Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
Now a look at west points Oral History Center. Lieutenant colonel david siri teaches history at the u. S. Military academy at west point and also is the director of west points Oral History Center. How long has the Oral History Center been associated with the academy . Its been associated with the academy since about 2007. Ive been the director since 2015, january. What is the value of an oral history . Well, for us, we try to make it accessible to the cadets say s. O. They can use it for their research, but, really, all of our videos, all of our interviews are open sourced so anyone in america can get online, look at our interviews and hopefully learn something about our history from them. Well, as a historian, as a professional historian, whats the place that oral histories hold in the overall study of history . Well, oral histories help add a lot of detail. For example, if youre writing a paper, a book about something, and you find some oral histories, that you can pull information
I have been the director since 2015, january. What is the value of an oral history . Well, for us we try to make it accessible to the cadets so they can use it for their research but all of our videos and interviews are open source so anyone in america can get online and look at our interviews and hopefully learn something about our history from them. As an historian what is the place oral history holds in the overall study of history . Oral historyies help add detail. If you are writing a paper or book about something and you find oral histories you can pull information from that to add a little bit of color or nuance to what you are writing about. It gives you have the experience of the people that lived through it. It is interesting because memories are different. People remember things differently and they change a little bit over time. So, it is good to add to some of the research you are doing but of course you want to back it up with good primary source documents. Who are you ca
For oral history, but first, we learn about this collection from the Center Project executive director. At theeaches History Academy at west point and is the director of west points Oral History Center. How long has the Oral History Center been associated with the academy . Its been associated with the academy since about 2007. Ive been the director since 2015, january. What is the value of an oral history . Well, for us, we try to make it accessible to the cadets say so they can use it for their research. But really all of our videos, all of our interviews, are open sourced so anyone in america can get online, look at our interviews, and hopefully learn something about our history from them. Well, as a historian, as a professional historian, whats the place that oral histories hold in the overall study of history . Well, oral histories help add a lot of detail. For example, if youre writing a paper, a book about something, and you find some oral histories, that you can pull informatio
Controversy that is building involving President Trump and the kremlin. Guys now back to you in the studio. Did you reveal classified information to the russians, sir . Mr. President , did you share classified information with the russians . Did you share classified information with the russians . vicki the only response from the president was a silent thank you as he posed with turkeys president at the white house. two shottonight we are learning much more about his meeting with russian officials last week. grant and the source of the highly classified intel he reportedly revealed. Catherine heenan is here to take us through the days dramatic developments. catherine todays big revelation that israel was the source of top secret intel that isis was developing a way to use laptops. And that russia now could funnel that information to israels sworn enemy, iran,the president issued a defiant reply to critics today. Hes saying, in effect, that he can declassify anything he wants we had a v