P. M. Eastern, 1 00 p. M. Pacific, here on American History tv. Next, historians put the president ial debates in perspective in this online forum hosted by the american historical association. We will hear from Yale University is joe freeman, and newton minnow, who currently serves as a member of the commission on president ial debates. It is an honor to introduce todays panel chair. Joanne freeman with a particular focus on clinical violence. Froman has one fellowships the, centers for scholars and writers, the american historical association, and the library of congress. Best book award. Her most recent book explores violence in the u. S. Congress between 1830 and the civil war, and what it suggests about the nation will american professionalism exceptionalism, and longstanding groups of the civil war. Welcome. Anne it is my pleasure to be introduce the three people who will join us on the panel today. First, Kathryn Brownell is an associate professor and editor at the washington po
Companies as a Public Service and brought you today, your television provider. Up next, the Manhattan Project is a subject of a lecture by George Mason University history professor Martin Sherman is the author of a world destroyed, harris she met and its like a cease and a coauthor of a pulitzer winner, mr. Sherman details the development of the atomic bomb, beginning with the discovery efficient in 1938 through the use of atomic bombs in cities like kawasaki and hershey. The event was hosted in washington d. C. It is just under two hours. Our speaker tonight is martin sure. When hes the professor at the history at martin mason. Hes also the author of a world destroyed, the atomic bomb and the world, alliance which won the historic foreign relations, as well as the american book prize. It was a 1975 finalist for it is subtitled hiroshima and its legacies. Hes held appointments at the cardoza fund, visiting as this thing professor at American History at Yale University and as the burnet
Fellow for International Studies here at stanford. Going to discuss the brandnew booking see the title on their slide on your screen, the button the Nuclear Arms Race for president ial power which puts readers on the frontline of Nuclear History and offers policy prescription for a safer future. As many of you know he served as a 19th u. S. Secretary of defense nick Clinton Administration defense policy armscontrol and along undistinguished history at stanford he is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution as well part he was the codirector of the center for International Securities in 1998 to 1993 and completed both his bachelors and masters degree in mathematics here at stanford which is particular impressive to me because i did not get into stanford either as an undergraduate or graduate. Hes now the michael and barbara emerita at stanford. Its great we can see you today, we also are thrilled to have his coauthor here. So tom is a director is 30 years of washington d. C. Experienci
Bombs that were dropped by the u. S. Military during the vietnam war. Panelists include an environmentalist, a vietnam veteran, and several Staff Members from project for new, a vietnambased educational and bomber moving excavation bomb removing excavation. This was hosted in conjunction with the vietnam traveling exhibit. Hello. Interlude, an interlude that will remind us of 50 years ago in a very different way, but i want to first make two informational points. One is, you see that poster that is over there . What that is is imagining the wall if it represented all of vietnamese, lao, and cambodian that were killed. Our numbers were the different than the ones we heard today, but in any case, the white is there, that recognition of all of the deaths is a far more massive issue. I would like to introduce mary poster, if she will stand up. You will hear her at the white house tonight. Poignantlyer speak about her situation. Mary is from ball state university, where they organized the o
A potential toxic brew at. A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nick and its great to have you with us now our top story this hour the International Olympic committee has stated that russias Sports Movement is cleared of any any wrongdoing in the latest anti doping scandal the i. O. C. However says it will support tough sanctions on russian or fortys which have been accused of manipulating anti doping databases this comes after a World Antidoping Agency committee this tuesday recommended a 4 year ban be applied to russia for all major sporting events it gave me the details earlier. So just a day after the World Antidoping Agency came out with their accommodation for a 4 year ban on the russian side consisting of many elements the International Olympic Committee Said that it would support the toughest measures against those responsible for the manipulations with the databases but they pointed out that they believe the russian athletes and also the Russia