And topics list on the upper right side of the page. Ian burumoa examines after world war ii and looks at the transformative nature of the war from the displacement of people in the better warn cities in europe and japan to the creation of the United Nations and the continued rise of communis commn the soviet union and china. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. Ian buruma the henry r. Luce professor of human rights and journalism was educated. Hes won several awards for his work among them the International Prize and the shore and steamed journalism award. The publication he writes for and within new york review of books, new yorker, New York Times and the guardian, which the guardian recently published a highly learned and highly entertaining review of the British Museum exhibition sex and pleasure in japanese art. Among the previous books are really jenny and democracy on three continents, murder in amsterdam will europe and tolerance and inventing japan 1863 to 1964. In the year
and you don t get that easily. c-span: you said the magic two words: robert capa. guest: right. c-span: who was he? guest: robert capa was perhaps the most famous war photographer of all time. many people have now seen a new movie called saving private ryan, which is based on the landing on omaha beach on d-day, june 6th, 1944. and i was the editor of bob capa s pictures of the real thing. he was my colleague at life magazine. c-span: it wasn t his real name. guest: no, his real name was andre friedmann. he was born in in budapest, and took the name capa because it was short and good in almost any language. c-span: i want to come back to robert capa in a moment, but john morris lived in how many places in the world? guest: well, there s six cities in my life. i grew up in chicago. i ve worked mostly in new york, but i spent a year in los angeles. i ve worked in washington for several years. and during the war, i lived and worked in london. and now i live in paris. c