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Let me just tell you that its a great pleasure to be invited here and part of this event. It is a distinct pleasure to be surrounded by so many hoovers. Ive never seen so many hoover s in one place. It looks like we are complete. We start this segment in the summer of 1921 and in that summer, soviet russia is the scene of a catastrophic famine, as george nash mentioned earlier, and millions are threatened with starvation and disease, most of them, as you will see any moment ill have a map up, situated in and beyond the vulgar river valley. The soviet government is unable to cope with the disas...

This week on q a, president ial historian Richard Norton smith. He discusses his book an uncommon man the triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Its taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. If you remember Vice President Henry Wallace who was the second of the fdrs game a speech about the common man and wallace from the leftist Center Perspective was projecting in effect the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii, and it wasnt simply to...

Prohibition and organized crime, as well as popular music and sports of the era. Morning,koe good everybody. Today we will discuss the jazz age. Or at least i will discuss it, and youre part of the discussion will be at the end, so please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses. That would be good. Fromazz age is the period 1919 to 1929. It reminds me of the opening lines of the tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It wasnt exactly the best of times. But for many people, it was certainly good times. It was the great age of l...

It looks like we are complete. We start this segment in the summer of 1921, and in that summer, soviet russia is the scene of a catastrophic famine, as george nash mentioned earlier. Millions are threatened with starvation and disease. Most of them, as you will see in a moment, i will have a map up, were situated in the volga river valley. The soviet government led by Vladimir Lenin is unable to cope with the disaster on its own, so it is forced to allow an appeal to go out for foreign assistance and at that time, on that day, in the summer of 1921, there is only one man on the planet in a pos...

Overseas. We are, looks like we are, completely start this segment in the summer of 1921 and in that summer, soviet russia is the scene of a catastrophic famine, as george nash mentioned. Millions are threatened with starvation and disease most of them as you will see are situated end and coming on the oval g. A. R. River valley. The soviet government is unable to cope with the disaster on its own, so its forced to allow an appeal to go out for foreign assistance and, at that time, and that day, in the summer of 1921, theres only one man on the planet in position to answer the call and that is...