The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
Initiative. Senator nunn reflects on his experience during the cuban missile crisis, the leadership between truman and bush, foreign leaders who influenced the events of cold war years, as well as the continuing threat of nuclear war. The Georgia Historical Society hosted the interview and provided the video. We are here to talk about the cold war, at 75. This marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the cold war, immediately after world war ii, in 1945. Just briefly, i want to introduce you. You are more in georgia, attended georgia, take served in the United States coast guard, came back to georgia and practice law and inserted the Georgia House of representatives. Then, if you are elected to the United States senate in 1972, and served for 24 years until you left office in 1996. Including, eight of those years, as chair of the Senate Armed Services committee, and since retiring from the senate, you cofounded the state turner now cochair of the Nuclear Threat initiative. As i m
I am a doctor that plays a doctor. Medicinen internal physician in pennsylvania. This is my hobby. I love it. I love the guys out here. I love speaking to the public. I love the educational factor we are trying to keep this alive. This is a mobile emergency room. Treat, do, we assess, we stabilize, and then we get them out. Get out of my yard. We are basically located as close to the front lines as possible. Inve got troopers coming in pretty bad shape. It operates behind the lines. Here he again demonstrates his value, taking on many jobs the physician would have to perform. This frees the doctor to Pay Attention to the serious cases. The medics are the real heroes in the war. They are out there will triaging with gunshots. They will triage in the field. They come to one guy with a cut on his shoulder and say put a bandage on you and get back to the rear. The second guy has both legs blown off. This guy is going to die. Theres nothing that is going to save this guy. Get somere going t
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