Shelby Foote Audio Interview from 7/27/1994 Civil War Historian Gettysburg RARE
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- This audio interview is with Shelby Foote from July 27, 1994. In this interview Foote discusses his new book: Stars and Their Courses The Gettysburg Campaign, along with other Civil War topics.
Thanks for posting these Shelby Foote interviews. I never tire of hearing him.
Me too. I think he enjoyed writing far more than talking but glad we have these.
Shelby Foote is the premier historian of the American Civil war and his ability to tell the story is unrivaled
Shelby Foote has a great voice that makes you believe everything he says.
He is an international treasure
What a genuine and candid fella he was. He lives on in all the admiration. What a tribute🫡
Excellent
He is correct about treating history sentimentally. While he was in the military, the children back home were taught a sentimental vision of American history. They never let it go. As a result, they and later generations have been taken advantage of.
Legend.
From back when NPR was worth a damn.
It's a shame the audio level is so low on this.
I can listen to him all day. He’s a national treasure. Sounds like pre-woke NPR interview.
I agree: well put, he was a ‘national treasure’
Foote is quite correct about the lingering feelings among the more cultured in the South . It was very much there when my family moved to Memphis in 1972. I don’t think working folk, black or white, cared. Too busy trying to make a living.
The South has done more soul searching and course correcting in the last fifty years than the rest of the country combined f he as done ever. Anyone who says differently didn’t live through it.
I very much respect Mr. Foote and love his writings on the war, but I disagree with some of his comments here. Particularly the comment about the war “settling” things and the one about the war being the only way to settle the conflict. For one, the sectional conflict could have been settled in the way that was proposed by the South, to wit, letting the states peacefully secede. There were no casualties during the bombardment of Fort Sumter (and both sides were at fault there. The South fired first but Anderson snuck into the fort in the dead of night, taking it while negotiations were underway and Lincoln tried to supply the fort). Lincoln could have proposed to continue to negotiate payment for the fort in exchange for acquiescing to the secession of the Southern states. In addition to avoiding bloodshed, only the Deep South would have left and the border states like Virginia would have most likely remained in the Union. Lincoln ignored the advice of General Scott and his Secretary of State, William H. Seward and started a conflict that could have been mostly avoided, albeit with a smaller US.
Secondly, the war may have settled the slavery question ultimately, but it did not settle the question of secession or of states’ rights. There are still secession movements today in places like Texas, California and New Hampshire that could succeed given the right amount of support. It’s not as if no one is suggesting it. There are also still plenty of instances of nullification (drug laws, gun laws etc.). So it may have appeared to have settled certain questions of federalism, but not indefinitely.
If you can edit the pretentious NPR interviewer out, this would be perfect.
Terry Gross is not pretentious. You need to listen to her program. I Listen daily because zhe isn't.
Is this an NPR thing? They're annoying.
Yes, NPR.
@@Joe-ww7ej Ok, I wasn't trying to be rude to you as I highly appreciate your uploads. That real soft voice they do on there just never worked for my style. Thanks Joe!
In fairness, Shelby Foote was very soft spoken anyway.
When you're softly spoken...people listen.
Woke NPR would NEVER have someone like him on today.
@jude999, so true. He had an accurate feel and understanding on the pulse of 19th century America that doesn’t fit their narrative. I have to admit though, I’d love to see Shelby handle one of these woke interviewers of today, or maybe a guest on The View. 🤣
He was GREAT. As a Southern gentleman he would be appalled at some of these comments!
Ridiculous comment, they have and do. What medium actually has historians and authors interviewed at length on any number of topics on a regular basis? National (your national) Public (that's me and you) Radio (On every day, all over the country) but go watch Fox news and listen to somebody who can't even read a book let alone write one if that makes you feel better.
@@jimhazel1544 I disagree with you. They are very slanted today as opposed to
the way they were just 20 years ago. I have been around since they started in 1972. I raised money for them. BUT they are NOT as objective as they were "back in the day". And yes, while I don't agree with Gross, I used to like her. I no longer listen to her as she has become so slanted.
@@jimhazel1544 I tune in every now and then. Last time, they were talking about how Majorie Taylor Greene’s comments about a black representative’s fake eyelashes were racist. They took a “balanced” approach and interviewed a black woman and a lesbian to elucidate on how both the comment and the reaction to it were racist, sexist and transphobic. Every time I tune in it’s along the same lines. Everything needs to focus on race or gender. Not woke you say?