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festival in fairfax, virginia robert dallek and james mann talk about their books on presidents truman and reagan. the event is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is david meyer and i've been asked to introduce our speakers this afternoon. i am a resident of fairfax city and on a the city council in the city of fairfax and as you know the city of fairfax and george mason university to release sponsor of all for the program which is in its 11th year. so as we enter in the second decade it's important to know the origin of the fall for the program. 11 years ago then the...

all morning he was struck august 20 if he received a telegram saying his papers are arrived safe at harvard. $6,000 is what harvard paid all with $6,000, quite amazing. but the exiled papers which means everything from 1929 brandt trotsky was exiled from the soviet union all the way up until now his death, those were not open to scholars until 1980. and because of that out to all scholars come isaac who wrote the classic trilogy had access to those archives the you have to trust him and he wasn't great for sources, not always, and when it came to the affair with frida he looked the o...

really contradicted by basic facts of what has happened in instances where it has been tried and mexico is a good illustration of that, i would agree. >> all right. if there are any other questions, please let me know at this time. otherwise, i think we're going to go ahead and we'll end the event at this point and we're going to actually set professor gibbs up at the table right at the table behind there for the book-signing so if you brought a book today and we have some books available at 20% over in that direction. so please feel free to do so. and if you just have a question and...

faith on the capitol steps. and they ayed but he was not a guide to take chances of he did not schedule the prayer vigil d tell whether pro -- weather forecasters predicted it would rain. [laughter] .. gude julie new well so long as you did not pump more than 0,000 gallons of water per day per day. after that you need a permit t the standards of the permits are pretty elusive. this is a state that gets a lot of rain but has a major problem in the major problem isrowth. here is the final thing that i think you will get a kick out of. how many people know about stone mountain, the them...

reagan has found an admirer in e oval office. the current holder of the presidency said, quote, ronald reagan changed the trajectory of america in a way that richard nixon did not, and a way that bill clinton did not. president obama's desire to be like reagan is evident and has been much remarked upon. the last time i hosted a book for about ronald reagan was for john patrick begins's book on the former president. many of you may know he passed on, but i recall his central thought at that event, ronald reagan changed the world of foreign policy and international affairs, but he acco...