I want to tell you what my reaction to this book is because i have had the opportunity to read it already. It is one of three books in the last 20 years i read cover to cover in one sitting. I dont read quickly. The reason i read it cover to cover in one sitting is it is extremely well written. It is graceful prose of an oldfashioned sort. And second, it is wonderfully , when i was taught in graduate school to refer to as a revisionist work in history. All good works of history if they are good are revisionist in some way, but he is telling us a new story about the coming of the revolution in massachusetts. A story you might have thought was already told to death. Of twook is a reflection things. One, really good oldfashioned history writing of a kind we dont see as much as we used to. And the second thing is, it is indicative of the emergence of what i think is a new sort of history writing or a new kind of history research. In ways itossible was not possible 20 years ago to andarch t
American history tv. Of our Charter Communications partners, we will explore the history of this city of about 180,000 residents. Located in the central part of massachusetts, it grew into an Industrial Center with the creation of the Blackstone Canal in the early 19th century. Coming up, we will against at some of the citys early industrial contributions as we visit the historical museum. The story of worcester is a great economic engine in the early 19th and 20th century. Its the story of the Industrial Heritage that starts at the time of the Blackstone Canal. 1828, it opens and while there was a small industry in worcester before that, we focus on the beginnings and go to the 21st century. I explained her, we will hear about the history of Mechanics Hall, the cultural cornerstone of the city and today, and internationally regarded music meeting place. We begin the hour with the trip to the campus of Clark University and their special collection to learn about robert of the, the inve
Overreaction in what youre suggesting where you had sort of come if you had their actual case of some had a grudge against their neighbor would say, you know what a german accent would say he was a nazi and it turned out he didnt like his neighbor. So by the 80s we were finally going after these guys and enjoy people who were not nazis were swept up in office. All this. So what from one extreme to the other. And about the death camps that have been turned into prisons for the former holocaust arrestees were was the press . Didnt the American Press look at that situation . You know, surprisingly there were actually stories about this. That report to truman which i had never heard of before, actually did get a fair amount of press in the u. S. Jewish groups were complaining both before and after the report, and were drawing attention to this but there was a report in the stars and stripes a month or two after the war ended out of italy where you still had germany surrendered six weeks, t
For example in wales who was edgar snows wife. There were a lot of them and some of them stayed on. A polish jewish refugee who went to china early in the war to escape the nazis became a member of the Chinese Communist party stayed in china until his death a thing. He was still there. I met him 1980 or 1981 at the American Embassy of all places. Thank you. [applause] their books for sale and you can bring them back here for him to sign. [inaudible conversations] booktv recently visited wheeling West Virginia with the help of the local cable partner comcast. We start a trip with Jeff Rutherford. His book, combating genocide on the eastern front, examines combat and occupation policies of the german army during world war ii. We are with Jeff Rutherford author of combating genocide on the eastern front. Why did you write this book collects. Ive always been interested in the Second World War and the war was between nazi germany and the soviet union so i looked for my dissertation and i wa
Stuffing envelopes and right addresses and 2 was writing in the globes. Now we get beyond the loaves for free. If we who are at this lose the internet the people who we are resisting still have access to the coordinated technology and this enormous multiplier for them through which they can extend their power by millionfold and we dont. So is pretty substantial. Thank you all very much for coming. [applause] thank you again to read and not. [applause] anything you would like at the time. I will happily make your books nonreturnable. [laughter] clergy led me to sit . Do you know . [inaudible conversations] speed manicurists and programs to watch for in the threeday Holiday Weekend at the tv. Welcome to wheeling, West Virginia on tv located in the northern panhandle of the state with the First Capital West Virginia known as the friendly city. Due to its location along the ohio river in Historic National road, wheeling bowed desmond estriol in the early 20th century. It is kind of here in