You may have seen a spirited reply to the letter which is worth looking at. One of the issues which is a arisen of course in congress over the last couple of weeks, including with the visit with netanyahu is that it probably has made it rather more in congress than it was previously. That also changes the dynamic as far as the United States is concerned. The foreign secretary said, we have made some progress in the negotiations, i think there is a willingness on both sides to try to reach a deal, but the obstacles are still formidable. These are about Big Decisions which are going to have to be reached primarily by iranian colleagues, about the future of their nuclear industry, and the amount they have invested in it. Those are difficult decisions. And as the foreign secretary said, there are still a number of them which are critical to success on which we do not have movement. So as just said we go into the negotiations in the next round of negotiations with the degree of optimism, bu
St uncorrected proof of that book standing at this podium during the introduction of our 2007 symposium about robert e. Lee z ofte as isn often true, theres a hi story behind elizabeths rise to historian. She studied with the now president of harvard university. And i must tell a story about drew. When she waswh madee the president of harvard, people were saying le, sh isnt this unbelievable . Shes the first female to be theto president of harvard and i commented to her that i thought it was more remarkable she was the first prepped of thefriend of the confederacy. But she embarked as a career at arlington house. She published clara barton professional angel. Meanwhile, her career took off in a different direction when she entered the u. S. Foreign service and served 20 years. Is now this is typical background for a civil war historian. Zabeth elizabeth served 20 years as a highly decorated senior diplomat and conventional arms negotiator for the state al department. She has spokenl al
Guerilla warfare tactics saved them. This is just under 40 minutes. Hes boyd professor of history in Louisiana State university. He served on the board of trustees and on the National Advisory board of the American Civil War center. Hes a two time recipient of the Jefferson Davis award for the best book published on the era of the civil war. He thus had a long and close relationship with both of the institutions that are now the American Civil War museum. Despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana well call him an honorary richlander. If you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. This walk honors william j. Cooper junior. All of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. Given the fact theres only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. Ill tell you one book you should read and its on sale outside is bills new book now we have war upon us. It gives insight to the several months before the opening of the civil war.
He spoke of reconciliation tolerance and moderation toward fallen folks. It was not the best speech me made far from it. Fell dead Holding Without affect on the audience. But given the time to make deeds of his words it might have been one of more far reaching. Tragically he was not to be granted that time. As has been noted there was one in the audience that night who would use lincolns words as the catalyst for one of most heinous and destructive acts in our nations history. From childhood we are taught to know John Wilkes Booth is to hate him. Hes demonized as the embodiment of evil and yet few of us really know very much about him other than the fact that he was a handsome and popular member of the nations leading thespian family until he jumped the track. His own brother described him as a good hearted harmless though wild brained boy. What has been wanting in the pantheon of lincoln scholarship is a highly readable biography of booth until now. After spending a quarter century in
All weekend, American History tv is featuring tulsa oklahoma. Tulsa was an Oil Boom Town in the early 20th entry. The rise in economic wealth led to the construction of elaborate art deco structures in the citys downtown. Hosted by our cox cable partners, cspans city tours staff recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about tulsa all weekend here on American History tv. Dolph i think and support to remember that the official title of our museum is the institute of American History and art, and what he was doing the Thomas Gill Kreis institute of American History and art. What he wanted to do was be able to amass a collection that would tell the story of the americans not just United States of america, but material from northern canada, what today is alaska down through canada, what does become the united dates, central america, and south america. We cans be to the history of all of these americas through these different components of this election. His name