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Wrote one of our newsletters and it suddenly occurred to me that for people ,ow who are our age then vietnam is to them, chronologically, what world war i was for us. But not know about you, world war i did not weigh heavily on my imagination at all. The question is, why is vietnam still weighing on our imaginations . It is not so hard to understand. Faults of the ken did touch on it the fact that it is an unresolved question in this society. Hopefully when we have that discussion later this afternoon ,e will talk about the ways intentionally or not, it has opened the door for far more discuss...

Of you who know him, Gar Alperovitz can, our speaker for this evening. First, let me pay tribute to andy and busboys and poets for this [applause] andy is a friend, an activist and remarkable entrepreneur. Hes built these vibrant centers of good food and good drink anded good discussion, and we get to enjoy it here tonight. Gar alperovitz, if you dont know him, is a national treasure. He is a pathbreaking historian, a political economist, a strategist, an author and an organizer. Hes worked in both houses of congress. Hes created centers of political economy. Hes written pathbreaking books in ...

With the latest history news. While working at the Rand Corporation in 1967, Daniel Ellsberg became a consultant to the Defense Department in the white house, giving him access to classified and topsecret documents. He photocopied a study that later became known as the pentagon papers. In 1971 he gave those documents to the new york times. Coming up next, part one of a twopart interview with Daniel Ellsberg. He talks about his opinions on the vietnam war and the leaking of the pentagon papers. The Richard Nixon president ial library conducted this interview. This portion is about one hour and ...

The 37th president s administration. This portion is about one hour 20 minutes. Right from the beginning and until late in 1971 for a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearing. Precisely because i knew they did not tell the whole story for an adequate story. I knew a lot of what was excluded from them and what you needed was oral testimony preferably under oath. Of people who really knew the decisionmaking at the time and could explain what was the implications of these papers. When things were written down,...

Spanned from june 1971may, 1973. The Richard Nixon president ial library conducted this interview as part of a project to document the 37th president s administration. This portion is about 50 minutes. On Labor Day Weekend after their unsuccessful operation in the break and go back to washington via new york. They stay at the pair i believe no, what was the hotel that kennedy was famous for going into . I associated with kennedy all the time. Whats the one the plaza. The one that the little girl remember . Metal line. Madeiline. They stayed at this hotel. A very fine hotel for them to stay in....