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150 years ago in july of 1864 a Confederate Army of about 12,000 troops nearly invaded washington, d. C. Next historian and journalist takes us on a tour of battlefields in maryland and washington, d. C. To tell the and the battlecy of fort stevens where general early probed the defenses of the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. Consider what could have happened with an entire core of troops let loose in washington, d. C. The cap the treasury was there for the looting, the trea...

By a freelance journalist and author based in philadelphia. She has been a labor columnist, teen vogue, since 2018 and her writing on labor class, politics and culture has appeared in the new republic. The washington post, the baffler and the nation, esquire and many others. Kelly has also as a video correspondent for more perfect union, the Real News Network and tv. Previously, she was a heavy metal editor. Advice and was a Founding Member of the vice union fight like hell the untold story of a...

You told me that i was going to enjoy a 400 page book on the history of semiconductors, i would have said you were crazy. But this reads like a spy novel. It is. It is. It is absolutely gripping, believe it or not, you know, going back to the 1950s when they semiconductor. First of all, the concept of the semiconductor. But subsequently the the evolution of the industry began. So im just so thrilled to be joined by professor chris miller. And chris, i really again great book could not have been ...

Correspondent for more perfect union, the Real News Network and tv. Previously, she was a heavy metal editor. Advice and was a Founding Member of the vice union fight like hell the untold story of america is her first book, who. Accident maximillian alvarez, the editor in chief of the Real News Network in baltimore, the author of the work of living, the host of working people, a podcast, the lives of jobs, dreams and struggles. The working class today. Prior to joining the real news, he was an a...

By a freelance journalist and author based in philadelphia. She has been a labor columnist, teen vogue, since 2018 and her writing on labor class, politics and culture has appeared in the new republic. The washington post, the baffler and the nation, esquire and many others. Kelly has also as a video correspondent for more perfect union, the Real News Network and tv. Previously, she was a heavy metal editor. Advice and was a Founding Member of the vice union fight like hell the untold story of a...

Former division chief of the cia office of soviet affairs argues that our current level of spending on defense is excessive and is making us less secure. This 45 Minute Program is next on book tv. Thank you for that introduction and for the invitation to come out here to discuss the book. Let me say a few things on why i wrote the book in the first place. Several years ago, bob gates the secretary of defense noted before he announced he was going to leave the administration that he was going to ...

Take a tour of the Smithsonians National museum of american history. And 9 00 p. M. Nicholas griffin examines chinas use of the game of pingpong to recast their Foreign Policy initiatives in the early 1970s. We wrap all primetime programming in the 10 00 p. M. Eastern with afterwards. And the author of negros and the gun, the black tradition of guns. That happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Former secret Service Agent dan bongino talks about his life and experiences protecting president s george ...

This book in some ways gives voice to those people and those concerns, and hopefully will cause others in the community to at least engage the question at a more serious level than just the reflex reaction against guns that is sort of a caricature of what the actual conversation needs to be. Host certainly has given me rope to revisit my thinking about guns and with a more historically informed perspective. Thank you for that contribution. Guest thank you for your interview. Next, robert gates a...

Now without slavery in creating the superpower. Its a very powerful revision of american history, economic is very and i think its a tremendously important book. There is a quick preview of some of the books coming out by basic books, an imprint of the Perseus Books group. Lynn sherr recalls the life of sally ride, the First American woman in space. This 45 Minute Program is next on the tv. So, onto the reason why you are all here. Im so pleased to welcome lynn sherr for her new biography trend ...

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