Presidential Chronicles

Lyndon Johnson #3: The Politician Emerges (1937-1948); Topics covered include: Enters the U.S. House of Representatives, establishes a mentorship relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt, very hard on his staff, womanizing/ affairs, runs for the Senate (1941) and barely loses, charges of campaign malfeasance against Johnson's backers from Brown & Root, start of World War II, activated by the U.S. Naval Reserves, deploys to the South Pacific as an observer on behalf of President Roosevelt, goes on a bombing mission, awarded a Silver Star by General Douglas MacArthur, returns to his seat in Congress, investigation of campaign contributions by Brown & Root, buys radio station KTBC with Lady Bird, birth of two daughters, death of Franklin Roosevelt, and begins to become more conservative in his politics

Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Tommy Corcoran, Sam Rayburn, George Reedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Alice Glass, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Morris Sheppard, Gerald Mann, Martin Dies, W. Lee ("Pappy") O'Daniel, Douglas MacArthur, Francis Stevens, George Brown, Herman Brown, Lynda Bird Johnson, Lucy Baines Johnson, and Harry Truman

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Lyndon Johnson #2: Political Entry Point (1931-1937); Topics covered include: Secretary to Congressman Richard Kleberg, meets and marries Claudia ("Lady Bird") Taylor, serves as the Texas State Director for the National Youth Administration, and wins a seat in Congress through a special election

Key people include: Harry Wurzbach, Richard Kleberg, Sam Johnson, Jr., Claudia ("Lady Bird") Taylor, Sam Rayburn, Mamie Kleberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, James (Buck) Buchanan, Alvin Wirtz, and Franklin Roosevelt

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Lyndon Johnson #1: Deep in the Heart of Texas (1908-1931); Topics covered include: Growing up in the Texas Hill Country, enjoys politics with his father, attends Southwest Texas State Teachers College (San Marcos), teaches 5th-7th graders at Welhausen Elementary School in Cotulla, TX, graduates from college, and teaches at Sam Houston High School (+debate coach)

Key people include: Jesse Johnson, San Johnson, Jr., Rebekah Baines, Cecil Evans, and George Johnson

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John Kennedy #15: Vietnam, Berlin, and the Kennedy Assassination (1963); Topics covered include: Challenges in Vietnam, assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, Kennedy's trip to Europe including speeches in Berlin ("Ich bin ein Berliner") and his visit to his ancestral home of Ireland, the birth and death the next day of Kennedy's son Patrick, the beginning of the 1964 reelection campaign, the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, the arrest and murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the findings of the Warren Commission

Key people include: Ngo Dinh Diem, Mike Mansfield, Michael Forrestal, Nikita Khrushchev, Ted Sorensen, Jacqueline Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jr., Lyndon Johnson, John Connally, Nellie Connally, Walter Cronkite, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and Earl Warren

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John Kennedy #14: Finding Political Courage (1963); Topics covered include: Kennedy's call for a large tax cut, civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, and the violent tactics of the authorities, the desegregation of the University of Alabama (against the protests of AL Governor George Wallace), Kennedy's push for major civil rights legislation, Kennedy's "Peace Speech," and the signing of the first nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union

Key people include: John Maynard Keynes, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eugene (Bull) Connor, Burke Marshall, George Wallace, Bobby Kennedy, Vivian Malone, James Hood, Nicholas Katzenbach, Lyndon Johnson, Nikita Khrushchev, and Averill Harriman

Correction: At 4:12, should be "desegregated" not "segregated."

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John Kennedy #13: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); Begins with the lead-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and then a day-by-day account of the crisis.

Key people include: Nikita Khrushchev, John McCone, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Bobby Kennedy, Andrei Gromyko, Curtis LeMay, Ted Sorensen, Anatoly Dobrynin, Adlai Stevenson, Valerian Zorin, and Harold Macmillan

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John Kennedy #12: Life in the White House and Second Year Begins (1961-1962); Topics covered include: Joe Kennedy's strike, medical treatment for Kennedy as President, Kennedy's ongoing womanizing as President, the role of Jacqueline Kennedy as First Lady, second State of the Union Address, showdown over prices with the steel industry, Kennedy's cautious approach on civil rights, and his efforts to ensure the admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi

Key people include: Joe Kennedy, Janet Travell, Max Jacobson, Hans Kraus, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lem Billings, Pamela Turnure, Priscilla Wear, Jill Cowan, Mary Pinchot Mayer, Ben Bradlee, Gene Tierney, Arlene Dahl, Jane Mansfield, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Dave Powers, Henry DuPont, Rachel (Bunny) Mellon, Stephane Boudin, Pablo Casals, Roger Blough, Bobby Kennedy, James Meredith, and Ross Barnett

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John Kennedy #11: Learning on the Job Part II: Khrushchev and the Berlin Wall (1961); Space Race and the pledge to land an American on the moon before the end of the decade, trip to Paris on the way to Vienna, two-meeting meeting with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna, Kennedy's strong stand re: the future of Berlin, the Soviets construct the Berlin Wall, and a difficult end to a difficult first year in office

Key people include: Nikita Khrushchev, Jacqueline Kennedy, Averill Harriman, Charles de Gaulle, Lyndon Johnson, and Lucius Clay

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John Kennedy #10: Learning on the Job Part I: Laos and the Bay of Pigs (1961); Topics covered include: First State of the Union Address, domestic agenda (and difficulties with Congress), Civil Rights and the Freedom Riders, crisis in Laos along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the Alliance for Progress with Latin America, the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba and the aftermath of the failure of the mission

Key people include: Martin Luther King, Jr., Lyndon Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower, Ho Chi Minh, Phoumi Nosavan, Fidel Castro, Allen Dulles, Richard Bissell, Ted Sorensen, Ben Bradlee, and Richard Nixon

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John Kennedy #9: Inaugurating a New Generation of Leadership (1960-1961); Topics covered include: President-elect, transition meetings with President Eisenhower at the White House, Cabinet selections, Inaugural Address, and assignments for personal staff and friends

Key people include: Dwight Eisenhower, Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, Allen Dulles, J. Edgar Hoover, McGeorge Bundy, Douglas Dillon, Walter Heller, Bobby Kennedy, Joe Kennedy, Abe Ribicoff, Earl Warren, Ted Sorensen, Jacqueline Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln, Ken O'Donnell, Dave Powers, Larry O'Brien, Paul (Red) Fay, Ralph (Rip) Horton, Torby MacDonald, George Smathers, and Lem Billings

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John Kennedy #8: 1960 Campaign: Convention and the Race Against Nixon (1960); Topics covered include: 1960 Democratic Convention, Kennedy wins the nomination on the first ballot, Lyndon Johnson selected as VP nominee, addresses the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on the religion issue, televised debates against Richard Nixon, introduces the Peace Corps, provides aid to Martin Luther King, Jr., and his family, and Kennedy wins the presidency

Key people include: Richard Daley, David Lawrence, Torby Macdonald, Ted Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Sam Rayburn, Adlai Stevenson, Harry Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Henry Cabot Lodge, Martin Luther King, Jr., Harris Wofford, Sargent Shriver, Coretta Scott King, Ted Sorensen, and Sam Giancana

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John Kennedy #7: 1960 Campaign: Seeking the Democratic Nomination (1956-1960); Topics covered include: Pre-election campaigning, birth of Caroline Kennedy, becomes a political celebrity, speaks out for Algerian independence, serves on the Senate Rackets Committee, campaign strategy: focus on the primaries, formally announced candidacy, the contested primaries in Wisconsin and West Virginia (including the religion issue), continues to face opposition including from former President Harry Truman, and readies for the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles

Key people include: Ted Sorensen, Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower, Bobby Kennedy, Vincent Celeste, Joe Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Stuart Symington, Hubert Humphrey, Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, and Harry Truman

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John Kennedy #6: Searching for Courage (1953-1956); Topics covered include: U.S. Senator, St. Lawrence Seaway, Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism, back surgery and painful recovery, researches and writes "Profiles in Courage," wins the Pulitzer Prize, controversy over authorship and the Pulitzer, controversy over the censure vote on Joe McCarthy, 1956 presidential election, JFK seeks Democratic nomination for Vice President (finishes second), Jacqueline Kennedy delivers a stillborn child, and JFK's ongoing womanizing

Key people include: Jacqueline Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Joe McCarthy, Joe Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Joe Alsop, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund Ross, Lucius Lamar, George Norris, Robert Taft, Ted Sorensen, Drew Pearson, Mike Wallace, Clark Clifford, Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, Estes Kefauver, Arthur Schlesinger, George Smathers, and Lem Billings

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John Kennedy #5: Moving on Up, Politically and Personally (1952-1953); Topics covered include: Campaign for U.S. Senate against Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., victory, picking his Senate staff, dating Jacqueline Bouvier + engagement, wedding, and honeymoon

Key people include: Paul Dever, Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr., Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Dwight Eisenhower, Joe Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Ken O'Donnell, Larry O'Brien, Dave Powers, Eunice Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, Ted Reardon, Mary Davis, Evelyn Lincoln, Ted Sorensen, Jacqueline (Bouvier) Kennedy, John Buchan, Raymond Asquith, and Alan Seeger

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John Kennedy #4: Taking Joe's Place (1945-1952); Topics covered include: End of World War II, JFK as a journalist, decision to enter politics, runs for Congress (and wins), role in the House (extremely limited), social life in the House, extensive travels, and relationship with brother Bobby

Key people include: Joe Kennedy, Sr., Joe Kennedy, Jr., Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, James Curley, Tip O'Neill, Billy Sutton, Joe Russo, George Smathers, Kathleen (Kick) Kennedy, William Cavendish, Daniel Davis, Rose Kennedy, and Bobby Kennedy

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John Kennedy #3: The Skipper of PT-109 (1940-1945); Topics covered include: World War II, peacetime draft, more physical ailments, enlists in the Navy, trained to be a PT boat skipper, deployed to the Solomon Islands, assigned the PT-109, the fateful mission of PT-109 and Kennedy's heroics in saving most of his men, his reaction to the incident, physically unfit for duty, rotated back to the States, the death of his brother Joe, Jr. in Europe, and the reaction to the loss of Joe, Jr.

Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Kennedy, Sr., Joe Kennedy, Jr., Inga Arvad, John Bulkeley, Kathleen Kennedy, Paul (Red) Fay, Patrick (Pappy) McMahon, Barney Ross, Biuku, Eroni, John Hersey, and Wilford Willy

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John Kennedy #2: Harvard (and the World) (1936-1940); Topics covered include: Attends Harvard, JFK's social life, trips to Europe during college, JFK's health, father's government jobs including Ambassador to the UK, rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany, tensions in Europe, Munich Agreement, appeasement, JFK's senior thesis which he turns into a book ("Why England Slept"), and graduation from Harvard

Topics covered include: Attends Harvard, JFK's social life, trips to Europe during college, JFK's health, father's government jobs including Ambassador to the UK, rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany, tensions in Europe, Munich Agreement, appeasement, JFK's senior thesis which he turns into a book ("Why England Slept"), and graduation from Harvard

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John Kennedy #1: Privileged Youth (1917-1936); Topics covered include: Ireland's Potato Famine, Kennedy's family's transition from Ireland to Boston, Marriage of Joseph Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald and the start of their family, sibling rivalry between John (Jack) Kennedy and older brother Joe, Joseph Kennedy's business success and womanizing, JFK's education, JFK's friends, and JFK's illnesses in youth

Key people include: Patrick Kennedy, PJ Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Thomas Fitzgerald, John (Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald, Rose Kennedy, Joe Kennedy, Jr., Lem Billings, Ralph Horton, George St. John, and Harold Laski

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Dwight Eisenhower #16: Public Servant No More (1960-1969); Topics covered include: Election of 1960, end of Eisenhower's presidency including his farewell address, retirement to Gettysburg (PA), writes presidential memoirs, Bay of Pigs, assassination of John Kennedy, 20th anniversary of D-Day, 50th class reunion (West Point), 1964 election, 1968 election, marriage of grandson David to Nixon's daughter Julie, health fades, and death

Key people include: Richard Nixon, John Kennedy, Fidel Castro, George Washington, Mamie Eisenhower, John Moaney, Delores Moaney, Milton Eisenhower, John Eisenhower, Bill Ewald, Vernon Walters, Harry Truman, Margaret Truman, Barry Goldwater, David Eisenhower, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Charles de Gaulle, and Doud ("Icky") Eisenhower

Correction: Reference at 10:12 should be for "Nixon's daughter" and not "Eisenhower's daughter"

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Dwight Eisenhower #15: Final Face-off with Khrushchev (1957-1960); Topics covered include: Arms races, Soviets launch Sputnik satellite, U-2 spy planes, creation of NASA, suffers a stroke, NATO Summit in Paris, Eisenhower Doctrine, intervention in Lebanon, Nikita Khrushchev's ultimatum over Berlin, Khrushchev's visit to the United States, U-2 plane shot down over Soviet Union, and the failed Summit of 1960

Key people include: James Killion, Richard Nixon, Camille Chamoun, Nikita Khrushchev, and Francis Gary Power

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Dwight Eisenhower #14: Ike and Civil Rights (1953-1960); Topics covered include: Eisenhower's approach to civil rights, Earl Warren succeeds Fred Vinson as Chief Justice, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Plessy v. Ferguson, "separate but equal," bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, lunching of Emmett Till, efforts to admit the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High School, and the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960

Key people include: Fred Vinson, Earl Warren, Herbert Brownell, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Emmett Till, Fred Morrow, Ronald Davies, Orval Faubus, William Mann, and the "Little Rock Nine including Minniejean Brown

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Dwight Eisenhower #13: International Crises, Health Scares, and Re-election (1954-1956); Topics covered include: Conflict between Formosa (Chinese Nationalists) and Mainland China (Chinese Communists), Formosa Resolution, Geneva Summit, Ike's Open Skies proposal, suffers heart attack, agrees to run for re-election, agreed to retain Richard Nixon on the ticket, Suez Canal Crisis, and the results of the 1956 election

Key people include: Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-shek, Nikita Khrushchev, Mamie Eisenhower, Hoard Snyder, "Swede" Haslett, Richard Nixon, Adlai Stevenson, Gamal Nasser, and Anthony Eden

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Dwight Eisenhower #12: Covert Action and Domestic Successes (1953-1956); Topics covered include: U.S. sponsored coup in Iran, U.S. sponsored coup in Guatemala, French battles in Vietnam/Indochina, difficulties of the presidency, Ike as a golfer (including criticism of), 1954 midterm elections, and civil works projects: St. Lawrence Seaway and the National Interstate Highway System

Key people include: Harry Truman, Mohammad Mossadegh, John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Fazlollah Zahedi, Jocobo Arbenz, Carlos Armas, Ho Chi Minh, Ngo Dinh Diem, Bernard Montgomery, Woodrow Wilson, Howard Snyder, Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, and Lucius Clay

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Dwight Eisenhower #11: Beginning to Govern: The 'Middle Way' President (1952-1954); Topics covered include: Cabinet selections, fact finding trip to Korea, inauguration as President, death of Joseph Stalin, "Chance for Peace" speech, end of the Korean War, dealings with Congress including conflicts with Republicans, his "Middle Way" as President, McCarthyism (and Ike's role), and his New Look defense policy centered on deterrence and massive retaliation

Key people include: John Foster Dulles, Herbert Brownell, George Humphrey, Sherman Adams, Mark Clark, Fred Vinson, Joseph Stalin, Georgy Malenkov, Syngman Rhee, Robert Taft, William Knowland, Joe McCarthy, Irving Peress, Ralph Zwicker, Robert Stevens, Joseph Welch, Fred Fisher, and Edward R. Murrow

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Dwight Eisenhower #10: The General Agrees to Run (1951-1952); Topics covered include: Election of 1952, efforts to convince Eisenhower to run, agrees to run, wins the Republican nomination, general election campaign, scandal of VP candidate Richard Nixon's so-called "slush fund," conflict with Senator Joe McCarthy regarding George Marshall, makes commitment to got to Korea if he wins, and the landslide victory over Adlai Stevenson

Key people include: Thomas Dewey, Lucius Clay, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Herbert Brownell, Robert Taft, Jacqueline Cochrane, Mamie Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy, Dean Acheson, George Marshall, and Harry Truman

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Dwight Eisenhower #9: Interim Postings (1945-1951); Topics covered include: Named Army Chief of Staff, end of relationship with Kay Summersby, death of mother, marriage of son, denies interest in politics (1948), becomes President of Columbia University, serves as Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, begins to paint, Korean War, and becomes Supreme Commander of NATO

Key people include: Mamie Eisenhower, Kay Summersby, Ida Eisenhower, Barbara (Thompson) Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Milton Eisenhower, Thomas Watson, Nicholas Butler, James Forrestal, and "Swede" Haslett

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Dwight Eisenhower #8: Victory in Europe (1944-1945); Topics covered include: Liberation of Paris, Strategy to end the war, liberation of Paris, promoted to General of the Army (5 stars), Battle of the Bulge, Franklin Roosevelt's fourth inauguration, Yalta Conference, capture of the Ruhr, death of Franklin Roosevelt, Ike visits a Concentration Camp, Germany surrenders, speech at Guildhall, and celebrated as a hero when he returns to the United States

Key people include: Charles de Gaulle, Franklin Roosevelt, Philippe Leclerc, Bernard Montgomery, Omar Bradley, George Patton, Hans Speidel, Kay Summersby, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Karl Donitz, Alfred Jodl, and King George VI

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Dwight Eisenhower #7: Supreme Allied Commander - OVERLORD (1943-1944); Topics covered include: Named Supreme Allied Commander, trip to the States, planning Operation OVERLORD, weather issues and go/no-go decision, visiting soldiers before D-Day, D-Day landings, and battles in the immediate aftermath of D-Day

Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, George Marshall, Mamie Eisenhower, Kay Summersby, Bernard Montgomery, Omar Bradley, Adolf Hitler, George Patton, John Stagg, Kay Summersby, and John Eisenhower

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Dwight Eisenhower #6: Supreme Commander - Sicily, Italy … and Kay (1943-1944); Topics covered include: Wartime relationship with Kay Summersby, Campaigns in Sicily and Italy, slapping incident with George Patton, and look ahead to Operation OVERLORD

Key people include: Kay Summersby, Mamie Eisenhower, Richard Arnold, Omar Bradley, Benito Mussolini, Bernard Montgomery, George Patton, Charles Kuhl, and Paul Bennett, and Mark Clark

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Dwight Eisenhower #5: Supreme Commander - North Africa (1942-1943); Topics covered include: Establishes himself as Commander of U.S. forces in Europe, North Africa Campaign (Operation TORCH) (including planning and execution), time at Telegraph Cottage with personal staff, gets a dog (Telek), relationship with French re: North Africa, battle for and victory in Tunisia, and victory parade

Key people include: Mark Clark, Carl Spaatz, John Lee, Harry Butcher, Kay Summersby, Winston Churchill, Bernard Montgomery, Erwin Rommel, Ernest King, Frank Murphy, Henri Giraud, Jean-Louis Francois Darlan, Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Kenneth Anderson, Alan Brooke, and Charles de Gaulle

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Dwight Eisenhower #4: The Next Great War (1940-1942); Topics covered include: World War II, pre-war exercises/maneuvers, Pearl Harbor attack, U.S. enters war, assignment to War Plans Division (and successor Operations Division), death of father, meets Kay Summersby, assesses command in Britain, and named Commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe

Key people include: Jake DeWitt, Walter Krueger, Adolph Hitler, Mark Clark, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Mamie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, James, Cheney, Kay Summersby, Richard Arnold, Joseph McNarney, Fox Conner, George Mosely, John Pershing, and Francis Wilby

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Dwight Eisenhower #3: Staff Officer to the Stars (1919-1938); Topics covered include: Post-war assignments including tanks at Camp Meade, mentorship by senior officers, death of son doud ("Icky") Eisenhower, assignment in Panama, finishes first in class at Command General Staff School and the Army War College, assignment to the American Battle Monuments Commission (in the U.S. and France), assignment to General Staff in Washington, Bonus March (1932), assignment in the Philippines, and relationship with Douglas MacArthur

Key people include: Mamie Eisenhower, George Patton, Fox Conner, John Pershing, Mamie Eisenhower, Doud ("Icky") Eisenhower, Gee Gerow, John Pershing, George Mosely, Frederick Payne, Douglas MacArthur, Manuel Quezon, James Ord, and Adolf Hitler

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Dwight Eisenhower #2: World War I: Stateside Service (1915-1918); Topics covered include: Assignment to Fort Sam Houston, meets and marries Mamie Doud, World War I (including U.S. entry), Eisenhower's wartime assignments including commander of the Army's first armored command at Camp Colt, birth of son (Doud), Spanish Flu, , and the armistice and Ike's disappointment in not being deployed during the war

Key people include: Fred Funston, Mamie Doud, Woodrow Wilson, Pancho Villa, John Pershing, Charles Evans Hughes, Doud ("Icky") Eisenhower, and Ira Welborn

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Dwight Eisenhower #1: Man from Abilene (1890-1915); Topics covered include: Family background, parents, early life in Abilene (KS), gains nomination and acceptance to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and attends West Point (including graduation and commission in the U.S. Army)

Key people include: Hans Nicholas Eisenhower, Jacob Eisenhower, David Eisenhower Ida (Stover) Eisenhower), Milton Good, Wild Bill Hickok, Edgar Eisenhower, George Washington, Everett "Swede" Haslet, Joseph Bristow, Henry Shaw, and Omar Bradley

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Harry Truman #14: From 'Mr. President' to 'Mr. Citizen' (1951-1972); Topics covered include: Korean War, establishment of NATO forces, charges of corruption and response, visit by Winston Churchill, completion of White House renovation, seizing the steel mills and defeat at the Supreme Court, 1952 election, furious with Dwight Eisenhower over disrespect of George Marshall, end of Truman's presidency, writes memoirs, death of Joseph Stalin, armistice in Korea, Truman's Presidential Library, travel to Europe, Margaret Truman's marriage, health issues, death of Truman, and perspective

Key people include: Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Vaughn, Winston Churchill, Hugo Black, Tom Clark, Adlai Stevenson, Joseph McCarthy, George Marshall, Merle Miller, Joseph Stalin, Herbert Hoover, Earl Warren, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, Dean Acheson, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth, Margaret Truman, Clifton Daniel, Stuart Symington, and Bess Truman

Correction at 12:52, reference should be "Truman" not "Hoover."

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Harry Truman #13: Korea and MacArthur (1950-1951); Topics covered include: Korean War, United Nations engagement, Douglas MacArthur's landing at Inchon, meeting between Truman and MacArthur at Wake Island, assassination attempt by Puerto Rican Nationalists, China enters the war, death of Charlie Ross, Truman objects to critique of Margaret Truman's singing concert, Douglas MacArthur publicly disagrees with Truman's policies in Korea, Truman fires MacArthur and the reaction to the firing, and a summary of the Korean War

Key people include: Kim Il Sung, Syngman Rhee, Dean Acheson, Douglas MacArthur, China Kai-shek, Louis Johnson, George Marshall, Oscar Collazo, Griselio Torresola, Donald Birdzell, Leslie Coffelt, Joseph Downs, Charlie Ross, Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, Paul Hume, Matthew Ridgway, and Joe Martin

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Harry Truman #12: Second Term (1949-1950); Topics covered include: Staffing changes, White House renovation, Fair Deal, Hoover Commission, Inauguration Day, Berlin Airlift, establishment of NATO, Soviet Union tests an atomic bomb, decision to move forward with the Hydrogen Bomb, Soviet-backed espionage, House Un-American Activities Committee, and McCarthyism

Key people include: George Marshall, Dean Acheson, Clark Clifford, Louis Johnson, James Forrestal, Margaret Truman, Franklin Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Merle Miller, Margaret Truman, Klaus Fuchs, Julius Rosenberg, Ethel Rosenberg, Alger Hiss, and Joseph McCarthy

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Harry Truman #11: Dewey Defeats Truman? Stop the Presses! (1948); Topics covered include: Election of 1948, Democratic nomination, Whistle Stop Tour, other candidates (Tom Dewey, Strom Thurmond, and Henry Wallace), predictions for Truman's defeat, and victory at the polls

Key people include: James Roosevelt, Thomas Dewey, Alben Barkley, Strom Thurmond, and Henry Wallace

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Harry Truman #10: Standing Up for What's Right: Civil Rights and Israel (1940-1948); Topics covered include: Civil rights, including the report "To Secure These Rights," recommendations to Congress, and executive orders (including desegregation of the military), the future of Palestine and the decision by the U.S. to recognize the new state of Israel

Key people include: Clark Clifford, David Niles, Chaim Weizmann, Eddie Jacobson, Warren Austin, George Marshall, and Yitzhak Herzog

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Harry Truman #9: Iron Curtain, Truman's Resolve (1946-1949); Topics covered include: Postwar labor strife, Cold War, "Iron Curtain" speech (Winston Churchill), 1946 midterm elections, George Marshall becomes Secretary of State, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin blockade/airlift, and death of Martha Truman

Key people include: A.F. Whitney, Alvanley Johnson, John Lewis, James Byrnes, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, George Marshall, Arthur Vandenberg, Lucius Clay, and Martha Truman

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Harry Truman #8: Potsdam and Dropping the Bomb (1945); Topics covered include: Potsdam Conference, debates and agreements, successful test of the atomic bomb, agreement to use the bomb on Japan, Potsdam Declaration, distrust growing with the Soviets, gives order to use the atomic bomb on Japan, bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end of World War II in the Pacific, impact of the atomic bombs and no regrets by Truman

Key people include: Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Averill Harriman, James Byrnes, William Leahy, Henry Stimson, George Marshall, Clement Atlee, Emperor Hirohito, and Douglas MacArthur

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Harry Truman #7: Weight of the World (1945); Topics covered include: Death of President Franklin Roosevelt, becomes the 33rd President of the United States, initial actions and decisions as President, differences with Roosevelt, initial relationship with Congress, knowledge of the Manhattan Project, end of World War II in Europe, U.S. relations with the Soviet Union, approval of the charter for the new United Nations, relationship with Herbert Hoover, changes in the Cabinet, and changes in his personal staff

Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Harlan Stone, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Stimson, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Edward Stettinius, Vyacheslav Molotov, Joseph Stalin, Herbert Hoover, James Byrnes, Bob Hannegan, Robert Patterson, Fred Vinson, Charlie Ross, Matt Connelly, and Harry Vaughn

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Harry Truman #6: A Heartbeat Away (1944-1945); Topics covered include: Election of 1944, selection of the Democratic nominee for Vice President, Democratic National Convention, Truman agrees to run for Vice President, Franklin Roosevelt and Truman nominated by the Democrats, Roosevelt beats Thomas Dewey - Truman elected Vice President, inaugural, roles Vice President, and the death of President Roosevelt

Key people include: Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, James Byrnes, Sam Rayburn, Alben Barkley, William Douglas, Bob Hannegan, Ed Flynn, Ed Harris, Ed Pauley, Tom Evans, Bess Wallace, Harry Vaughn, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Anna Roosevelt

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Harry Truman #5: The Truman Committee (1941-1944); Topics covered include: Begins second term in the Senate, volunteers to join army (rejected), investigates waste at Fort Leonard Wood, Committee for the Investigation of the National Defense Program (the Truman Committee) approved, hires Hugh Fulton, investigations over military and contractors including Alcoa, the Curtis-Wright Aeronautical Corporation, and U.S. Steel among others, topics avoided by committee, summary of the committee's results and impact, and the positive reviews of the work of Chairman Truman

Franklin Roosevelt, George Marshall, Robert Jackson, Hugh Fulton, Brehon Somerville, and Henry Stimson

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Harry Truman #4: Senator from Pendergast (1935-1940); U.S. Senator, relationship with Roosevelt administration, relationship with Tom Pendergast, work in the Interstate Commerce Committee, Civil Aeronautics Act, Railroad Transportation Act, election of Lloyd Stark as Governor, health and legal troubles for Tom Pendergast, 1940 re-election campaign, views on civil rights, and victory

Key people include: Tom Pendergast, Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Robinson, Pat Harrison, Alben Barkley, Burton Wheeler, Lloyd Stark, Maurice Milligan, Martha Truman, Bennett Clark, Bob Hannegan, and Larry McDaniel

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Harry Truman #3: Failed Businessman to Machine Politician (1919-1934); Topics covered include: Marries Bess Wallace, opens Haberdashery with Eddie Jacobson, store fails and closes amid recession, associated with the Pendergast political machine, elected county judge, birth of Mary Margaret Truman, loses re-election, in between jobs, meets Tom Pendergast, elected presiding judge, project to pave 250 miles of roads, new courthouse in Kansas City, refurbishes courthouse in Independence, 1934 senate campaign, and elected U.S. Senator

Key people include: Bess (Wallace) Truman, Madge Wallace, Eddie Jacobson, Jim Pendergast, Mike Pendergast, Tom Pendergast, Mary Margaret Truman, Roscoe Patterson, John Cochran, and Jacob "Tuck" Milligan

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Harry Truman #2: Captain Harry (1914-1919); Topics covered include: World War I, U.S. enters war, enlists, elected a first lieutenant, training at Fort Doniphan, head of the regimental canteen, ships off to Europe, promoted to Captain, placed in charge of Battery D, combat, armistice, demobilization, returns home, and receives Loving Cup from the men of Battery D

Key people include: Karl Klemm, Eddie Jacobson, Martha Truman, Mary Jane Truman, Bess Wallace, Arthur Wilson, Glen Wooldridge, John Pershing, and the men of Company D

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Harry Truman #1: Farmer from Missouri (1884-1917); Topics covered include: Parents, youth, glasses, piano, school, attraction to Bess Wallace, initial jobs after high school, joins the Missouri National Guard, becomes a farmer, father dies, and courting Bess (including engagement)

Key people include: John Truman, Martha (Young) Truman, Harrison Young, Solomon Young, Anderson Truman, Vivian Truman, Mary Jane Truman, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, Abraham Lincoln, Bess Wallace, Harriet Young, Ethel Noland, and Madge Wallace

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Franklin Roosevelt #16: Fourth Term, Yalta, and Legacy (1944-1945); Topics covered include: World War II, agrees to run for Fourth Term, insists on Harry Truman as VP, Roosevelt's health deteriorating, Missy LeHand dies, agrees with Winston Churchill to keep the Manhattan Project a secret from the Soviets, general election campaign and victory, fourth inaugural, meeting with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Yalta, post-war plans, trouble with the Soviets after Yalta, trip to Warm Springs where Roosevelt dies, burial, and legacy/perspective

Key people include: Thomas Dewey, Henry Wallace, James Burns, William Douglas, Bob Hannegan, Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz, Missy LeHand, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Neihls Bohr, Fala (Roosevelt's dog), Frances Perkins, Edith Wilson, Laura Delano, Daisy Suckley, Lucy (Mercer) Rutherfurd, Elizabeth Shoutmatoff, Howard Bruenn, and Eleanor Roosevelt

Correction: Reference should be for April 12 (not April 11) at 16:07.

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Franklin Roosevelt #15: The Big Three and D-Day (1943-1944); Topics covered include: World War II, meetings with Winston Churchill at Washington and Quebec, expansion of the Manhattan Project (atomic bomb), meeting with Churchill and Joseph Stalin at Teheran and negotiations, relationship with Stalin, agree to cross-channel invasion (Operation Overlord), names Dwight Eisenhower commander of Overlord, resumes relationship with Lucy (Mercer) Rutherfurd, health deteriorates, plight of European Jews and the American response, GI Bill of Rights, and D-Day

Key people include: Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Leslie Groves, Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Dwight Eisenhower, Chiang Kai-Shek, George Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt, Louis Howe, Missy LeHand, Harry Hopkins, Lucy (Mercer) Rutherfurd, Howard Bruenn, Breckinridge Long, Randolph Paul, Henry Morgenthau, and John Pehlee

Correction: Reference should be for Winthrop (not William) at 8:50.

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