I SUPPOSE THAT REAGAN AND OBAMA HAVE -- -- WHAT'S REAGAN GOING TO TELL OBAMA ABOUT...
01:05:53 Unidentified Speaker WELL -- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
01:05:54 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S THE ANSWER. REAGAN IS CALLING.
01:06:01 Unidentified Speaker WELL, AS AN HISTORIAN, I LIKE TO THINK THERE ARE LESSONS OF THE HAS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED. BUT THE...
01:06:47 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY CREDENCE TO THE VIEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT --...
01:08:01 Unidentified Speaker WELL, BRIEFLY IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS HAS BEEN WIDELY SPECULATED -- OF COURSE IN JANUARY...
01:11:54 Unidentified Speaker IF ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS INDIVIDUALLY, PLEASE DO. SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THIS PRESENTATION....
01:12:28 Unidentified Speaker ROBERT DALLEKS BOOK INCLUDE, LONE STAR RISING, AND NIXON AND KISSINGER. JAMES MANN IS A FORMER REPORTER,...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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