>> you mean stalin? >> i mean stalin, i am sorry. >> actually that is not true. no. but the major difference between the two of them is sort of ideaological. stalin killed trying to create a greater russia. and that is why he killed a greater number of russians that he did when trying change farming into collective farmer and hitler was trying to get rid of the slavic and jewish races. >> thank you. i started reading your book the other day and i am on page 75 first impression chapter, and i am enjoying it very much. the question is in the terrain section, the chapter before it talks about fdr not wanting to travel to meet stalin there because of a constitutional policy and of concerns, one thing that you didn't mention and i am not clear on myself and that is a 10-day congress done to send over a bill to the president. for him to act on the bill and have it returned to congress under the terms of the constitution how was woodrow wilson able to spend months over in europe after world war one for the ver sigh meetings? >> that is an interesting question. i have never

fdr's new -- fdr new stalin wanted it and stalin was informed of fdr's involvement. in 1939, increasingly concerned with the menace of hitler, roosevelt tried to strengthen stalin stand against hitler. fdr pushed a reluctant british foreign office into responding to a russian request for a military alliance with britain and france. it was only after the british foreign office or alternated between rudeness and procrastination that russia opened up talks with nazi germany that ended up with the signing of the nazi soviet pact. fdr meddled further has realized that english russian negotiations had failed. he said the stalin a letter by devious route warning them not to sign on with hitler. it was of course too little and too late. fdr had no delusions about stalin. in 1940 speaking to a group of students gathered at the white house, he famously said that stalin's dictatorship was quote as absolute as any other dictatorship in the world, ma and that quote, is guilty of the indiscriminate killing of thousands of innocent victims. from the start fdr was thinking of how to

>> you mean stalin -- >> mine stalin i'm sorry. >> actually that's not true. no. but the major difference between the two of them is sort of in my mind ideological. stalin killed because he was trying to create a greater russia and that's why he killed the -- the greater number of russians he killed when he was trying to change farming into collective farming. hitler was trying to annihilate the slav races and the jewish races. yes? >> thank you. i just thought in reading your book the other day and i'm up a to page 75, which is first impressions chapter. i'm enjoying it very much. >> thank you. >> the question is in the tehran section, chapter before, it talks about fdr not wanting to travel to meet stalin there because of a constitutional policy -- >> yes concerns. >> and one thing that you didn't mention and that i am not clear on myself is if there's a ten-day -- if congress signs to served a bill to the president for him to act on the bill and then have it returned to congress under the terms of the constitution how was woodrow wilson able to spend months ove

still, no smile from stalin. then i said lifting my hand up to cover a whisperer which of course had to be interpreted winston is so cranky this morning. he got up on the wrong side of the bed. a smile passed over stalin tie and i decided i was on the right track. i began to tease churchville about his britishness about his cigars, about his habit. it began to register with stalin. winston got red and scowled and the more he did so the more stalin smiled. he finally broke out into a deep hearty guffaw at them for the first time in three days i kept it up until stalin was laughing with me and then it was that i called him uncle joe. he would have refreshed the day before and he came over and shook my hand. from that time on, our relations with personal. -- were personal. >> radio talk show hosts have to has put together a list of books he recommends which cover topics such as work, faith and history. here is a look at the books on his website. .. at the time there was a little parents could to make it with each ot

a soviet scholar, takes the status of stalin's proposal to be an unresolved mystery. washington, he said wasted little effort and flatly rejecting moscow's initiative on grounds that were embarrassingly unconvincing leaving open the basic question was stalin genuinely ready to sacrifice the newly created german democratic republic, east germany, on the the altar of peace and security that could have been enormous. melvin leffler is one of the most respected cold war scholars that recently published a review of research in a released soviet archives. he observes that many scholars were surprised to discover quoting him, the head of the secret police proposed the kremlin offered the west a deal on the unification and neutralization of germany, agreeing to sacrifice the east german communist regime to reduce east-west tensions, and improve internal political and economic conditions in russia, opportunities that were squandered in favor of securing german participation in nato. ... this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much. [applause] thank you so much for

still, no smile from stalin. and i said, licking my hand up to cover whisper, which, of course, had to be interpreted, winston is so cranky this morning, he got up on the wrong side of bed. a vague smile passed over stalin's eyes and i decided i was on the right track to begin to tease that churchill about his britishness, about his cigars, about his habits. they begin to register with stalin. winston got red and scowled and the more he did so the more stalin smiled. finally, stalin broke out into a deep hearty laugh, and for the first time in three days i saw life. i kept it up until stalin was laughing with me and then it was that i called him uncle joe. you would have thought me fresh the day before, but that day he laughed and came over and shook my hand. from that time on, relations were personal. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> welcome to st. augustine florida, on booktv. founded in 15 certificate is the oldest continuously occupied european settlement in the united states.

you can discover the stalin of later years. life and death power, 200 million people to find anything like that. there are great stories in his child does, important episodes, major mentors and teachers he has got, things that he learns, skills he acquires, the solemn reno is invisible in childhood, something else had to happen. one of the things i do with the book is put politics at the center of the story. it was the creation of a dictatorship, day-to-day running of the dictatorship that produce the personality rather than the personality that unfolded in a dictatorship. because stalin's rule was so monstrous in many ways people who survived it looking back, trying to find the roots of it would look at childhood episodes, they would be 70 years old living in paris or new york in exile remembering i misstated a heap said, he put the cat in the microwave and blew it up, he was going to kill us all but he never put a cat in a microwave. they didn't have microwaves yet. we have all these remembrances we're late in life they figur

truman like people and did not see what a monster stalin was. but he did not make decisions based on what he thought about stalin. but no, i do not think so. it was a decision that had to be made. best that it was made. in the long run, we are all the beneficiaries. however, that does not mean we should not ever debate it or discuss it or consider moral issues involved. we should never not consider moral issues. i would say that even if i were not sitting here. whoever said war is hell -- who was it -- sheridan, was understating it. it is worse than hell. it is madness. particularly when innocent people, people not in uniform have not done anyone any harm only thing they have done is be where they were when it descended upon them. , look what is happening now. the cruelty. host: i would just like to complement what mr. mccullough is saying. i do not think there is any basis for the suggestion that the japanese were on the verge of surrender and the soviet union was holding up peace terms. there is no basis for that. let's turn to our next questi

and our tax system and sunday night at 8:00, susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and josef stalin allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. and saturday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3, on lectures in history, university of virginia's college of wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war veterans reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. and sunday afternoon at 1:00 american history tv is live from appomattox courthouse national historical park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. -- historical park. >>> the the c-span city's turn takes c-span 3's american history tv on the road. up next, a visit to austin, texas, where we'll tour the lbj library and presidential suite. but first, a look at the fly girls of world war ii and the inspirational servicewoman known to history as wasp women air force service pilots who answered the call to duty in world war ii. >> so the bullock, texas state history museum is texas's official state history museum.

stalin." and she currently lives in lake wales, florida. now, i started working with sue over a decade ago when she was working on her first fdr and stalin book, and as i was chatting at dinner with her i reminded her that we really bonded over trying to figure out the map room time coding system because when she was doing her book of fdr and stalin correspondence, she was committed and dedicated to making sure she knew the order of when messages left the map room when they were received, and did stalin and roosevelt see them or did they cross before they responded to each other. so that's how sue and i bonded many, many years ago in the archives. ..

stalin's proposal was taken seriously by the respected political commentator james warburg with. but apart from him,-ignore -- it was ignored or ridiculed. actually, recent scholarship has just begun to take a different view. the bitterly anti-communist soviet scholar from harvard takes the is status of stalin's proposal to be an unresolved mystery. washington, he said, wasted little effort in flatly rejecting moscow's initiative on grounds that were embarrassingly unconvincing leaving open the basic question was stalin genuinely ready to sacrifice the newly-created german democratic republic, east germany, on the altar of real democracy with consequences for world peace and for american security? that could have been enormous. melvin leffler one of the most respected cold war scholars, recently published a review of research and released soviet archives. he observes that many scholars were surprised to discover -- quoting him mow -- that the sinister brutal head of the secret police proposed that the kremlin offer the west a deal on the unification and neutralization of germany,

one suggested indication is a proposal by stalin in 1952 offering to allow germany to be unified with free elections on condition that it not join a hostile military alliance, which was hardly an extreme condition in the light of the history of the preceding half-century. stalin's proposal was taken seriously by the respected political commentator james warburg, but apart from him it was ignored or ridiculed. recent scholarship has just begun to take a different view. the bitterly anti-communist soviet scholar from harvard takes the status of stalin's proposal to the unresolved mystery, washington, he said wasted little effort and flatly rejecting moscow's initiative on grounds that were embarrassingly unconvincing, leaving open the basic question. was installed and genuinely ready to sacrifice the newly created german democratic republic, east germany, on the altar of real democracy with consequences for world peace and for american security? that could have been an enormous. leffler, one of the most respected cold war scholars that recently published a review of research in released

they don't threaten our difference the way stalin did or hitler did. yes, we need to defend ourselves against these terrorists but you don't need nuclear submarines to do that. so we have to defend ourselves. we can do that much more cheaply than now. i want us to be strong but we don't have to be five times as strong as everyone else. we have some allies that can help. here's the deal. there's kind of a default position that says being a leader. if there's trouble anywhere in the world, we need to be the ones taking the lead to defeating it. first, that's very hard to do in some places. our military is great at stopping bad things from happening, but they can't make good societies elsewhere. and the default is well we have to do that because we're the leaders of the world. so don't be the leaders of the world. >> ask the british how interventions work. >> yes. >> they had a whole empire. it didn't work out so well in the end. barney frank, i could go longer. the book is a fascinating analysis i think, of what's wrong today with the state of government

such was the man who met stalin for the first time in tehran who gave the world's first promise of complete accord between the three great powers. that these were called the big three was no empty phrase and franklin roosevelt, steadfast in his convictions, was the biggest of them all. steaming into pearl harbor for the first time since the opera kevork, the commander-in-chief conferred with admiral nimitz and general macarthur. that he took an active heart in the war in the pacific is now apparent. from this conference a mooched -- emerged the blueprint for the conflict in the philippines. fdr began his fourth term in office firm in his belief that men are capable of their own government. no king, no tyrant, no dictator can govern as wisely as they can govern themselves. upon that note, he faced the world's future on the conference table at the altar, made plans to bring together the people of the world in a just and lasting peace will stop history has recorded that first step as the san francisco conference. in this, his last report to congress and the american people is to be found the t

joseph stalin said a single death is a tragedy. a million deaths is a statistic. right? it is a statistic. we argue statistics. they put a face on what they are trying to do. and most of us would say i don't want anything bad to happen to that woman and we lose our ability to think rationally because of our emotional response. so if we don't start , understanding the language of how this works and that we need to start showing peoples whose lives have been ruined by socialized health care and a person whose life was saved by private health care and here is why, we will lose to these weenies. and i'm tired of losing to these weenies. i don't know about you guys, but i am over losing to these losers. i have to get out of here. thank you so much for having me. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, >> remember, we have books for sale. and also james o'keefe's book, "breakthrough." back of the room. >> in a weekly address president obama talks about the iranian nuclear program. the repub

sunday night at eight :00 author susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership e.on the war. tonight at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3 university of virginia's virginia murray on how civil war veterans reunions have changed on the reconstruction era to present. american history tv is live from appomattox court house national historic park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> from his beloved second-home in georgia, the body of franklin delano roosevelt moved on the first stages of its journey to his final resting place. scores of sufferers sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 20 four-hour trip to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700-mile route

certainly you cannot compare nazis and stalinism. simply because nazis opened says they going to destroy jews, gypsies. stalin was not an angel. [inaudible] it doesn't make sense to compare these two figures. secondly, maybe not that pleasant but there was still some ground for these allegations. after world war ii i tried to make many eastern european countries live like we lived in the soviet union commend it was done by force. it's not good. of course the same with the us admitted they tried to impose their model of development around the world , they are doomed to fail. >> mr. president have a question on isis. we know that they are rushing to fight alongside isis and we have very special camps with a drop people in central asia. in their russian citizens have serious is the threat in europe and a capable of withstanding this basis 1st imagine. i would love to.out to you that any rack is very undemocratic regime but there was no terrorism at the time. then after they kill saddam hussein committee actually cooperate with the unite

stalin never wanted to destroy whole ethnicities. it does not make sense to compare these two figures. secondly, maybe not that pleasant for that -- of us, there were still some grounds for these allegations. after world war ii, we tried to make many eastern european countries like we left. it was done by force. it is not good. the same with the u.s., they tried to impose their model of development around the world and they are doomed to fail. >> mr. president, i have a question on isis. we know that there are russians who fight alongside isis, and we have special camps where they dropped people in central asia and there are russian citizens so how serious is this threat in your opinion and is russia capable of extending this organization. are we taking preventive measures. >> first of all i would like to say that isis first in iraq and in syria, i like to point out that in iraq there was this undemocratic regime but there was no terrorism there the time. that was after they kill saddam hussein. they actually supported saddam hussein

but i think they're stalin and believe in the revolutionary zeal. in the iran-iraq war they have land minus. how do they clear land minus? they took kids, gave them a string and had them walk across a field. so they're in a different mental universe. that was at the high point to have the revolution. but they're not so far away. they're spending all this money on hezbollah blah, sometimes in tactical alliances with al quaida. they are a radical regime. so i think within the few short years they will be pumping out oil, richer, the influence on the region will be greater and the saudis will have to counter and i already think the region is in the midst tore the very beginning of what some people have called a 30-years religious war in allowing iran to get richer and potentially nuclear in the midst of that is risky. >> half the population of iran is under age 35. to me, that's encouraging and that's positive. i think that the acclaim and the response the positive response to this agreement there is encouraging in itself. and i don't know. i mean the

garry: my mother was born and raised under stalin. she said she never heard such a concentrated hatred. vladimir: why are you yelling? garry: i am russian also and i know russia. vladimir: so russians yell, that is the idea? they also drink vodka, dance and all of that. russians are regular people. what i'm saying is this. your mother had her experience. i think i'm even older than your mother. garry: but we lived on a different side of the fence. you were on the propaganda side. [applause] vladimir: the propaganda in russia was very different. russia was totally isolated. garry: you mean the soviet union. vladimir: today it is much more sophisticated. what i'm saying is, -- would you not interrupt? the average russian, i'm saying to you, is anti-american. >> let's have you reflect on that. what vladimir is saying is that the policy of containment, isolation, is stoking the very anti-american sentiments that empowered putin and his ruling clique. how do you respond to that? anne: we created putin and his ruling clique. our banks laund

stalin's proposal was taken seriously by the respective political commentator james warburg but apart from him it was ignored and ridiculed. a recent scholarship has just begun to take a different view. the soviet scholar taking the status of his proposal to be in unresolved mystery, washington wasted little effort rejecting embarrassingly unconditional situations and was stolen genuinely ready to sacrifice the newly created german democratic republic on the altar of real democracy with consequences for world peace and for american security that could have been enormous. one of the most respected cold war scholars published a review of research in soviet archives and he observes that many scholars were surprised to discover that the sinister head of the secret police propose that the kremlin offer the west to deal on the unification and neutralization of germany, agreeing to sacrifice east german communist regime to reduce east-west tensions and improve opportunities and opportunities that were squandered it's actually a shocking decision that is being relived right now. under tces of

certainly you cannot compare nazism and stalinism. because nazis openly and publicly said that they are going to destroy jews, gypsies and slavs. of course stalin was not an angel. whole nations were exiled. there were purges. but stalin never wanted to destroy whole ethnicities. it does not make sense to compare these two figures. secondly, maybe not that pleasant for us, there were still some grounds for these allegations. after world war ii, we tried to make many eastern european countries live like we lived. it was done by force. we have to admit it. it is not good. the same with the u.s., they tried to impose their model of development around the world and they are doomed to fail. >> moscow state university. mr. president, i have a question on isis. we know that there are russians who fight alongside isis, and we have special camps where they dropped people in central asia and there are russian citizens. so how serious is this threat in your opinion, and is russia capable of withstanding this organization? are we taking preventiv

irs and our tax system and sunday night at 8:00 author susan butler on franklin roosevelt and josef stalin, allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. tonight at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span three, the university of virginia college professor on why veterans reunions have changed from reconstruction your to present and sunday afternoon at 1:00, american history is live from appomattox courthouse memorial park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. the national museum of african american history and culture is currently under construction the national mall is expected to open in 2016 and it has hosted several event since 2008. people can bring in family artifacts and talk to curators about how to best preserve them. we talked to museum staff at the event and washington, d.c. >> my name is esther washington, the director of education. we are here today with with our save our african-american treasures program where we invite the public to bring three objects and we have reviewers here an

garry: my mother was born and raised under stalin. she said she never heard such a concentrated hatred. vladimir: why are you yelling? garry: i am russian also and i know russia. vladimir: so russians yell, that is the idea? they also drink vodka, dance and all of that. russians are regular people. what i'm saying is this. your mother had her experience. i think i'm even older than your mother. garry: but we lived on a different side of the fence. you were on the propaganda side. [applause] vladimir: the problem -- the propaganda in russia was very different. russia was totally isolated. garry: you mean the soviet union. vladimir: today it is much more sophisticated. what i'm saying is, -- would you not interrupt? the average russian, i'm saying to you, is anti-american. >> let's have you reflect on that. what vladimir is saying is that the policy of containment isolation, is stoking the very anti-american sentiments that empowered putin and his ruling clique. how do you respond to that? anne: we created putin and his ruling clique. o

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system and sunday night at 8:00, author susan butler on franklin roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3 on lectures in history. university of virginia college of wise professor jennifer murray on several war veteran reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. >>> american history tv visited longwood university in virginia for a ceremony on the closing of the civil war in 1865. the program was co-hosted by university and appomattox courthouse national historical park. ron wilson talks about the terms of the surrender. this is about an hour. >> thank you. it's indeed a pleasure to be here. i think this is the 16th seminar. i think we owe a debt of gratitude to longwood university and to dr. coles and patrick schroder and you ought to give them all a round of applause.

on par, he said, with the nazis and stalin. genocide. a term long-rejected by turkey, the u.s. afraid to use it against its close ally. turkey today immediately summoning the vatican ambassador, and recalling their own. it's a painful chapter at the heart of armenian history. the 100th anniversary this year gaining more attention with a visit by armenian-american reality stars, the kardashians. pope john paul ii called the 1915 killings a genocide in a statement, but never in public. candidate barack obama said he'd be the first american president to do so, but never has. pope francis proving yet again today he's not afraid of making waves. alex marquardt, abc news, beirut. >> back here at home now. proving april is the cruelest month, tax day is tuesday. and if you haven't field yet, you have probably spent part of this weekend trying to finish up. if you try to reach out to the irs for help you may still be waiting. rebecca jarvis with more on that and ways you can still help yourself. >> reporter: tonight, the clock ticking just three days to your tax deadline. crunch time w

system and sunday night at 8:00, author susan butler on franklin roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3 on lectures in history. university of virginia college of wise professor jennifer murray on several war veteran reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. >>> american history tv visited longwood university in virginia for a ceremony on the closing of the civil war in 1865. the program was co-hosted by university and

over those years of nonrecognition and isolation the soviet leadership headed by stalin had been allowed to conduct a massive bloodbath in the tunt. it had physically wiped out all political opposition. it had destroyed millions and millions of peasants to refused to adhere to the collective farm system. it had starved to death millions of ukrainian farmers who would not bow to the draconian demands for wheat and flour. it was in the process of annihilating russia's most precious human resource the intelligence. it was in the process of creating a new human entity, the so-called homeless soviet. the great terror of 1937 and 1938 lay just ahead but nonrecognition, nonengagement, and isolation, noninterference, if you will, on the west's part, the absence of any united outcry, all this played no small role in allowing the soviet system to evolve the way it did. it would be remiss of me on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany not to mention the fact that by the end of the 1930s the west, in particular great britain and france, refused to engage the ussr in an allian

stalin was not an angel. entire nations were exiled and there were purges. stalin never wanted to destroy entire -- it doesn't make sense to compare these two figures. secondly, maybe not as pleasant for us, there was still some ground for these allegations. after world war ii, we tried to make many eastern european countries live like we lived. it was done by force. it is not good and of course, we here the echo of those today. the same with the u.s. they try to impose their developments around the world and they are doomed to fail.>> mr. president, i have a question on isis. we know there are some russians who fight alongside isis. we have special camps where they drop people in central asia and there are russian citizens. so, how serious is this threat in your opinion and is russia capable of withstanding this organization? are we taking any preventative measures? president putin: first of all, i would like to say that isis first emerged in iraq and then syria. i like to point out to you that in iraq, there was this very undemocratic regime. there was no

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stalin was not an angel. entire nations were exiled and there were purges. stalin never wanted to destroy entire --- it doesn't make sense to compare these two figures. secondly maybe not as pleasant for us, there was still some ground for these allegations. after world war ii, we tried to make many eastern european countries live like we lived. it was done by force. it is not good and of course, we here the echo of those today. the same with the u.s. they try to impose their developments around the world and they are doomed to fail. >> mr. president, i have a question on isis. we know there are some russians who fight alongside isis. we have special camps where they drop people in central asia and there are russian citizens. so, how serious is this threat in your opinion and is russia capable of withstanding this organization? are we taking any preventative measures? president putin: first of all, i would like to say that isis first emerged in iraq and then syria. i like to point out to you that in iraq, there was this very undemocratic regime. there was no

but china is not like nazi germany or not like stalin's russia. it's not an existential threat to us and it's not about to pass us. in that case we can be more relaxed and we don't have to put them in the enemy's role. as you said if we don't have them who's going to do at? >> you know the chinese will say quite openly that managed democracy is more efficient than a popular democracy. how do you think this is going to play out? >> well i think that's a great phrase for the chinese to use until you realize how rampant the corruption is there and if i'm correct that they are going to have a problem with managing this demand for participation in this per-capita income reaches $10,000. i think that slogan isn't going to sound so good. for all our problems the united states still has the capacity for change and even further problems with the gridlock that people say we are worse than ever, well not necessarily. thomas jefferson opposed george washington's treaty with england and worked with the congress to try to defund it so we have been doing this fo

one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic, stalin said. wen you think about how that one life and how it pakts the family left behind it grabs you. >> you can see the clinton foundation health summit tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span.

system and sunday night at 8:00, author susan butler on franklin roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3 on lectures in history. university of virginia college of wise professor jennifer murray on several war veteran reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. >>> american history tv visited longwood university in virginia for a ceremony on the closing of the civil war in 1865. the program was co-hosted by university and appomattox courthouse national historical park. ron wilson talks about the terms of the surrender. this is about an hour. >> thank you. it's indeed a pleasure to be here. i think this is the 16th seminar. i think we owe a debt of gratitude to longwood university and to dr. coles and patrick schroder and you ought to give them all a round of applause. [ applause ] how many of you, and there are quite a few of you, have been to the mcclain house at appomattox courthouse? that makes things rather easy for me. it's time for lunch i believe. one thing that's probably not generally known is tha

and susan butler on stalin. allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership. on lectures and history jennifer murray on how civil war veterans reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. and sunday afternoon at 1:00, american history tv is live commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and end of the civil war. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic sites around the country. in 1865, general lee met general great in the village of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army. while confederate armies were still active in the field, the surrender of the south ace most potent fighting force effectively ended the civil war. next, we tour appomattox courthouse historical park to learn more about the events surrounding that day. >> welcome to appomattox historical park. now we're standing in front of the historic clover hill tavern. this is the oldest building in the village, built in 1819. this area was called clover hill before it became appomattox courthouse in 1845. this was one of the later

n president franklin roosevelt and joseph stalin, allies during world war ii and their part aniship -- partnership beyond the war. and on c-span3 on lectures and history, university of virginia college of wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war veterans have changed from present. and we are live from appomattox courthouse national historic park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. >>> american history tv recently visited longwood university in farmville, virginia for a sem seminar on the closing of the civil war in 1865 it. was co-hosted by the university and the appomattox courthouse national historic park. next author mark bradley talks about the fighting in north carolina during the last months of the civil war. this is about an hour. >> thank you, david. can everyone hear me okay? >> yes. >> all right. well, we have watched the armies of grant and lee moving across the virginia landscape from the siege of petersberg, to the surrender at appomattox courthouse, now i'm going to make a detour. we're going to make a sha

susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin, allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. saturday night at :00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3, lectures in history university of virginia jennifer murray on how civil war veterans and their reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., american history tv is live from appomattox courthouse national memorial park, considering -- commemorating the 100 and 50th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. announcer: as candidates start announcing runs for the presidency in 2016 some are announcing of predicting an announcement by hillary clinton. a source with knowledge of hillary clinton has confirmed that she was officially announcer 2016 presidential head on saturday or sunday. that is followed by campaign travel. a spokesperson for her campaign team did not immediately respond to requests for comment. polls show are well ahead of her likely rivals. she has leased office space for headq

aden is now representing the stalin grad of the arab peninsula. for the past week or two weeks, more than seven regiments that couldn't enter. still, people are following. >> the u.n. - speaking of civilians - say the situation is alarming. the country is on the verge of total collapse. how is this affecting the civilian population? >> it is terrible. people can't sleep at night. they are hitting water, electricity is cut. there's no supplies in the different hospitals and different surgeries and so on. the humanitarian affect is great. boots on the ground will help as well as on the fighting itself. so as to coordinate the thoughts of the people who are standing bravely to the aggression that is happening to them. >> thank you for joining us on al jazeera >>> gunmen killed at least 15 egyptian soldiers during separate attacks in the northern sinai sinai peninsula. the region has seen an increase in attacks since the overthrow of mohamed mursi >>> the u.n. refugee agency is demanding an end to fighting in the yarmouk camp in syria. islamic state o

over those years of isolation the soviet leadership had headed by stalin about two conduct a mass of lead bath in the country physically wiping out all political opposition and destroyed millions and millions of peasants who had refused to adhere to the foreign system and to starve to death. millions of ukrainian farmers who would not bow to the draconian demands for week -- it was in the process of annihilating russia's most precious human resource the intelligentsia. it was in the process of creating a new human entity or so-called homeless -- the great terror of 1937 and in 1938 lay just ahead but no recognition know and engagement no interference if you will on the west part the absence of any united outcry played knows no small role in allowing the soviet system to evolve the way it did. it would be remiss of me on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany not to mention the fact that by the end of the 1930s the west in particular great britain and france refused to engage with the ussr in an alliance against hitler the consequence being the infamous ribbentr

rrator: the boundaries were drawn byoseph stalin in a classic case of divide and conquer. the chechens were treated especially brutally. during world war ii, the entire chechen nation was deported to siberia and to the northern part of kazakhstan, where somewhere between a third and a half of the people died. therefore, the chechen bitterness is much greater. another thing is the chechens were not permitted to return to their homes whereas the dagestanis are living in their traditional homes. narrator: so centrifugal forces, pushing the caucasians away from moscow, were stronger among the chechens than among the dagestanis. still, dagestani culture had to go underground. ( speaking native language ) translator: our national traditions were oppressed under socialism, but the people succeeded in keeping their habits and traditions alive. many of these were almost forgotten. narrator: then, as the soviet system was collapsing they were betrayed again. wixman: because many chechens say that gorbachev promised that if the north caucasians helped russia in the war against georgi

., author susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and joseph stalin, allies during world war ii and their part aniship -- partnership beyond the war. and on c-span3 on lectures and history, university of virginia college of wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war veterans have changed from present. and we are live from appomattox courthouse national historic park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. >>> american history tv recently visited longwood university in farmville, virginia for a sem seminar on the closing of the civil war in 1865 it. was co-hosted by the university and the appomattox courthouse national historic park. next author mark bradley talks about the fighting in north carolina during the last months of the civil war. this is about an hour. >> thank you, david. can everyone hear me okay? >> yes. >> all right. well, we have watched the armies of grant and lee moving across the virginia landscape from the siege of petersberg, to the surrender at appomattox courthouse, now i'm going to make a detour.

china is not like not the germany are not like stalin's russia. it is not an existential threat and it not about the path is. in that case we can be more relaxed and don't have to put them in the enemy's role. if we don't have them, who is going to do it? >> those that manage democracy is more efficient than a popular democracy. how do you think this is going to play out? >> that is a great phrase for the chinese to use until you realize how the corruption as they are and if i'm correct that they are going to have a problem with managing this demand for participation as per capita income reaches $10000. i think that slogan is echoing the stone so good. for all of our problems united state still has capacity for change and even for the problems of gridlock when people say we are worse than ever not necessarily. thomas jefferson opposed george washington's treaty with england worked to define it. so we've been doing this for a long time. more to the point, even if you say there is a trend -- a downward trend since the 1970s or 80s, it is worth remem

>> yes, because he is seen as a patriot, or stalin. he's made russia a proud country, and russians are proud of him. you get ratings of something like 80%, which is astonishing. those could change if the economy nose dives. something like 40% of the budget of britain goes defense, 30% welfare, which doesn't leave much left. there's plenty of foreign reserve, talking about $380 billion used for companies - russian companies that have to pay their debts, to do that. apart from that the situation at present is going along more or less slowly. but wait six months, ninths, or a year the situation will be difficult. 2016 if the situation doesn't improve, some sanctions not lifted and if the oil price doesn't rise a bit. 2016 will be a difficult year. vladimir putin at present is okay. he's ranking his - his ratings are high because he's seen as defending russia standing up to the rest of the world. that could change if the situation becomes difficult in 2016. his support base, if you like workers, pensioners people like that. intelligence ed