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YOU TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, KENNEDY AND JOHNSON AS WELL AS THE STRATEGY FOR WINNING WORLD WAR II AND THE COLD WAR. .. >> HE WAS TRYING TO GET...
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WORLD WAR II. >> Host: HOW MUCH CONTINUITY WAS THERE WHEN IT CAME TO SOVIET POWER FROM FDR TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON? >> Guest: A LOT MORE THAN THEY GIVE
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| 00:01:11 |
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THEM CREDIT FOR. DWIGHT EISENHOWER HAD SOMETHING
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| 00:01:17 |
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CALLED ROLLBACK. THEY SAID ELECT HIM BECAUSE HE WILL WIPE THE RUSSIANS OUT OF EASTERN EUROPE. TO SOME EXTENT, HE WAS SERIOUS TO THAT EFFECT. BUT THE...
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| 00:02:48 |
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STOMACH, LONG-TERM AND HOPE THAT THE COLD WAR WOULD END. SOME RESIDENTS WERE MORE SERIOUS ABOUT IT THAN OTHERS.
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| 00:02:54 |
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I THINK THE DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND JOHN KENNEDY AND RONALD REAGAN CERTAINLY WERE. THEY WERE NOT JUST CONTENT TO SAY THAT THIS IS JUST RHETORIC, YOU KNOW,...
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HE HAD SERVED IN THE
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NAVY, CERTAINLY NOT AS INEXPERIENCED AS RICHARD NIXON MADE HIM OUT TO BE. BUT WHEN KENNEDY WAS LOOKING FOR ISSUES TO USE IN 1961 AGAINST EISENHOWER...
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THE SCENE? >> Guest: IT DID TAKE SOME PEOPLE TO THE BLOG, BUT NOT NIKITA
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| 00:05:25 |
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KHRUSHCHEV. THERE WERE TWO LEADERS WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY A JOINT LEADERSHIP. BY 19541956, KHRUSHCHEV WAS A SUPREME LEADER. >> Host: WHAT POLICY CHANGES...
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BUT KHRUSHCHEV ACTUALLY REALIZED THAT STALIN HAD
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GONE WAY OVERBOARD. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED UNDER STALIN. DESPITE ALL THE CLAIMS, THE SOVIET UNION WAS WAY BEHIND ECONOMICALLY AND WITH...
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THE PRESIDENCY OF STALIN. >> Guest: AND AGAIN IN 1945 A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE ROOSEVELT DIED. HE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT JOE AND I HAVE A GREAT...
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| 00:07:20 |
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ON US. I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY PUSHING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HE REALLY FELT. DURING THE LAST DAYS OF HIS LIFE, ROOSEVELT WOULD GET MESSAGES AND...
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| 00:08:32 |
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WAS MORE COMMONPLACE IN AMERICAN SOVIET RELATIONS, MORE NORMAL. ONLY A PRESIDENT AS POPULAR AS EISENHOWER, COULD NOT HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO KEEP FROM PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 00:09:02 |
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LOT OF LATITUDE WITH RANKING OF SOVIET LEADERS, WHICH WAS AN ASTOUNDING EVENT, HARD TO IMAGINE NOW, BUT FOR KHRUSHCHEV TO SET FOOT ON AMERICAN SOIL,...
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| 00:10:24 |
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A LOT. VIEWERS MAY NOT HAVE REMEMBERED WHAT IT WAS. AMERICANS
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| 00:10:31 |
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WENT DOWN IN THE SOVIET UNION. AT THE TIME I WROTE THAT BOOK, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1986. YOU HAVE READ A LOT MORE RECENTLY THAN I HAVE, THE GENERAL...
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| 00:12:43 |
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THE NEXT THREE HOURS. WE WILL TAKE YOUR CALLS, E-MAILS AND TWEETS. IF YOU LIVE IN THE TIME ZONES, LOOK FOR THE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR SCREEN....
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| 00:14:54 |
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HUSBAND, DID INTERVIEWS WITH HISTORIAN ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR PERIOD OF TIME AND IN RELEASED SUNDAY. CAROLINE...
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| 00:16:30 |
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Guest: I THINK IT IS VERY EMOTIONAL. FROM THE MOMENT OF THE ASSASSINATION, AND PEOPLE ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH THAT INCIDENT, I THINK
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| 00:16:37 |
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THAT SOMETIMES, THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH IT ESPECIALLY, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW HORRIBLE IT WAS FOR HER TO BE KILLED IN HER ARMS AND TO RIDE IN A CAR...
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| 00:18:56 |
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AND DOWN. THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS WRITTEN, IT IS HARD TO FIND
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| 00:19:01 |
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ANY KIND OF -- IF YOU HAD THE LOOK OF IT IN THE 1960s, UNDERSTANDABLY, AFTER HIS DEATH. FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, HE WAS TREATED THE SAME BY MOST PEOPLE WHO...
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| 00:20:31 |
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WAR. NOT. WHY IS THAT? >> Guest: TO SOME EXTENT, EMOTIONALLY, IF YOU'RE WRITING ABOUT EVENTS THAT TOUCH A
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| 00:20:46 |
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NERVE EVEN IN YOUR CHILDHOOD, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT HAPPENED WITH JOHN KENNEDY -- I REMEMBER THE ASSASSINATION WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. I WAS LIVING...
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| 00:24:33 |
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WAS FROM CHICAGO. I ALWAYS USED TO THINK IF I EVER WANTED TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN ILLINOIS, THE SUBURBS OF THE CITY AND DOWNSTATE WHERE I HAD ALL THOSE...
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| 00:24:56 |
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SOON? >> Guest: 1939, AT A TIME IT WAS GETTING PRETTY DANGEROUS. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT IN
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| 00:25:04 |
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THOSE DAYS, MY GRANDFATHER WHO DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN -- AND NEVER MET HIM, HE WAS A DOCTOR. IT WAS EASY TO GET INTO THE UNITED STATES IF YOU ARE A ...
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| 00:25:38 |
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HOUSE TAPES. WHAT IS THE FASCINATION WITH THIS PRESIDENT? >> Guest: I THINK TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, HE WAS HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND WE CAN GET INTO...
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| 00:25:54 |
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THE VIEWERS KNOW. ANOTHER THING IS JUST A SICK HUMAN BEING, HE IS COMPLETELY INDIFFERENT. THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON WAS PRESIDENT...
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| 00:27:34 |
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REAR AND WITH BOTH HANDS. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO POUR URINE OUT OF THE BLUE. THIS KIND OF STUFF. EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS FASCINATING. BUT IN TERMS OF...
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| 00:29:23 |
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THEN I
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| 00:29:25 |
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WENT TO SOME BOARDING SCHOOLS OR VERY GOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS. EAGLE BROOK SCHOOL, I WAS THERE FOR EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADE. BEST OF ITS KIND. IN ILLINOIS,...
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| 00:33:34 |
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YES. >> Host: MICHAEL BESCHLOSS IS WITH US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. BERNIE FROM BROOKLYN NEW YORK ON THE PHONE. >> Caller: THANK
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| 00:33:42 |
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YOU, C-SPAN. MICHAEL BESCHLOSS, I'VE READ A COUPLE OF YOUR BOOKS. THE BOOK ON PRESIDENTIAL CARRIAGE, TWO
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| 00:33:52 |
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QUESTIONS. SIR, WOULD IT BE MORE IMPORTANT TO WRITE A BOOK ON THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENTIAL CARRIAGE BUT -- THE OPPOSITE, COWARDICE? >> Guest: SURE....
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| 00:34:24 |
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EVALUATED, LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA, CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR FORETHOUGHT ON OBAMA? >> Guest: ONE THING, AND I HOPE THIS IS NOT TOO ANNOYING, IF YOU ARE A...
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| 00:34:42 |
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GET THE DOCUMENTS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT SEE IN REAL-TIME AND ALSO KNOW HOW THE STORY TURNED OUT SO THAT YOU COULD GAIN AHISTORICAL VIEW -- I WAS WE CAN...
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| 00:35:16 |
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WORST CIRCLE OF HELL SHOULD BE FOR A
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| 00:35:21 |
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PRESIDENT OF DOCTORS THE ISSUES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK OF AN EXAMPLE, I THINK PRESIDENT BUCHANAN WOULD REGRET THE TOP...
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| 00:36:03 |
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PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT CAN FILL THE SHOES OF
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| 00:36:08 |
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BRIAN LAMB AND YOU. YOU TO DO A MAGNIFICENT JOB. IN KEEPING LEVEL, ASKING POINTS, NOT INSERTING YOURSELF OVERLY IN THE CONVERSATION. BUT BRINGING OUT...
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| 00:36:33 |
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DECADES, AND I THINK THE LAST PERSON I
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| 00:36:35 |
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WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO TALK TO ON THE PROGRAM WAS EDWIN MEESE. >> Guest: WE ARE TWO PEAS IN A POD. >> Caller: IN REFERENCE TO MICHAEL'S SECOND BOOK, "MAYDAY",...
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| 00:36:51 |
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ALTHOUGH IT IS IN MY COLLECTION -- WHERE
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| 00:36:54 |
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HE RELATES TO A CONVERSATION THAT HE HAD WITH PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S SON, JOHN EISENHOWER, WHO WAS A CLOSE AIDE TO THE PRESIDENT. DURING THE INCIDENT,...
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| 00:38:28 |
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TOOK PLACE THE FIRST OF MAY. EISENHOWER SAID NO MORE FLIGHTS.
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| 00:38:32 |
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DURING THE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SUMMER, WHICH WAS TO BEGIN IN MID-MAY. THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR THE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS SHOT DOWN, ASSURED BY...
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| 00:40:15 |
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MORNING TO YOU. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN. TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY HERE. I HAVE A COMMENT AND QUESTION. IT IS A SUGGESTION FOR...
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| 00:40:26 |
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ANOTHER BOOK. ANOTHER IS THE ENDING OF THE COLD WAR, THIRD WORLD AND POTION ON EAST GERMANY AND THE SOVIET UNION. I THINK IT WAS A DANGEROUS ERA IN...
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| 00:41:55 |
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OF THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, PETER, DO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT ONE OUT? THE JACKIE KENNEDY BOOK THEIR? I ACTUALLY WROTE A BOOK...
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| 00:43:27 |
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REAGAN HAD ALWAYS TOLD
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| 00:43:29 |
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THE PUBLIC THAT IS TURNING UP THE PRESSURE ON THE SOVIETS. MAKING THEM BARGAIN SERIOUSLY. HE WOULD NOT ONLY DEAL, BUT TRY TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS....
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| 00:44:21 |
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RUNNING EVEN WITH JIMMY CARTER. THE REASON THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY TIED IS THEY ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNDECIDED. WITH THE UNDECIDED LARGELY SLIGHT...
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| 00:47:44 |
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AM. >> Host: WHAT IS THE STATUS OF YOUR LPGA TAPES TRILOGY? WOULD EXPECT THAT? >> Guest: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING
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| 00:47:59 |
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THAT. IT IS A PROCESS. IT WILL COVER THE PERIOD FROM 1965 TO
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| 00:48:04 |
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END OF LBJ'S PRESIDENCY. THAT MIGHT SOUND AS IF IT IS A LOT MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE PRESIDENCY. AS IT TURNS OUT, JOHNSON, AS TIME WENT ON, TAKES...
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| 00:48:43 |
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UNDERSTOOD HISTORIANS THAT OFTENTIMES YOU DON'T FIND
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| 00:48:46 |
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IN A FIRST LADY OR PRESIDENT OR PEOPLE IN THE ENTOURAGE. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE REASONABLY WELL. I WAS DOWN ON THE RANCH FOR...
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| 00:51:33 |
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IN ALL? >> Guest: THAT WAS LIEBER JOHNSON'S DECISIONS. ONE OF HER DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTERS TOLD THAT SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT. THIS IS THE
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| 00:51:44 |
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EARLY 1990s AND LBJ HAD VIEWERS NOT FAMILIAR WITH LOGISTICS. HE HAD SECRETLY TAPED ABOUT 650 HOURS. NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT. HE HAD LOCKED THEM UP IN THE...
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| 00:52:46 |
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DIRECTOR. SORT OF A MODEL FOR SOMEONE IN THAT JOB. HE WENT TO JOHNSON SAID, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY, MAYBE WE SHOULD REALLY BEGIN OPENING THESE NOW....
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| 00:53:34 |
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FOR PRESIDENT. I REMEMBER IT VERY CLEARLY. I AM LOOKING AT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MITT ROMNEY CAMPAIGN. I SEE A SIMILARITY BETWEEN A HYSTERICAL FEAR...
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| 00:54:31 |
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HE ASSERTED HIMSELF THAT HE WAS NOT ENOUGH OF A CATHOLIC TO BE OBSERVANT ENOUGH. I THINK HE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION ESSENTIALLY. THERE WAS SOME WORRY...
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| 00:55:12 |
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HIS INAUGURATION IN 1961. COULD WE HAVE AVOIDED THE MISSILE CRISIS BY REMOVING THOSE IN 1961? >> Guest: I THINK NOT. TO EXPLAINED BRIEFLY, THE MISSILES...
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| 00:55:27 |
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WAYS THAT AMERICA SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH THEIR ALLIANCE. BY THE TIME OF THE MISSILE CRISIS IN LATE 1962, THOSE MISSILES WERE LOADED BUT...
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| 00:57:07 |
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IS ABOUT MUNICH. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LOT OF TALK THAT, YOU
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| 00:57:11 |
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KNOW, JOSEPH KENNEDY PUSHED THE MUNICH AGREEMENT AND WHAT A DISASTER WAS. IT CERTAINLY WAS A DISASTER. BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD IMPACT JOSEPH...
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| 00:57:44 |
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HOPED WOULD FORESTALL THE WAR. THAT IS ACTUALLY A PHRASE HE USED. I TALKED TO A CLOSE FRIEND OF JOE KENNEDY WHEN I WAS WRITING MY BOOK. IN THE LATE 1970s....
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| 00:58:39 |
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IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. HIS NIGHTMARE CAME TO PASS. >> Host: IN YOUR 1980 BOOK "KENNEDY AND ROOSEVELT: THE UNEASY ALLIANCE", NEVER FULLY SECURE IN HIS...
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| 00:58:56 |
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NO MATTER WHERE HE COULD, HE BOUGHT FOR STABILITY. PEACE AT A HEAVY PRICE AND STRONG CENTRALIZED NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. OR LATER AND POLITICAL FASHION....
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| 00:59:24 |
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1930S, ENTIRE FINANCIAL SYSTEM WOULD COME CRASHING DOWN AND THE MASSES WILL COME AND TAKE THE MONEY AWAY FROM RICH PEOPLE WHEN NO ONE WAS SAFE. THIS...
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| 01:00:26 |
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FIRST BIOGRAPHY IT USES ALL THE JOE KENNEDY PAPERS FROM THE KENNEDY LIBRARY. .. I THINK ONE COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS MIGHT...
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| 01:02:09 |
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COMMITMENT I.T. 86. "EISENHOWER: A CENTENNIAL LIFE," 1990. "THE CRISIS YEARS: KENNEDY AND KHRUSHCHEV, 1960-1963", 1991 THAT WAS PUBLISHED. "THE CONQUERORS"...
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| 01:03:34 |
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AFTER WORLD WAR II? DO YOU THINK ENOUGH HAS BEEN WRITTEN
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| 01:03:37 |
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ABOUT WHAT GERMANY HAS DONE DURING AND AFTER THE WAR? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS PEOPLE FACED IN POSTWAR GERMANY BEFORE THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY...
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| 01:03:55 |
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THIS. ROOSEVELT CONSIDERED A PLAN CALLED THE MORGENTHAU PLAN BY HIS CLOSE FRIEND, HENRY MORGENTHAU JUNIOR WHO WAS WORRIED THAT THE WAR WOULD AND AND...
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| 01:05:13 |
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GOOD. THERE WERE MANY JEWISH PEOPLE IN HIS ENTOURAGE WHICH WAS UNUSUAL IN THOSE
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| 01:05:18 |
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DAYS. HAD IMPORTANT JEWISH ADVISERS. I'M SOMEWHAT MORE CRITICAL THAN SOME OTHERS ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR DURING THE HOLOCAUST. MY GENERAL VIEW WOULD BE THAT...
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| 01:06:47 |
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A LIMITED CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE AND SHAPE OUR? >> Guest: WITH TERM LIMITS -- ACTUALLY I THINK THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO DO THAT AND TO BE VERY MUCH
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| 01:07:00 |
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WITHIN THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS TO MY MIND, PRESIDENTS HAVE STRETCHED THE LIMITS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER AS THE CONSTITUTION GIVES IT TO THEM. ONE...
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| 01:07:54 |
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PRESIDENCY? >> Guest: SOME PRESIDENTS HAVE FELT THAT PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT ACT AS POWERFULLY AS SOME HAVE. SOMETIMES FOR BAD REASONS.
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| 01:08:05 |
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JAMES BUCHANAN JUST WANTED TO RUN THE METER AND LET HIS SUCCESSORS TAKE YOUR PROBLEMS. DWIGHT EISENHOWER FELT, NOT A TERM HE WOULD INFUSE, BUT ROOSEVELT...
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| 01:10:10 |
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BEGINNING. IN THE 1950s HE WANTED TO BE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT 1956 AND THEN RUN
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| 01:10:15 |
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FOR PRESIDENT LATER ON. AND HE FELT THAT HIS SUPPORT WAS GOING TO PROBABLY COME FROM THE SOUTH. SO IN 1956 HE WAS NOT QUITE ANTI-CIVIL RIGHTS BUT HE...
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| 01:13:02 |
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WAS TRYING TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF SOMEONE WHO IS VERY PRO-CIVIL RIGHTS,
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| 01:13:07 |
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AND I BELIEVE IT WAS LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, 1963, THEY HAD 800 AFRICAN-AMERICANS AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A RECEPTION. NOW, THE POSITIVE WAY OF LOOKING AT...
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| 01:13:41 |
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YOU SPOKE EARLIER OF LYNDON JOHNSON'S DEEP FEARS AND DOUBTS AND AGONIZING ABOUT
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| 01:13:47 |
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VIETNAM. COULD YOU PLEASE DISCUSS THE GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT AND JOHNSON'S REACTION TO IT AND WHAT HIS ADMINISTRATION HOPED TO GAIN BY IT? >> Guest:...
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| 01:14:06 |
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ALL KNEW LBJ HAD GOTTEN A REPORT FROM THE PENTAGON SAYING THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTACK ON AN AMERICAN SHIP IN THE GULF OF TONKIN. JOHNSON WAS RUNNING...
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| 01:16:53 |
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OFFER MERELY A PRO FORMA EFFORT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT JOHNSON WOULD DECLINE? OR DJ IF YOU REALLY WANT LBJ ON THE TICKET IN ORDER TO GET THE SOUTHERN...
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| 01:17:11 |
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WAY OR THE OTHER. ONE VIEW IS THAT KENNEDY JUST POLITELY WENT DOWN TO JOHNSON'S SWEET AND THE BILTMORE THAT MORNING AFTER HE WAS NOMINATED AND SAID,...
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| 01:18:14 |
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JACK WAS INCREASINGLY DISENCHANTED WITH LINCOLN DURING HIS
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| 01:18:17 |
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PRESIDENCY. THAT HE WAS TERRIFIED WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE COUNTRY IF HE EVER BECAME PRESIDENT. AND THAT WAS TO SOME EXTENT HER VIEW. SHE ACTS LIKE...
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| 01:19:03 |
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BILL? IT SEEMS IT TOOK BOTH PERSONAL AND POLITICAL COURAGE TO PURSUE THE LEGISLATION AT THE TIME. >> Guest: IT DID, BUT IN HISTORY, AND I ADMIRE JOHNSON...
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| 01:19:18 |
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AND JOHNSON'S CASE IT DID TAKE POLITICAL COURAGE TO TAKE A KENNEDYS A CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AS HIS OWN, AND USE GREAT POLITICAL CAPITAL, AS HE DID IN 1964....
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| 01:20:05 |
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YOU. I'VE LOOKED INTO THESE SITUATIONS REGARDING FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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| 01:20:12 |
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WITH SOME DISDAIN. MR. ROOSEVELT WASN'T DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF 300,000 AMERICANS IN WORLD WAR II, AND MR. LINCOLN WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE...
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| 01:20:59 |
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THIS WAS THE AMENDMENT. QUOTE, NOW AND THEN IT SHALL BE MADE TO THE CONSTITUTION WHICH SHALL AUTHORIZE OR GIVE THE CONGRESS THE POWER TO ABOLISH OR...
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| 01:21:28 |
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FIND SOME COMPROMISE THAT WOULD KEEP MORE SOUTHERN STATES ON CONCEDING, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF THEM. WHEN LINCOLN BECAME PRESIDENT, WHEN HE...
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| 01:23:09 |
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BOOK? THEY COULD BE SELECTIVE >> Guest: I THINK THERE ARE MORE LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES TEACHING HISTORY IN COLLEGES, AND THAT'S ALMOST QUANTITATIVELY
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| 01:23:30 |
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SUGGESTED. BUT THE NEXT QUESTION IS, THEREFORE DOESN'T WORK THE WAY THEY TEACH IT. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE THEY ARE SUGGESTING THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONALS...
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| 01:24:40 |
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EVERYONE FROM GERALD FORD ON, AND ONE THAT OR ANOTHER,
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| 01:24:45 |
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OBVIOUSLY SOME CLOSER, SOME LESS, AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON. >> Host: WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS? CONVERSATIONS, WITH A PRIVATE? >>...
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| 01:24:58 |
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HUMAN BEING, AND OFTENTIMES IF YOU MEET THE HUMAN BEING YEARS LATER IT'S
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| 01:25:03 |
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VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN THEY WERE IN OFFICE. BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF IS THIS THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCE, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, IF I HAVE ON OCCASION...
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| 01:25:53 |
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LIFE. AND/OR A LOT OF INDICATIONS THAT JFK SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME CONSULTING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. >> Guest: AND I COMMEND THE BOOK....
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| 01:26:11 |
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MORE ABOUT PRESIDENTS AS HUMAN BEINGS IF YOU LOOK AT THEM IN RETIREMENT AFTER THEY'VE WITHDRAWN FROM POWER. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING THEM IN THE...
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| 01:28:16 |
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QUESTION ABOUT REAGAN. THE REPUBLICANS SEEM
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| 01:28:21 |
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TO WORSHIP HIM LIKE HE NEVER RAISED A TAX AND NEVER INCURRED A DOLLAR IN DEBT, AND YET HE LEFT US $2 TRILLION IN DEBT AND HE RAISED TAXES, I DON'T KNOW,...
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| 01:28:51 |
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BACKS TO THE PRESIDENT'S LEGACY, YOU PRETTY MUCH COLLAPSED INTO ABOUT THREE SENTENCES. AND IF THE DEFICIT CATCHES CONTINUE TO GROW CONSTANTLY FROM ...
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| 01:31:35 |
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SECRET CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, WHICH RESULTED IN THE INSTALLATION OF THE HOTLINE, AND THE SALE OF WHEAT, AND THE PARTIAL TREATY THAT...
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| 01:32:07 |
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YOUR REASONS. NUMBERS ONE AND TWO, CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE MISSILE
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| 01:32:12 |
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CRISIS. THE THIRD WOULD BE THAT PARTIAL TEST BAN TREATY WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. EVEN KENNEDY WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THAT. WHAT BOTH HE AND...
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| 01:32:57 |
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GUEST. WE HAVE 1.5 HOURS LEFT IN OUR PROGRAM. WE CONTINUE TO TAKE YOUR CALLS, E-MAILS, AND TWEETS. TANIA DAVIS, THE PRODUCER OF THIS PROGRAM, JOIN...
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| 01:33:31 |
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PLAYING] >> Host: MICHAEL BESCHLOSS COME I DON'T WANT TO MISCHARACTERIZES, BUT MOVING INTO LINCOLN AND OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. YOUR COLD WAR COMFORT...
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| 01:40:07 |
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LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON PRESIDENTS IN WARTIME WHICH BEGINS WITH JAMES MADISON IN 1812
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| 01:40:13 |
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AND GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PRESENT. PART OF THAT IS LINCOLN. I GUESS I QUIBBLE WITH YOU ABOUT THE COMFORT ZONE. IT IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE APPEARS IN...
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| 01:42:16 |
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TWEET US. THE PHONE NUMBERS FOR YOUR TIME ZONE ARE LISTED BELOW ON THE SCREEN. THOSE OF YOU WANTING TO E-MAIL US, BookTV AT C-SPAN.ORT. ART TWITTER...
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| 01:43:48 |
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BE AN EXPERT ON THE WAR OF 1812 AS A HISTORIAN OR THE WAR OF 1812. >> Host: HE WOULD HAVE TO READ OFF ALL THOSE BOOKS? >> Guest: YES, I HAVE TWO SONS...
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| 01:44:08 |
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YOUNGER ONE, ALEXANDER AND
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| 01:44:12 |
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CYRUS -- AND CYRUS WAS YOUNG, ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD, MAYBE FIVE FIVE OR SIX -- ONE NIGHT HE WANTED ME TO READ TO HIM. I SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT I'M...
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| 01:44:40 |
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SCHOOL? >> Guest: ALEXANDER IS GOING TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE. HE STARTED ON TUESDAY. HE IS NOT WATCHING US AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT...
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| 01:44:49 |
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AND COLLEGES IS THAT THEY ARE MUCH MORE ELABORATE RINGS FOR INCOMING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS THAN THERE USED TO BE. HE IS ON ONE OF THEM, WHICH IS A FOUR-DAY...
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KIDS TO NOT CURE THEIR ADDICTION, BUT
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REDUCE IT. >> Host: HOW IS THE INTERNET AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY CHANGE HOW YOU WORK? >> Guest: LESS THAN ONE WOULD REALLY THING. BECAUSE
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| 01:45:25 |
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IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET DOCUMENTS, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY OF
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| 01:45:30 |
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CONGRESS FOR OTHER MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVES OF PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. MAYBE ONE DAY ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS WOULD BE ONLINE. SOME ARE, FOR INSTANCE. THE JAMES...
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| 01:46:50 |
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SYSTEM? >> Guest: I WOULD HIGHLY DOUBT IT. ROOSEVELT DID TAKE A FEW CALLS. IN THE FALL OF 1940, HE WAS WORRIED THAT HE WAS GETTING MISQUOTED AT NEWS
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| 01:47:00 |
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CONFERENCES, WHICH HE HAD IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THE PROFIT WAS, AND JOHNSON HAD THIS PROBLEM TOO, IT KEPT TAPING EVEN AFTER THE CONFERENCE WAS OVER. IN...
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| 01:49:01 |
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IT IN THE A BOOK. IT IS PRETTY RAW AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. THEN BILL CLINTON'S DIARY, I APOLOGIZE, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO REALLY GO WITH ANYTHING THERE. >>...
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| 01:49:24 |
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I HAVE AS FAR AS AN ELABORATE NOTION GOES, WE HAVE THE SAME PUBLISHER AT ONE POINT IN TIME. YOU KNOW, I WENT INTO A BOOKSTORE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND...
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| 01:51:07 |
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I HAVE BEEN DOING
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| 01:51:11 |
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A LOT. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT JAPAN'S BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR AND MR. BESCHLOSS, YOU COULD RESPOND THAT YES, ROOSEVELT SET UP BASICALLY THE SITUATION....
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| 01:51:38 |
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ABOUT THE NAVY -- IT WOULD NOT BE OKAY WITH THAT. BUT HE THOUGHT WE HAD A LUSITANIA TYPE INCIDENT. ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID DO WAS SEND A LOT OF AMERICANS...
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| 01:52:16 |
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THE PEOPLE IN EUROPE. YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY QUESTION FAIRWAY. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING ELSE, IF I MAY. I HAVE BEEN MEETING HIM AT TIMES, THE...
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| 01:52:54 |
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GREAT IS THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE IF A CANDIDATE SAYS SOMETHING THAT IS DEMONSTRABLY UNTRUE, VERY QUICKLY, THAT WILL BE CORRECTED...
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| 01:53:23 |
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YOUR "IN DEPTH" PROGRAM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE DONE A
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| 01:53:27 |
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CALL. I RESPECT YOUR WORK. IF I MIGHT ASK YOU, AS A HISTORIAN WHO STUDIED THE SCANDALS, GOVERNMENT, AND COURSE OF HISTORY. INCLUDING NIXON AS PRESIDENT....
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| 01:54:16 |
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AS POSSIBLE ABOUT HIS PAST LIFE. AS FAR AS THE OTHER -- CITIZENS UNITED, UNREGISTERED INDEPENDENTS, I SUGGEST THAT THEY STAY OUT OF CURRENT POLITICS....
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| 01:54:58 |
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ABOUT PROFESSIONAL POLITICOS WHO RUN CAMPAIGNS AND ALL THE MONEY INVOLVED. >> Guest: ABSOLUTELY GREAT. IN THE 1950s, AT A TIME WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT,...
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| 01:55:14 |
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KENNEDY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DADDY WARBUCKS, PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO HIS CAMPAIGN, AND HE DID. SPRING AND FALL, I DON'T THINK THAT INCLUDING MONEY...
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| 01:55:57 |
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JEFF. >> Caller: HELLO. DOCTOR MICHAEL BESCHLOSS. THIS HAS TO DO WITH ERICSSON AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. THE BAY OF PIGS
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| 01:56:06 |
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WAS PLANNED DURING THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION AND PRESUMABLY, THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE DIVISION PLANS. DO YOU THINK IF NIXON HAD BEEN ELECTED...
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| 01:56:43 |
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HE FELT THAT IF THAT HAPPENED FROM HIS ELECTION AS PRESIDENT PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN LOCKED UP, AND I BELIEVE IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN. >> Host:...
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| 01:56:57 |
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CASTRO? >> Guest: NO, I HAVE NOT. BUT HE HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE EVENT THAT HE WAS
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| 01:57:06 |
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INVOLVED IN, ESPECIALLY THE KENNEDY PERIOD. ONE INTERESTING THING IS THAT HE NOW SPEAKS WITH KENNEDY FREQUENTLY, AT THE TIME THAT HE HAD REASON TO...
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| 01:57:38 |
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AT EISENHOWER, -- HE WAS A PRETTY
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| 01:57:43 |
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WELL-KNOWN REPUBLICAN, AND THEY DECIDED TO SWIM ACROSS THE VAST RIVER. WHEN THEY GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, THERE WAS A DOCTOR THAT THEY HELD ONTO JUST TO...
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| 01:58:24 |
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STILL TWEETS INTO US, MICHAEL, DID YOU EVER HAVE A BAD
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| 01:58:32 |
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HISTORY TEACHER? THAT TURNED ME OFF WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE AND I HAD ONE. YOU DECIDED TO DO SO SINCE AGE 10? >> Guest: I'VE NEVER HAD A BAD HISTORY TEACHER....
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| 01:58:46 |
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HISTORY BORING, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO. THIS E-MAIL, KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINE, GREAT ADMIRERS OF YOUR WORK, I'M INTERESTED...
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| 01:59:19 |
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CUT, IT IS SOMEWHAT UNDERSTANDABLE. PEOPLE ARE JUST ABOUT TO GO INTO A CAREER. HISTORY MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT FEARFUL TO THEM, BUT IT'S A BAD THING FOR...
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| 02:00:52 |
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THERE WERE MORE COLLEGES WITH IT. TO SOME EXTENT, IT WOULD HELP TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM
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| 02:00:58 |
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IN TERMS OF AGENCIES. >> Host: NEXT THE NEXT CALL FOR MICHAEL BESCHLOSS COMES FROM BROOKLYN, MASSACHUSETTS. >> Caller: HELLO, HOW ARE YOU, GENTLEMEN?...
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| 02:01:12 |
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YEARS I HAVE READ ABOUT
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| 02:01:18 |
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BOOKS COVER TO COVER ON THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE BEST AREA YOU COULD SHINE YOUR OPINION ON. WHO IS ULTIMATELY WHAT PRESIDENT...
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| 02:01:40 |
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YES. >> Guest: I THINK IT IS THE HOME OF MIKE WALLACE AND SOME PROMINENT PEOPLE. MY OWN VIEW IS THAT WE HAVE NOT FOUND EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS A LARGER
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| 02:01:54 |
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CONSPIRACY THAN LEE HARVEY OSWALD. I BELIEVE THAT LEE HARVEY OSWALD PULLED THE TRIGGER AND THERE IS NOT EVIDENCE THEM AT LEAST YET, IN MY MIND. MY STANDARD...
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| 02:02:58 |
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HATS. THE WARREN COMMISSION PRODUCED EVIDENCE, BUT IT WAS FLAWED. WHAT WAS FLAWED BY ONE OF THE MEMBERS WAS ALLEN DULLES. WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
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| 02:03:05 |
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FORMER DIRECTOR TO THE CIA. HE KNEW EXTREMELY WELL THAT THE CIA DURING THE EISENHOWER AND KENNEDY YEARS, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN A BIG MOTIVE FOR THE CUBANS...
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| 02:04:03 |
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SEPTEMBER 1964. IT TURNS OUT THAT NIXON DIDN'T. IT TURNS OUT HE TOLD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HE DIDN'T LEAVE THAT OSWALD WAS NECESSARILY AN ARMED GUNMAN....
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| 02:06:55 |
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U.N. WHERE JONATHAN ASSURED HIM YOU COULD MAKE PEACE IN VIETNAM WITH ME. GOLDBERG WAS FURIOUS LATER ON THAT HE HAD BEEN ENTICED THAT WAY. WE DON'T...
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| 02:08:07 |
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LEFT. MOHAMED IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, GOOD AFTERNOON. >> Caller: GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU? >> Host: GOOD. >> Caller: I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS...
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| 02:08:19 |
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Host: SURE. >> Caller: THE FIRST QUESTION IS I THINK IN
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| 02:08:22 |
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1951 SENATOR RICHARD NIXON VOTED AGAINST A PROPOSAL TO AN AMENDMENT TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT MORE
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| 02:08:27 |
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POWER IN DEALING WITH FOREIGN POLICY, AND LATER ON HOW HIS PRESIDENCY TURNED OUT, AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHY DIDN'T LINCOLN, PRESIDENT LINCOLN...
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| 02:08:54 |
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COUNTRY. HE FELT THAT THESE WERE JUST RENEGADE STATES, STILL PART OF THE UNITED STATES, SO LEGALLY IN HIS MIND THIS WAS AN INSURRECTION AGAINST THE...
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| 02:10:07 |
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SEVERELY THAN NON-WARTIME PRESIDENTS? >> Guest: I DON'T. I THINK IF ANYTHING MORE SEVERELY BECAUSE THE MOST SERIOUS THING A PRESIDENT CAN
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| 02:10:16 |
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DO IS TO SEND AMERICANS INTO HARM'S WAY AND, THEREFORE, THAT DECISION SHOULD BE DONE WITH A SENSE OF AWE AS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY SACRED. SO IF...
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| 02:10:46 |
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HAD SIMPLISTIC ANSWERS, WASN'T A DEEP THINKER. WAS THAT AN ERROR? >> Guest: A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT WAS TRUE PARTIALLY BECAUSE REAGAN WAS EXPERT AT...
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| 02:10:58 |
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BY SPEAKING IN AN ELABORATE WAY THAT PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. SOMETHING THAT REALLY BELIES THAT IS THAT REAGAN, ONE OF THE LAST PRESIDENTS TO DO THIS,...
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| 02:11:38 |
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IS IN REGARD TO THE QUESTION A FORMER CALLER ASKED ABOUT ROMNEY NOT RELEASING HIS TAX RECORDS. BUT
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| 02:11:45 |
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ISN'T IT TRUE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD SEALED ALL HIS RECORDS FROM OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ON DOWN THROUGH MANY OF THOSE AREAS WHERE HE EXPRESSED HIS VIEWS...
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| 02:12:16 |
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THROUGH THE HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, AND I'M AGAINST IT, IS THAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, SURPRISINGLY, TRY TO CONCEAL WHAT MIGHT BE EMBARRASSING...
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| 02:12:45 |
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HIS PRESIDENCY, AND HE'S REALLY STEPPED OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, STEPPING OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT THE WAY HE HAS, IS THAT UNUSUAL OR NORMAL,...
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| 02:13:07 |
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ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY WE'VE SEEN PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE TRIED TO SORT OF CAMPAIGN TO INFLUENCE HISTORIANS AFTER THEY'RE...
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| 02:14:03 |
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PRESIDENT? >> Guest: NOT IN SO MANY WORDS. I GUESS WHAT I REALLY MEAN TO SAY IS THAT, UM, I THINK PROBABLY THE CLOSEST TO THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY NIXON.
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| 02:14:11 |
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NIXON FELT THAT IN HIS LATER YEARS AFTER HE WAS PRESIDENT THAT ONE THING THAT WOULD HELP HIM IN TERMS OF HIS REPUTATION IN THE HIS TIME AND ALSO LATER...
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| 02:16:32 |
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AGAINST THE GENERAL'S OLD PARTY. THEY WERE SICK OF HIGH FEDERALIST TAXES, CONTEMPT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, SNOBBISH PATRICIANS WHO BOASTED THAT THEIR...
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| 02:16:55 |
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NEVER RECOVERED TO A GREAT EXTENT BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST READ ABOUT. >> Host: MICHAEL BESCHLOSS IS OUR GUEST, 45 MINUTES LEFT IN THIS MONTH'S...
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| 02:17:08 |
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SHOULDING. YOU'RE ON THE -- HOLDING U YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >> Caller: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. MY QUESTION IS SOMEWHAT HOLD INSIDE THE SENSE IT...
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| 02:17:20 |
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A PERSON WITH EISENHOWER'S TEMPERAMENT, STRENGTH AND HIS CORE BELIEFS WAS TO LEAD US DURING A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS PERIOD IN THE COLD WAR AS OPPOSED...
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| 02:17:56 |
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A TIME OF McCARTHY AND JUST AFTERWARDS, I THINK, ANYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRESENT DURING THOSE YEARS COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT IN THAT WAY, SO...
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| 02:18:13 |
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CAN USE THE WORD "ACTUALLY," BUT DID PEOPLE FEEL ACTUALLY THREATENED A -- THAT A NUCLEAR BOMB COULD BE COMING? >> Guest: ABSOLUTELY. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL...
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| 02:18:34 |
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WAS NO MORE CHEMICALS GOING INTO THE SNOW IN ILLINOIS. >> Host: CURTIS IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, PLEASE, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> Caller: HI, THANK...
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| 02:19:32 |
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ON "PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE. "TWO THINGS THAT ALWAYS
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| 02:19:36 |
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PORTERED ME ABOUT -- BOTHERED ME ABOUT EISENHOWER. WHEN HE WAS RUN ANYTHING '52, HE WAS ON THE SAME REVIEWING -- >> Guest: GEORGE MARSHALL? >> Caller:...
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| 02:19:53 |
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MARSHALL WITHOUT INTERRUPTING HIM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION RELATED TO COURAGE WAS WHEN HE LIED TO KHRUSHCHEV, AND I BELIEVE KHRUSHCHEV...
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| 02:20:29 |
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AND PEOPLE HEARD ABOUT IT. AND EISENHOWER WAS A MODEST PERSON BUT NOT SELF-CRITICAL WITH OTHERS. I DON'T THINK HE EVER TOLD SOMEONE I'M ASHAMED OF...
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| 02:21:01 |
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UP IN THE -- >> Host: UM, BUT GOING BACK TO THE McCARTHY HEARINGS, WHAT YEARS DID
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| 02:21:06 |
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THOSE TAKE PLACE, AND DID THEY TAKE PLACE WHILE EISENHOWER
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| 02:21:10 |
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WAS PRESIDENT? >> Guest: YES, THEY DID. AND I THINK THE THREE GREATEST RAPS AGAINST EISENHOWER, NUMBER ONE, HE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WHICH...
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| 02:21:20 |
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SUGGESTED EARLIER. NUMBER TWO, IT WAS A PROSPEROUS ECONOMY IN THE 1950s, BUT NOT IF YOU WERE POOR OR FROM AN ETHNIC GROUP THAT DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO...
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| 02:22:31 |
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EMPLOYED BY JOE McCARTHY IN THE SENATE. HIS SENATE STAFF AND
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| 02:22:37 |
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LATER ON KENNEDY QUIT BECAUSE HE DID NOT GET ALONG WITH ROY COHN WHO WAS A FAMOUS ANTI-COMMUNIST LIEUTENANT OF JOE McCARTHY. BUT BOBBY KENNEDY HAD...
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| 02:23:15 |
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HOUSE, SOMETHING LIKE YOUR EXPERIENCE. I DID NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE. WHAT I RECEIVED WAS A BLACK-RIMMED CARD WRITTEN BY THE SECRETARY OF JACKIE. HOW...
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| 02:23:38 |
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SENT TO HER IN CONDOLENCE THAT A
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| 02:23:41 |
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HISTORIAN NAMED ALAN
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| 02:23:43 |
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FITZPATRICK PUBLISHED SOME EXCERPTS FROM THEM A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT I WOULD WRITE TO THE KENNEDY LIBRARY AND SEE IF THEY COULD DO IT. IN FACT, MY...
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| 02:24:32 |
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NANCY SMITH IS STILL AT THE ARCHIVES IN A VERY SENIOR POSITION DEALING
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| 02:24:36 |
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WITH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES ALL THESE YEARS LATER. >> Host: LENNY IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT FOR MICHAEL BESCHLOSS....
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| 02:24:48 |
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Caller: HELLO, SIR. I'M A LATE COMER TO THE CONVERSATION, BUT I'M GLAD I GOT ON. I JUST WANT TO PUSH A LITTLE BIT BACK, IF I
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| 02:24:55 |
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MAY. >> Guest: SURE. >> Caller: I'M GOING TO MAKE TWO STATEMENTS, I'LL BE BRIEF. I WOULD LOVE YOUR FULL-THROATED COMMENTS. >> Guest: I PROMISE. >> Caller:...
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| 02:25:05 |
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COLLECTORS OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES GOING WAY FAR BACK. >> Guest: GOOD. >> Caller: NOW, I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME NOVEMBER
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| 02:25:11 |
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24TH FROM MY CITY, TWO DAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT WAS KILLED. AND LITERALLY
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| 02:25:17 |
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THE HEADLINE WAS: JFK ASSASSINATED, LONE WOLF ASSASSIN KILLED ALSO. NOW, THIS IS TWO DAYS AFTER THIS LONE WOLF SUPPOSEDLY. AND I'LL JUST BREAK IT DOWN...
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| 02:25:56 |
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CURRY. AND IN THE TUMULT AFTER THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION, CURRY WAS CALLED OSWALD'S RIFLE IN THE AIR, WE'VE GOT THE MAN, WE'RE SURE THIS IS IT. NOWADAYS,...
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| 02:26:32 |
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BILL. DO YOU ENJOY VISITING HISTORICAL PLACES FOR ENJOYMENT? >> Guest: I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ME THAT QUESTION. I LOVE ALMOST NOTHING BETTER. SPENT A...
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| 02:26:44 |
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SITES, ESPECIALLY AS I THINK WAS SUGGESTED EARLIER BY THE VIDEO WE WERE WATCHING, IF I'M WRITING A BOOK ABOUT A PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENTS, I TRY TO GO...
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| 02:28:39 |
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HE WAS MOST IMPORTANT IN THAT AFTER WORLD WAR II HE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REPUBLICAN
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| 02:28:45 |
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PARTY WAS ISOLATIONIST, DID NOT TRY TO BE -- IT REMAINED INVOLVED IN THE U.N. AND HELPED TO OPPOSE THE SOVIET UNION AND NATO. AND HE WAS IMPORTANT TO...
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| 02:29:36 |
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EFFORT WHILE PRESIDENT TO TURN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY INTO A PERMANENT FORCE FOR MODERATION IN HIS OWN IMAGE. HE ALWAYS OVERESTIMATED THE CAPACITY AND...
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| 02:30:00 |
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MODERATE AND PROGRESSIVE, EVEN AT TIMES HE EVEN TALKED ABOUT STARTING A NEW THIRD PARTY IF IT WAS NECESSARY TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK FROM HIS POINT OF...
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| 02:30:59 |
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DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN, BUT, FOR INSTANCE,
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| 02:31:02 |
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WHEN JOHNSON CAME BACK FROM ACCEPTING THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION WITH KENNEDY IN 1960, GOLDWATER SENT HIM A NOTE SAYING I'M NAUSEATED. IN OTHER...
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| 02:31:55 |
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AND WHAT THAT MEANS, IT'S A PRETTY LOOSE TERM. BUT GOLDWATER DID HAVE SOME EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
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| 02:32:00 |
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THAT MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO THE FACT THAT HE FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II. MICHAEL BESCHLOSS IS OUR GUEST. ONE-HALF HOUR LEFT IN THIS MONTH'S "IN DEPTH"...
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| 02:32:23 |
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AND EISENHOWER? >> Guest: EISENHOWER WAS HIS AIDE FAMOUSLY IN THE 1930s. MY GUESS IS IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH FUN TO BE
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| 02:32:32 |
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DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S AIDE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK HE TREATED HIS PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WELL, AND EISENHOWER WAS A PERSON OF GREAT PRIDE. AND SO TO BE TREATED...
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| 02:33:35 |
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RATHER SYMPATHETIC TO DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. WAS THERE THERE A REAL MOVEMENT TO HAVE MACARTHUR RUN FOR PRESIDENT? WAS THAT A SERIOUS -- >> Guest: IT WAS...
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| 02:33:53 |
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SOLDIERS NEVER DIE. AND PEOPLE WERE VERY AFFECTED BY THIS, DEMOCRATS WERE. IN FACT, IT WAS SAID BY SOMEONE THAT WHEN MACARTHUR SPOKE ON THE REPUBLICAN...
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| 02:34:27 |
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HISTORY. >> Guest: OH, THANK YOU. >> Caller: I JUST
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| 02:34:31 |
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FINISHED READING A BOOK, "JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE" WRITTEN BY JAMES DOUGLAS. AND IN IT
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| 02:34:38 |
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HE OUTLINES -- >> Guest: IS THIS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION? >> Caller: YES, BUT IT'S ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL. IT'S ABOUT THE BACKGROUND FOR JFK WHEN...
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| 02:34:48 |
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TRYING TO
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| 02:34:50 |
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NEGOTIATE WITH, UM, RUSSIA AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO QUICKLY END THE COLD WAR. AND I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HENRY CABOT LODGE....
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| 02:35:25 |
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AND WORK TO TRY TO GET VIETNAM TO BE NEUTRAL LIKE LAOS, HENRY CABOT LODGE SEEMED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DID NOT STAY AS LEADER...
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| 02:36:18 |
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EVIDENCE, IN THIS ONE WE DO HAVE. KENNEDY DICTATED A MEMO
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| 02:36:22 |
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ON THE COUP THAT KILLED THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH VIETNAM AND HIS BROTHER, AND HE CRITICIZES HIMSELF FOR HAVING NOT GIVEN ENOUGH ATTENTION TO THE PROCESS...
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| 02:37:04 |
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THAT SAVED HIS REPUTATION? IF LINCOLN HAD SURVIVED APRIL OF 1865, WOULD
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| 02:37:10 |
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HE HAVE HAD, ULTIMATELY, THE FATE OF ANDREW JOHNSON, HAD TO MAKE VARIOUS DECISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE IMPUGNED HIM WITH LATER HISTORIANS? KENNEDY THE...
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| 02:37:30 |
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EISENHOWER OCCASIONALLY REGRETTED HE HAD NOT RUN. HE
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| 02:37:33 |
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LIKED BEING PRESIDENT. BUT EISENHOWER SAW HIMSELF TO A GREAT EXTENT AS IN THE SPIRIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND I THINK HE NEVER WOULD HAVE VIOLATED...
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| 02:38:02 |
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IN '68 WAS TWO THINGS. I MEAN, EVERYONE IS MOTIVATED BY 90
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| 02:38:07 |
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DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT TWO THINGS CURRENTLY. NUMBER ONE, HE WAS VERY AWARE THAT MEN IN THE JOHNSON FAMILY TENDED TO DIE BEFORE 65. HE WAS, AT THAT POINT,...
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| 02:39:07 |
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IT IS THAT WHEN DWIGHT EISENHOWER CAME UP TO THE FRONT PORTICO OF THE WHITE HOUSE ON
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| 02:39:13 |
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INAUGURATION DAY 1953, THE TRUMANS HAD PUT OUT ON QUITE A SPREAD, YOU KNOW, THE TRADITIONAL THING. THE NEW PRESIDENT COMES IN, AND THEY ALL HAVE COFFEE...
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| 02:40:58 |
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Host: RIGHT. AND THAT BEGINS IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR. BUT AS FAR AS FIRST LADIES GO, WHO ARE
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| 02:41:03 |
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THE REALLY INFLUENTIAL ONES
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| 02:41:05 |
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IN YOUR OPINION, AND LET'S START WITH MODERN HISTORY. >> Guest: SO MAYBE THE LAST CENTURY? >> Host: GREAT. >> Guest: THIS IS NOT IN ORDER, AND THIS IS...
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| 02:41:18 |
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WILSON, CERTAINLY
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| 02:41:20 |
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. BESS TRUMAN IN A DIFFERENT WAY WAS SEEN BY HISTORIANS AND MANY AT THE TIME AS A CIPHER BEGINNING AT CHRISTMAS '45. HE TALKED TO HER...
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| 02:42:16 |
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FOUR TIMES, ALL FOUR TIMES I
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| 02:42:18 |
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WAS INVITED. ONE WAY THEIR MARRIAGE WORKED WAS THEY REALLY DID NOT DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY OR, YOU KNOW, SHE FELT THERE WAS A DIVISION...
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| 02:42:41 |
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LITTLE BIT. ALTHOUGH AT THE
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| 02:42:44 |
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VERY BEGINNING SHE WENT RIGHT BACK TO INDEPENDENCE AND DID NOT COME BACK FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT WAS VERY UPSETTING TO HER HUSBAND. SHE DID NOT GIVE...
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| 02:43:44 |
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GENTLEMEN, AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM. MICHAEL, YOU'RE AN AMERICAN BLESSING. >> Guest: OH, THANK
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| 02:43:50 |
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YOU, SIR. >> Caller: MY -- I'LL TRY TO DO THIS, I'LL TRY TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY. I'M AN INDEPENDENT, AND I'M
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| 02:43:58 |
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VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN OUR COUNTRY ON SOMETHING THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, TERM LIMITS. AND THE POWER OF THE PARTIES, ONE TO BLOCK...
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| 02:44:50 |
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THOUGHT THAT -- PHILOSOPHICALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING IF YOU SERVED IN THE SENATE AND THEN WENT BACK TO YOUR PLOW, THAT YOU WERE NOT A...
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SENT A COUPLE, I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK. THESE ARE TWEETS, ACTUALLY. ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THE EFFORTS TO SAVE THE UNITED STATES, THE OCEAN LINER IN PHILADELPHIA?...
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| 02:45:35 |
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STATES, THE ENORMOUS SHIP THAT IS, ESSENTIALLY, NOW ROTTING ON THE DOCKS OF PHILADELPHIA. I HOPE IT CAN BE SAVED. >> Host: DR. BESCHLOSS, DO YOU HAVE...
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| 02:45:50 |
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EVERYONE CALLING ME DOCTOR WHICH I THINK RESTS ON HONORARY DEGREES, BUT THANK YOU ALL THE
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| 02:45:56 |
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SAME. ADVICE ON -- >> Host: WRITING HISTORY. >> Guest: ADVICE ON WRITING HISTORY? >> Host: WRITING HISTORY. >> Guest: OR ON HOW ONE SHOULD START A CAREER,...
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| 02:46:11 |
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YOU WANT. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR AUTHORS WRITING HISTORY. >> Guest: I THINK TWO PIECES OF ADVICE. ONE IS, IF YOU'RE WRITING HISTORY, REALIZE YOU...
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AT THE WRONG TIME IF. >> Guest: WELL, THERE'S ONE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT HAS BEEN GAINING STEAM FOR YEARS WHICH IS THAT, ACTUALLY, HOOVER WAS REMARKABLY...
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| 02:47:20 |
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HIS TIME AND WAS MISCAST AND THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT LED TO THE DEPRESSION WERE MORE FROM THE HARDING AND COOLIDGE PERIOD, AND THE CHICKENS CAME...
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| 02:48:16 |
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THAT IS SO HARD. I KNOW THAT THAT'S A QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE ASKED OF OTHERS ON THIS, AND OTHERS HAVE AS WELL. IT REALLY
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| 02:48:23 |
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IS LIKE YOUR CHILDREN. EACH HAS A DIFFERENT PURPOSE, DIFFERENT LENGTH, DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTER. I MEAN, I'VE GOT TWO SONS, I CAN'T CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM....
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| 02:48:48 |
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DON'T. MAYBE I SHOULD. >> Host: NO WEB SITE? >> Guest: NO WEB SITE. >> Host: DO YOU TWEET? >> Guest: I DON'T TWEET. I HAVE NO FACEBOOK PAGE. I GUESS...
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| 02:49:00 |
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Guest: I'VE GOT TO WRITE BOOKS, AND THESE THINGS TAKE AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME. [LAUGHTER] >> Host: THIS E-MAIL FROM VALERIE MARTIN IN
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| 02:49:07 |
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MADISON, WISCONSIN: LOVE YOUR WRITING, WHAT IS YOUR GUESS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONTENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO
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| 02:49:12 |
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THE FAMOUS 18-MINUTE GAP IN THE NIXON TAPES? >> Guest: I THINK NOT MUCH. FOR THOSE WHO PERHAPS DON'T REMEMBER, THE WATERGATE TAPES, NIXON'S TAPES OF...
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| 02:49:27 |
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AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION FOR HISTORIAN MICHAEL BESCHLOSS. >> Caller: HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING
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| 02:50:18 |
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MY CALL. >> Guest: YOU'RE IN THE HOMETOWN OF DAVID BRINKLEY, RIGHT? >> Caller: UM, I BELIEVE SO. [LAUGHTER]
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| 02:50:24 |
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I'VE BEEN HERE SIX YEARS, I HAVEN'T LEARNED ALL
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| 02:50:27 |
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ABOUT IT. >> Guest: HE WASN'T THERE DURING YOUR TIME. >>
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| 02:50:30 |
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Caller: PARDON? >> Guest: HE WAS NOT THERE DURING YOUR TIME. >> Caller: NO. MY QUESTION IS WHAT THOUGHT, BASICALLY,
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| 02:50:35 |
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DID ALL THE PRESIDENTS GO INTO,
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PUT INTO TAKING THEIR CHOICE OF
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| 02:50:40 |
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VICE PRESIDENT? WAS IT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD SIT BACK AND NEVER SAY A WORD OR THAT THEY REALLY COULD...
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| 02:51:03 |
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AND OFTEN TIMES, SADLY, MADE AT THE LAST MINUTE AND VERY HASTILY. AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH LBJ, THAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST MOMENT. THIS ALL CHANGED...
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| 02:52:14 |
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MORE ALTRUISTIC. >> Guest: IT IS VERY HARD TO THINK OF THEM. ONE MIGHT BE
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| 02:52:18 |
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ROOSEVELT CHOOSING TRUMAN, ODDLY ENOUGH. THERE'S SOME EVIDENCE
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| 02:52:22 |
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THAT ROOSEVELT CHOSE TRUMAN KNOWING THAT HE WOULD NOT LAST HIS ENTIRE NEXT TERM WHETHER HE DIED OR HAD TO RESIGN FOR REASONS OF HEALTH, AND HE DID TELL...
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| 02:52:57 |
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TIMING. FOR EXAMPLE, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS KILLED ON MARCH
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| 02:53:01 |
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THE
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| 02:53:03 |
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4TH, 19 -- >> Guest: APRIL 4TH. >> Caller: APRIL 4TH, 1967 -- >> Guest: '68. >> Caller: HE GAVE A SPEECH IN NEW YORK CONDEMNING THE COUNTRY WITH RESPECT...
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| 02:53:20 |
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AND HE WAS KILLED ON THE SAME DATE, APRIL THE 4TH, 1968. AND THAT WAS SEVERAL DAYS AFTER LYNDON JOHNSON MADE THE
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| 02:53:27 |
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CLAIM THAT HE WOULD NOT -- >> Guest: FOUR DAYS. >> Host: SO ARE YOU SEEING A CONSPIRACY HERE? IS THIS WHERE YOU'RE GOING? >> Caller: NO, I'M RAISING...
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| 02:53:38 |
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ONE BIOGRAPHER OF LYNDON JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT THE WAY LYNDON JOHNSON
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| 02:53:43 |
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TURNED HIS BACK ON SAM RAYBURN -- >> Guest: IN 1940? >> Caller: I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE. >> Guest: YEAH. EARLY IN TIME. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN MARTIN...
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| 02:53:58 |
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AND LYNDON
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| 02:53:59 |
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JOHNSON WERE EXCELLENT AT THE BEGINNING AND WENT IMMEDIATELY SOUTH THE SECOND THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING CAME OUT AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR. AND THAT'S...
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| 02:54:20 |
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CHURCHILL DURING WORLD WAR II AND HOW THEIR ALLIANCE CONQUERED HITLER'S WAR MACHINE. >> Guest: HAVE WE GOT THREE MORE HOURS, PETER? [LAUGHTER] >> Host:...
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| 02:54:35 |
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A HAPPY CIRCUMSTANCE OF HISTORY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
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| 02:54:39 |
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WORK TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WITH STALIN GIVEN THE HUGE GULF BETWEEN THE TWO WESTERN LEADERS AND STALIN IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS. AND MORE AND MORE IN RETROSPECT...
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| 02:55:23 |
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AN ILLUSION, A SUGGESTION TO STALIN THAT THEY WERE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE AS THEY
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| 02:55:27 |
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AT LEAST WERE FORMALLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEALING WITH ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL. DO THESE STRIKE YOU AS INNOCENT, TRUSTING PEOPLE? THESE ARE VERY...
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| 02:55:58 |
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WAR II. IT'S A VERY
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| 02:56:01 |
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SIGNIFICANT BATTLE THAT'S NOT OFTEN MENTIONED, BUT IT WAS THE BATTLE THAT MADE THE GUADALCANAL EFFORT SUCH A SLOG FOR THE OR MARINE CORPS. AND AS I...
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| 02:56:37 |
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NEXT BOOK, WHY NOT INCLUDE JEFFERSON AND THE WAR OF 1805 IN YOUR BOOK
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| 02:56:42 |
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ON WARTIME PRESIDENTS? >> Guest: I THINK THAT ONE WILL FIND THAT IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE WAR OF 1812, THE NAME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON DOES NOT GO
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| 02:56:52 |
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UNMENTIONED. THANK YOU, SIR. >> Host: AND OUR LAST CALL FOR YOU COMES FROM WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO. BOB, PLEASE, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT...
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| 02:57:02 |
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HISTORIAN MICHAEL BESCHLOSS. >> Guest: YES, PROFESSOR BESCHLOSS, I'VE READ SEVERAL OF YOUR BOOK, AND I FIND THEM NOT ONLY VERY INFORMATIVE, BUT ALSO...
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| 02:57:11 |
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THAT'S NOT -- ENTERTAINING, AND THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO YOU'RE TO BE CONGRATULATED ON THAT. MY QUESTION CONCERNS THE DRED SCOTT...
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| 02:57:43 |
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| 02:58:09 |
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Guest: I'M HOPING THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO OR
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| 02:58:15 |
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THREE YEARS. >> Host: AND DO YOU WORK ON THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY? >> Guest: YEAH,
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| 02:58:20 |
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THEY'RE DIFFERENT. TO GO BETWEEN FORT SUMTER AND LBJ, TWO
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| 02:58:24 |
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DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRAIN. >> Host: FOR THE LAST THREE
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| 02:58:27 |
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HOURS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HISTORIAN MICHAEL BESCHLOSS. VERY QUICKLY, HERE ARE A LIST OF HIS BOOKS.
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| 02:58:33 |
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KENNEDY AND ROOSEVELT: THE UNEASY ALLIANCE. MAY DAY CAN, EISENHOWER, KHRUSHCHEV AND THE U-2 AFFAIR. 1960 AND 1963 CAME OUT IN '91. THE CONQUERORS, ROOSEVELT,...
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