Lectures tagged "Military & Warfare"


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Chang-rae Lee: The Surrendered
Chang-Rae Lee
March 10, 2010
00:39:22
Award-winning novelist Chang-rae Lee reads from his newest work, The Surrendered.
Sasa Stanisic: How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
Sasa Stanisic
February 23, 2010
01:18:00
Sasa Stanisic, a native of Bosnia who fled to Germany during the war in 1992, discusses his first novel, How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone.
Robert Darnton: The Case for Books
Robert Darnton
February 3, 2010
00:57:50
Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, discusses the historical and cultural importance of the printed word.
Thomas Ricks: General Petraeus and the American Military in Iraq
Thomas Ricks: General Petraeus and the American Military in Iraq
Thomas E. Ricks
February 1, 2010
00:45:21
Washington Post correspondent Thomas E. Ricks discusses his newly in paperback exploration of the Iraq war, The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq.
Charlotte Dennett: The People v. Bush
Charlotte Dennett
January 20, 2010
00:54:44
Journalist-turned-lawyer Charlotte Dennett discusses her new book, The People v. Bush: One Lawyer's Campaign to Bring the President to Justice and the National Grassroots Movement She Encountered Along the Way.
James Bradley: The Imperial Cruise
James Bradley
December 9, 2009
00:50:39
Writer James Bradley discusses his new book, The Imperial Cruise: A True Story of Empire and War.
End of the Tunnel: Vietnam, a Television History
End of the Tunnel: Vietnam, a Television History
Elizabeth Deane
November 11, 2009
01:00:44
WGBH producers Elizabeth Deane and Judith Vecchione discuss Vietnam: A Television History with a panel of Vietnam experts, following a screening of the program's final episode, "The End of the Tunnel (1973-1975)".
Tariq Ali: The Idea of Communism
Tariq Ali
November 10, 2009
00:59:40
Writer and political activist Tariq Ali discusses the historical implementations and alternate versions of communism and his new book, The Idea of Communism.