C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Author Discussion on America at War
1 hour, 13 minutesAuthors Heather Stur, Chris Wimmer, Peter Cozzens and E.R. Lutken discussed the U.S. involvement in war at home and abroad.
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Lectures in History: Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolutionary War
59 minutesIthaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.
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Reel America: "Turning of the Tide" - 1951
30 minutesThis U.S. Army report describes events in Korea from August 10 to September 20, 1950 when U.S.- led forces in South Korea were in retreat, then held the line and carried out several counterattacks. The film shows the arrival of British forces, air support operations, defensive operations around Pusan, and the invasion of Inchon by General MacArthur and a subsequent drive to retake the capitall city of Seoul near the 38th parallel.
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Obama Administration Foreign Policies
1 hour, 17 minutesNew York's Hofstra University hosted a three-day conference on Barack Obama's presidency, including a discussion on his foreign policies. Speakers included New York Times White House reporter Peter Baker and Obama administration deputy national security adviser Benjamin Rhodes.
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Obama Administration Executive Branch Policy Making
1 hour, 16 minutesNew York's Hofstra University hosted a three-day conference on Barack Obama's presidency, including a discussion on executive branch policy making. Speakers included Obama White House chief of staff Jacob Lew and author Chris Whipple.
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Michelle Obama's Leadership & Legacy
1 hour, 17 minutesNew York's Hofstra University hosted a three-day conference on Barack Obama's presidency, including a look at former first lady Michelle Obama's work and legacy. Speakers included Tina Tchen, Mrs. Obama's former chief of staff.
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Reel America: Salvage of the U.S.S. Lafayette
39 minutesThis U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics video from 1943 shows salvage operations after a disastrous fire and flooding on the U.S.S. Lafayette troopship, which began as a French ocean liner and was seized by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Reel America is an American History TV series comprised of archival films from throughout the twentieth century.
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The Civil War: Siege of Charleston 1863
51 minutesHistorian Neil Chatelain discussed the Siege of Charleston Harbor in 1863, a combined naval and land assault, which he claims was a test of military and naval cooperation and an experiment with new technology and tactics. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Remembering a Complicated Past
55 minutesHow do we remember a complicated past? What do we owe those who lived in the past? What do we owe future generations? These are some of the questions scholars considered when looking at how we memorialize past events and historical figures. This event was sponsored by Zocalo Public Square, which is based in Los Angeles.
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Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
1 hour, 4 minutesCurator Kenny Libben discussed the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, founded by FDR in 1933, with a specific focus on Camp Mohican, an early forestry project camp that enabled workers to live in and develop projects in Ohio's Mohican State Forest. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville, Ohio, hosted this event.
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Prelude to World War II
54 minutesA Herbert Hoover Presidential Library conference reconsidered the 31st president's World War II-era views and politics. This session looked at global events while Herbert Hoover was in the White House (1929-33), and their impact on the war that was to come. The Hoover Presidential Library is in West Branch, Iowa.
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World War II Revisionism
52 minutesA Herbert Hoover Presidential Library conference reconsidered the 31st president's World War II-era views and politics. Bard College history professor Sean McMeekin discusses different perspectives on key wartime events, including Soviet Union premier Joseph Stalin's role in the outbreak of war. The Hoover Presidential Library is in West Branch, Iowa.
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Post-World War II Cold War
1 hour, 25 minutesA Herbert Hoover Presidential Library conference reconsidered the 31st president's World War II-era views and politics. Mr. Hoover's Cold War views were the subject of a talk by UCLA history professor Kevin Kim. The Hoover Presidential Library is in West Branch, Iowa.
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Lectures in History: Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolutionary War
1 hour, 0 minuteIthaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.
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Reel America: "Turning of the Tide" - 1951
30 minutesThis U.S. Army report describes events in Korea from August 10 to September 20, 1950 when U.S.- led forces in South Korea were in retreat, then held the line and carried out several counterattacks. The film shows the arrival of British forces, air support operations, defensive operations around Pusan, and the invasion of Inchon by General MacArthur and a subsequent drive to retake the capitall city of Seoul near the 38th parallel.
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Obama Administration Foreign Policies
1 hour, 17 minutesNew York's Hofstra University hosted a three-day conference on Barack Obama's presidency, including a discussion on his foreign policies. Speakers included New York Times White House reporter Peter Baker and Obama administration deputy national security adviser Benjamin Rhodes.
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Obama Administration Executive Branch Policy Making
1 hour, 16 minutesNew York's Hofstra University hosted a three-day conference on Barack Obama's presidency, including a discussion on executive branch policy making. Speakers included Obama White House chief of staff Jacob Lew and author Chris Whipple.
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Michelle Obama's Leadership & Legacy
1 hour, 17 minutesNew York's Hofstra University hosted a three-day conference on Barack Obama's presidency, including a look at former first lady Michelle Obama's work and legacy. Speakers included Tina Tchen, Mrs. Obama's former chief of staff.
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Reel America: Salvage of the U.S.S. Lafayette
40 minutesThis U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics video from 1943 shows salvage operations after a disastrous fire and flooding on the U.S.S. Lafayette troopship, which began as a French ocean liner and was seized by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Reel America is an American History TV series comprised of archival films from throughout the twentieth century.
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The Civil War: Siege of Charleston 1863
50 minutesHistorian Neil Chatelain discussed the Siege of Charleston Harbor in 1863, a combined naval and land assault, which he claims was a test of military and naval cooperation and an experiment with new technology and tactics. The Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge in Spotsylvania, Virginia, hosted this event.
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Remembering a Complicated Past
55 minutesHow do we remember a complicated past? What do we owe those who lived in the past? What do we owe future generations? These are some of the questions scholars considered when looking at how we memorialize past events and historical figures. This event was sponsored by Zocalo Public Square, which is based in Los Angeles.
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Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
1 hour, 5 minutesCurator Kenny Libben discussed the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, founded by FDR in 1933, with a specific focus on Camp Mohican, an early forestry project camp that enabled workers to live in and develop projects in Ohio's Mohican State Forest. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville, Ohio, hosted this event.
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Prelude to World War II
53 minutesA Herbert Hoover Presidential Library conference reconsidered the 31st president's World War II-era views and politics. This session looked at global events while Herbert Hoover was in the White House (1929-33), and their impact on the war that was to come. The Hoover Presidential Library is in West Branch, Iowa.
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World War II Revisionism
52 minutesA Herbert Hoover Presidential Library conference reconsidered the 31st president's World War II-era views and politics. Bard College history professor Sean McMeekin discusses different perspectives on key wartime events, including Soviet Union premier Joseph Stalin's role in the outbreak of war. The Hoover Presidential Library is in West Branch, Iowa.
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Post-World War II Cold War
1 hour, 25 minutesA Herbert Hoover Presidential Library conference reconsidered the 31st president's World War II-era views and politics. Mr. Hoover's Cold War views were the subject of a talk by UCLA history professor Kevin Kim. The Hoover Presidential Library is in West Branch, Iowa.