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BUY A BOOK OR HAVE A LATTE OR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. [LAUGHTER] MRS. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, EDITH ROOSEVELT, WAS A LOVING WIFE, BUT SHE ALSO KNEW WHEN TO...
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QUESTIONER? [LAUGHTER] >> COME ON, WE'VE
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GOT TO HAVE -- >>
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SIR. WE'VE GOT A FEW, HERE WE
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GO. THANK YOU FOR GOING
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TO THE MIC. >> HOW MUCH TRUTH IS THERE IN THE STORY THAT WILLIAM
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RANDOLPH HEARSE SENT SUN TO CUBA AND SAID YOU SUPPLY THE PHOTOGRAPHS, I'LL SUPPLY THE WAR. IS THAT TRUE? >> THERE'S SOME DEBATE. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE...
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KANE"? THERE'S A GREAT SCENE WHERE THE GUY SENDS A REPORTER OFF TO THE WAR, AND THE GUYS SAYS, THERE'S NOTHING HAPPENING HERE. FREDERICK REMINGTON,...
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HISTORY BOOKS. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU IN TERMS OF YOUR GENERAL ORR YEN TAKE IN YOUR BOOK, YOU TOUCH ON SOME KEY ISSUES HAVING TO DO WITH PARTICULARLY...
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CUBAN HISTORIANS. THERE IS A FASCINATING STORY THERE. VERY JUST BRIEFLY BUT INTERESTINGLY, I THINK, CUBA WAS WAY -- THE CUBAN REVOLUTION WAS WAY AHEAD...
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MY QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT EFFECT THE
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CIVIL WAR WHICH WAS NOT THAT LONG BEFORE -- >> RIGHT. >> -- AND IF THEY LIVED, WORLD WAR I HAD ON ROOSEVELT AND
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THE WAR
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LOVERS. INTERESTINGLY, IT HAD NO EFFECT. >> WELL, THE CIVIL WAR, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT, BUT THESE ARE LITTLE BOYS. LODGE IS ACTUALLY...
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WATCHING ROBERT GOULD SHAW MARCH BY THE BANDS PLAYING, CHEERING, EXCITING, HE WANTED TO BE A DRUMMER BOY HIMSELF, SO HE'S VERY EXCITED AS A LITTLE BOY...
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I HEAR -- BUT THIS IS -- HUMAN NATURE IS FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS, AND HERE'S ONE. OLIVER WENDELL
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HOLMES, WOUNDED THREE TIMES IN THE CIVIL WAR, HAD SUCH A ROUGH WAR THAT HE QUITS. IN 1864 HE JUST COMES HOME. HE'S HAD ENOUGH. YOU WOULD THINK IF ANYBODY...
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WERE, INDEED, A
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HAWK ON IRAQ,
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AND I'D SAY YOU WERE MORE
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| 00:28:05 |
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THAN 51/49%. YOU WERE DISDAINFUL OF PEOPLE WHO DISAGREED, AND YOU SHOW IT AT THAT TIME. >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE, BUT -- >> WELL, THAT'S HOW I...
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BUT THE
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| 00:28:19 |
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KIND OF WAR DRUM CHEERLEADING THAT HAPPENED IN 2003 WAS NO MORE JUSTIFIABLE THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN 1896. AND I THINK THE YOU'RE GOING TO PONTIFICATE...
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| 00:28:52 |
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WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK WAS TO EXAMINE THINGS THAT WERE ONLY HALF EXAMINED AT THE TIME. I DO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, JOURNALISTS OFTEN TALK ABOUT BIAS IN...
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A PIECE -- YOU CAN GOOGLE WHAT I
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| 00:29:56 |
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WROTE IN "NEWSWEEK" AND SEE THE WAY I WROTE IT. I WROTE AN ANTI-WAR PIECE IN FEBRUARY 2003 ABOUT THE HORRORS AND SHOCK OF WAR. BUT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE WRITING...
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THOSE WHO SEE WAYS TO TRY TO GET THOSE SAME ATTRACTIONS IN THE MORAL EQUIVALENT OF WAR AS WILLIAM JAMES TALKED ABOUT. >> RIGHT. >> YOU KNOW, AT THE...
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AND THEY SAY, WHY ARE YOU SENDING
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ME INTO WAR, AND HE SAYSES, LOOK, IF WE WERE BOTH GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS AND LIVE FOREVER, I'D NEVER SEND YOU INTO WAR, I'D NEVER GO INTO WAR MYSELF....
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SECOND, THERE'S BETTER WAYS TO TRY TO DO
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THAT. BUT THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO IS DENY THE ATTRACTIONS OF WAR. I WONDER IF -- >> WELL, YEAH, I THINK JAMES WAS SMART? SAYING, LET'S NOT -- IN...
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ISN'T AN ATTRACTION HERE. INSTINCT IS SO HARD WIRED IN US, IN MEN PARTICULARLY -- THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER DEBATE -- BUT IT JUST CAN'T BE STOMPED OUT. I...
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| 00:33:53 |
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THE INCLUSION OF THE TERM RUSH TO EMPIRE IN YOUR TITLE. I PICKED IT UP SORT
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OF EXPECTING THERE WOULD BE A BIT MORE IN THERE ABOUT THE TERRITORIES THAT WE WERE HELPING OURSELVES TO IN THE 1898, PARTICULARLY THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
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| 00:34:32 |
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QUICKLY AND HAD GOOD CHARACTERS. [LAUGHTER] >> FAIR ENOUGH. >> YOU HAVE THREE LARGER THAN LIFE HAWKS. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU CAME
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TO SELECT THE TWO
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| 00:34:43 |
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DOVES, IF YOU WOULD. >> IT WAS SORT OF HARD TO FIND DOVES IN 1898. THERE W. THAT MANY OF THEM. BUT ONE, THE PHILOSOPHER,
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| 00:34:51 |
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WILLIAMS JAMES, WAS BY FAR THE MOST ARTICULATE AND SELF-AWARE. HE WAS WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME IN SO MANY WAYS. THIS IS AN AREA OF SOCIAL DARWINISM, THE...
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A GREAT IMPERIALIST BECAUSE WHAT
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I KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THE ERA, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY IN THE AN ERA DURING WILSON AND ROOSEVELT YOU SEEM, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WAS AT LEAST WHAT I'VE...
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AND SURPRISING THAT THE GUY WHO WAS THE GREAT INTERNATIONALIST IN 1898 IS OPPOSING THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN 118. YOU HAVE TO SORT OF FOLLOW THE WINDING...
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| 00:36:50 |
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A GOOD GUY WAS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE MA LIE MASKER IN --
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| 00:36:56 |
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MASS KERR IN VIETNAM. DIDN'T THE SAME THING HAPPEN IN THE PHILIPPINES IN REGARD TO THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS THAT, PERHAPS, YOU HAVE TOUCHED UPON IN THE...
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| 00:37:20 |
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CIVILIANS. AND OUR SOLDIERS NOT SURE WHO THEY'RE SHOOTING AT OR WHY OR WHO'S GOING TO SHOOT AT THEM NEXT, YOUNG MEN FIGHTING FAR FROM HOME, OFTEN BAD...
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| 00:38:05 |
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THAT BAD AS IMPERIALISTS GO. THE FILIPINOS TO THIS DAY
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| 00:38:09 |
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LIKE AMERICANS. THAT'S NOT ALWAYS TRUE OF COLONIAL SUBJECTS AND THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT THEIR FORMER OWNERS. WE MADE SOME BLUNDERS, WE ALSO TRIED TO...
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| 00:38:39 |
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ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR OF "NEWSWEEK." FOR MORE GO TO "NEWSWEEK".COM. >>
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| 00:38:45 |
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WE'RE AT THIS YEAR'S CPAC CONFERENCE CALLING WITH JANE HAMPTON COOK ABOUT HER NEW BOOK. PLEASE TELL US WHAT BATTLEFIELDS IS
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ABOUT. >> WELL, THIS BOOK IS CALLED STORIES
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