Clipper and George Hammond culture of the amenities forum which organized todays event. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime if we had them here you in half or so ago from the accidental president. His last book, and this time we have a virtually from his home, and were going to talk about his new book about a 1940 election. Were going back 72 years to another electionyear and you will be amazed at exactly how similar it sound in some ways. Another with a different but in some ways. Whats different is the politicians were all younger than they are today. Thats one big difference. But a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. Very good read. Outstanding. I want to say a couple things first. Thank you so much for having the. The the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and you are doing this virtual. A lot of people are going to painandsuffering china for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was s
Eisenhower,president of the United States of america. [applause] this happy occasion preserves unbroken, a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience. And tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as preeminent among World Leaders in our of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid ascension of communist aggression as millions of people were enveloped the hide of farreaching iron curtain. I have in mind the stalemate of futility in korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings of the many and troubling thevoters of our Free Enterprise economy. Here then is the man trained in war who will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundation of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with adeep and abiding affection. [applause] [music] welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im George Hammond chair of the Humanities Forum that put tog
Redirected to the website and the next Virtual Event and you can learn more of the upcoming Virtual Events as well as showing up on comcast so let me briefly introduce our speakers for tonight. Susan huff lose the Research Seismologist at the Us Geological survey in pasadena. Serving as an editor and contributor for many journals and contributing editor to the magazine and board of directors of the Seismological Society of america as well as a Southern California quake center and the author of five books including henry history here tonight he covers Climate Change and innovation is needed to overcome it. For ten years he wrote about Research Findings with a weekly column and the author of the great quake about the 1964 alaskan earthquake. So now i will turn the screen over to our speakers and enjoy the talk. Thank you. Way to be here. Thank you for being here. Im excited about this even event, living in a Virtual World right now along with everybody else, but it has long been my favor
Virtual event with susan hough and henry fountain. Before he began i do have some short guidelines. It would like to ask a question for the q a just use ask the question button at the bottom of the screen. Etc questions that seem interesting you can also vote for them and they will make their way to the very top of the list. If youre considering supporting a bookstore by purchasing a copy of, copy of tonight featured book click on the green purchase button directly below the viewers screen. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your purchase. Our next Virtual Event is scheduled for tomorrow august 28 with jon wiener and you can learn more about upcoming Virtual Event on a website as well as by following us on outcast. With that said let me briefly introduce our speakers for tonight. Susan houseman is a Research Seismologist so i bet that at the u. S. Geological survey in pasadena, california. She served as an editor and contributor from many journals and is a contr