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He utilized recently on classified tapes and documents to report on the interworkings of of the Nixon Administration during the watergate scandal. Im going to put this down here, okay, good evening. I am bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose along with my wife. On behalf of of the entire staff, thank you so much for coming. A few quick administrative notes. Now would be a good time to silence any cell phones or other things that might go beep. When we get to the q and a part of the sessi...

Guest all i will say is i stand behind the book for geithner you are you emotionally attached. I am not. It is an honest book. I am so pleased to welcome to the store this evening. To launch the book we are doubly pleased to have him. The book is kissinger is a shadow but he is likely known to you for his earlier book which was a finalist for the buck Pulitzer Prize and the National Book award and also the author of the empire of necessity and the blood of guatemala. Hes a professor of history a...

Watergate scandal. [inaudible conversations] im going to put this down here for just now. Okay. Good ioning. Good evening. Im bradley graham, coowner of politics prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine. On behalf of the entire staff, thank you so much for coming. A few quick administrative notes. Now would be a good time to silence any cell phones or other things that might go beep. When we get to the q a art of the session part of the session, we invite anybody to ask a question, but we ask t...

I am pleased to welcome craig to the store this evening as his first visit at politics prose also though wanted his book is called kissingers shadow but he would be likely known for his earlier book which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book award. Also the empire and of necessity a professor of history at New York University and has written for a variety of publications including the New York Times and Los Angeles Times and a recipient of fellowship from the Guggenheim Fo...

World war ii and the years pacificd, he shaped the in a way that no one else has. Documentspository of and artifacts is a significant component. Quite a remarkable shift for me as i understood what chris is up to down there. That is his day job and by night, he is still in love with the american civil war. On to since gone perryville where he was in charge of the battlefield out there. He has gone on to the George Patton museum which landed him at the mccarthy memorial. He still goes to bed at n...

Up next, cia director john brennan discusses the history of the president s daily brief. Following his remarks the panel of former Intelligence Officers and giving brief offers discuss the documents importance. The cia, lyndon b. Johnson president ial library, and the university of texas at austin cohosted this event as part of a symposium entitled the president s daily brief, delivering intelligence to the first customer. Is about two hours and 15 minutes. Good afternoon. Growth, director of th...

Forgotten war, but it was the first talk or in the cold war, in which the United States really did go to war with communist enemies. In this case, north korea and the volunteer army in china. And because it really does impact our world today. Korea is one of our most important allies, trading partners, and so our involvement in korea was a very important moment. Vietnam is very important for its role in activism and in getting many of the younger people in the United States involved in politics,...

Do you know him . very slightly and i dont think he knew me at all. You have to understand that i was a very insignificant player. Man,s working for dick fein that is how i knew people at all. I was working for him at a very basic level. And i a desk calculator did that for him a lot and if he inman had thek fe kind of electronic, programmable electric calculator that you can buy today for 50, he would not all. Needed me at luckily for me, he did need that, so i had the opportunity to be with hi...

Coming up next, contributors and editors from the book the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement, discuss their personal experiences and that movement. The Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office Hosted this event. Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the book launch for the people make the piece, lessons from the vietnam Antiwar Movement. Hi, my name is doug hofstetter. Of thee director Mennonite Central Committee. United nations office. I actually got my start du...

Our first speaker this morning comes to us from the macarthur memorial in a norfolk, virginia. When i was there visiting this spring. It was my first opportunity to get it down and visit. He said the only thing that is equitable for the type of thing he is overseeing would be a president ial library. That stunned me a little bit. That is a significant thing. If you think about what Douglas Macarthur did during world war ii, afterwards in korea, he really shaped the face of the pacific in a way t...