The most popular programs for the Booknotes - Book TV type. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?browse=format&id=7 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:27 GMT Booknotes - Book TV Milton Friedman discussed F.A. Hayek's book, [The Road to Serfdom]. Professor Friedman, who wrote the introduction to the 50th anniversary edition of the book, described its effect on the ever-changing political and social climates of the twentieth century. He discussed the book's influence on the rise of socialism after World War II, the Reagan and Thatcher administrations in the 1980s, and the shift in Eastern Europe from communism to capitalism in the 1990s. Professor Friedman is author many books, including [Free to Choose] and [Capitalism and Freedom]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/61272-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/61272-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Caro discussed his book [The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent], published by Knopf. He described his research into the life of Lyndon Johnson and noted that he examined approximately 629,000 pages of documents from the Johnson Presidential Library. He spoke about his work, discussing his experience as a newspaper reporter as well as his early interest in writing biography. He talked about Lyndon Johnson's early life in Texas, his complicated relationship with Texas Congressman Sam Rayburn, Lady Bird Johnson's evolution as a public persona, and the attitudes of former Johnson intimates about the book. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12086-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12086-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Greenblatt talked about his book [Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare], published by W.W. Norton and Company. He described England during Shakespeare's time and discussed how the period's religious and social conflicts shaped Shakespeare's work. He discussed techniques for teaching Shakespeare, the importance of Shakespeare for students of English, and the evolving place Shakespeare occupies in the literary canon. He spoke about William Shakespeare's life and spoke about the circumstances that prompted him to write plays like [Hamlet] and [The Merchant of Venice]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/183799-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/183799-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. MacDonald talks about his book, [All Souls: A Family Story from Southie], published by Beacon Press. The book describes the author's upbringing in the Irish borough of South Boston. His family suffered the loss of four out of eight children due to violence in the housing projects of the ghetto. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/154106-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/154106-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT The author discussed his book, [Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign], published by Random House. The book focuses on the role of "fate" in determining the defeat of General Robert E. Lee at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The book is a chapter excerpted from Mr. Foote's three-volume Civil War narrative. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/60099-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/60099-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Professor Edmundson talks about his book [Why Read?], published by Bloomsbury USA. The book is on the relationship between a liberal arts education and literature. The author writes that literature needs to be the fundamental element of the liberal arts education because of the benefits books offer their readers. Mr. Edmundson also claims that current educational trends have either misused or neglected to recognize the vital role reading plays in a well-rounded liberal arts education. He talked about the value of fiction and non-fiction literature. This was the last program in the fifteen-year [Booknotes] series, and Mr. Edmundson commented on several authors' ideas and writing styles as clips of their remarks on previous programs were shown. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/184076-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/184076-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Chernow discussed his biography [Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.], published by Random House. Mr. Rockefeller, the world's first billionaire, created the powerful monopoly, Standard Oil, which at one time refined and marketed almost 90 percent of the oil produced in America. Mr. Chernow talked about the life of the industrial tycoon whose life was clouded by controversy and whose legacy lives on today through various philanthropic endeavors. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/105430-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/105430-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Beals discussed her book, [Warriors Don't Cry], which details her experiences as part of the first integrated class of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The author recalls how she and eight other black teenagers integrated the school as a result of the [Brown v. Board of Education] segregation case decision. President Eisenhower had to enforce integration in the school with National Guard troops in September 1957. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/61780-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/61780-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mrs. Thatcher discussed her book, [The Downing Street Years], published by Harper Collins, and her ten-year career as prime minister of Great Britain. She described meetings with President Gorbachev of the former Soviet Union, President Reagan, and other experiences during her tenure. She also talked about her husband and described her long political career in the Conservative Party. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/52741-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/52741-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Von Drehle talked about his book, [Triangle: The Fire That Changed America], published by Atlantic Monthly Press. He described the Triangle Shirtwaist fire on March 25, 1911 in New York's Greenwich Village that killed 146 people. The book also describes the waves of Jewish and Italian immigration that inundated New York in the early years of the century, filling its slums and supplying its garment factories with cheap, mostly female, labor. It portrays the Dickensian work conditions that led to a massive waist-worker's strike in which an unlikely coalition of socialists, socialites, and suffragettes took on bosses, police, and magistrates. Mr. Von Drehle shows how popular revulsion at the Triangle catastrophe led to an unprecedented alliance between labor reformers and the pragmatic politicians of the Tammany machine. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177888-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177888-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Wheen talked about his book [Karl Marx: A Life], published by Norton and Company. "Imagine Rousseau, Voltaire, and Hegel fused into one person," said a contemporary, "and you have Dr. Marx." In this stunning book, the first major biography of Marx since the end of the Cold War, Francis Wheen gives us not a socialist ogre but a fascinating, ultimately humane man. Marx was married to Jenny von Westphalen, whose devotion was tested by decades of poverty and exile. Wheen does not, however, shy away from Marx's work. Was he, as his detractors have claimed, a self-hating Jew? What did Marx really mean by his famous line, "Religion is the opiate of the masses"? http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157236-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157236-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Armstrong talked about her book [Islam: A Short History], published by Modern Library. The book traces the origins and growth of the Islamic faith from the revelations Muhammad received in the seventh century to the present. She also talked about how and why the faith is often misunderstood. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/159382-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/159382-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Bloom talked about his book, [How to Read and Why], published by Scribner. The book focused on the reading of many different genres, saying that books should be read slowly and with love, and should be reread many times, preferably aloud. He also talked about his personal and professional life. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157968-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157968-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Bennett discussed his book [Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream], published by Johnson Publishing. The author argued that President Lincoln was a racist whose political mentor was Senator Henry Clay, a Kentucky slave owner. Among other lines of reasoning, he showed that Lincoln always supported the fugitive slave laws. He also talked about his long career in African-American journalism. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/158187-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/158187-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Barnett talked about her book, [Touched by Fire: The Life, Death, and Mythic Afterlife of George Armstrong Custer], published by Henry Holt and Company. She talked about the military and private life of General Custer and examined issues of class, race and gender. She depicts a man who never adjusted to life after his success in leading volunteers in the Civil War and examines how the Battle of the Little Bighorn created him as both a mythic hero and villain. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/74506-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/74506-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Ludwig talked about his book, [King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership], published by the University Press of Kentucky. The book presents the findings of his eighteen-year investigation into why people want to rule. Although the answer on the surface seems to be power, privilege, and perks, Mr. Ludwig questioned why so many rulers cling to power even when they are miserable, trust nobody, feel besieged, and face almost certain death. Ludwig's results suggest that leaders of nations tend to act remarkably like monkeys and apes in the way they come to power, govern, and rule. Profiling every ruler of a recognized country in the twentieth century, Ludwig establishes how rulers came to power, how they lost power, the dangers they faced, and the odds of their being assassinated, committing suicide, or dying a natural death. Then, concentrating on a smaller sub-set of 377 rulers for whom more extensive personal information was available, he compares six different kinds of leaders, examining their characteristics, their childhoods, and their mental stability or instability to identify the main predictors of later political success. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/172600-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/172600-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Bergen spoke about his book [Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden], published by The Free Press. The book draws on extensive interviews with terrorist leaders, including bin Laden, to describe terrorist operations, aims, and popularity in the Middle East and Asia. It also shows how terrorist organizations are funded and operates much like a modern day corporation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/167784-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/167784-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Appleby discussed her book [Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans], published by Harvard University Press. The book examines the legacy of the Americans who lived between 1776 and 1830, analyzing how the first generation of Americans born into that new world transformed the principles of the revolution into reality. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157235-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/157235-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Every year, Zig Ziglar travels all over the world as a motivational speaker in forums ranging from high-powered business conferences and church leadership assemblies to youth conventions and educational gatherings. In [Zig: The Autobiography of Zig Ziglar], published by Doubleday, Mr. Ziglar chronicles his own transformation from a struggling salesman to the sales champion of several different companies, and finally to his current career as one of the world's best-known motivational speakers and trainers. In the interview, he spoke about his career, and how he came to be a motivational speaker. He spoke at length about politics, and about the importance of focusing on religion, both in education and in politics. In Mr. Ziglar's opinion, politicians today are not as sincere as those who founded America, primarily due to the lack of religion in politics. He also spoke briefly about his opinions on politicians today, including former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/171602-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/171602-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Eric Rauchway talked about his book, [Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt's America] published by Hill and Wang, which recounts how assassin Leon Czolgosz, the late President McKinley, and President Theodore Roosevelt defined the Progressive Era. Mr. Rauchway argued that the progressive leadership of Theodore Roosevelt made Americans and historians alike forget about President William McKinley after his murder. In his research Mr. Rauchway discovered why Czolgosz decided to murder the president. He also describes Theodore Roosevelt at the moment of his ascension to the White House. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177827-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177827-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Professor Ambrose, the author of several books including the three authorized biographies of former President Dwight David Eisenhower, spoke about his most recent book [D-Day: June 6, 1944]. In the book, Mr. Ambrose tells the history of the invasion of Normandy. Mr. Ambrose used 14,000 interviews with veteran sailors, infantrymen, and paratroopers in an attempt to tell the story from both sides of the Atlantic. The interview was broadcast the night before the 50th anniversary of D-Day. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/57267-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/57267-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Gourevitch talked about his book, [We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda], published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He explained why the Rwandan genocide should not be written off as just another tribal dispute. The "stories" in the subtitle are both the author's, from many visits to the country, and those of people he interviewed. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/115511-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/115511-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Parenti talked about his book, [The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome], published by The New Press. The book critiqued previous theories of Caesar's murder, saying that it is a story of popular resistance against entrenched power and wealth. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/178020-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/178020-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Chua talked about her book [World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability], published by Doubleday. While proponents of globalization believe that exporting free markets and democracy to other countries will increase peace and prosperity throughout the developing world Ms. Chua shows that just the opposite has happened. When global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and politics turns ugly and violent. She gives examples from around the world of how free markets do not spread wealth evenly throughout the whole of developing societies. Instead they produce a new class of extremely wealthy individuals who are almost always members of a minority group such as Chinese in the Philippines, Indians in East Africa, and whites in Latin America. These wealthy minorities then become a target of violent hatred. Adding democracy to this volatile mix unleashes suppressed ethnic hatreds and brings to power ethno-nationalist governments that pursue aggressive policies of confiscation and revenge. Ms. Chua further shows how individual countries are often viewed as dominant minorities, explaining the phenomena of ethnic resentment in the Arab-Israeli conflict and the rising tide of anti-American sentiment around the world. She believes that this more than anything accounts for the visceral hatred of Americans that has been expressed in recent acts of terrorism. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/174375-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/174375-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. MacMillan talked about her book [Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World], published by Random House. After the end of World War I in 1919, men and women from around the world converged on Paris to shape the peace. Margaret MacMillan writes that the Council of Four (Britain, the United States, France, and Italy) had a complicated and difficult time honoring the requests of the countries involved. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/174388-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/174388-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Dr. Young talked about his book, [The Shoemaker and the Tea Party], published by Beacon Press. The book examines George Twelve Hewes, a participant in the Boston Tea Party, and how events like the Boston Tea Party become ingrained in popular memory and history. Dr. Young talked about the role of common citizens in the American Revolution. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/153825-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/153825-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Wood talked about his latest book [The American Revolution: A History]. The book is a synthesis of several treatments and approaches of the subject, offering a comprehensive of the events that led to the founding of the United States. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168964-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168964-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Ackerman talked about his book, [Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield], published by Carroll and Graff. The book examines President Garfield's 1880 "dark horse" campaign after the longest-ever Republican nominating process (36 convention ballots), his victory in the closest-ever popular vote for president (by only 7,018 votes out of over 9 million cast), his struggle against feuding factions once elected, and the public's response to its culmination in violence. Presidnet Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 and died on September 6, 188l. Mr. Ackerman talked about the U.S. politics of the time, the battles for power, and the assassination of President Garfield. The events changed the tone of future politics. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/159447-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/159447-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Robert McNamara discussed his book, [In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam], published by Times Books. The book deals with his life and career as a public servant, focusing on his role as the secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 during the Johnson and Kennedy administrations. According to Mr. McNamara, U.S. policy was based on a "domino" theory in which the loss of Vietnam would initiate a collapse of nations, which could include the United States. In the book, he identified eleven reasons for the outcome in Vietnam and six stages at which the U. S. withdrawal was possible. Mr. McNamara chronicled the measures enacted by government leaders and why he believes, in retrospect, that their decisions were wrong. According to Mr. McNamara, he viewed the Vietnam War as a "failure" as early as 1966, and that he started the Pentagon Papers to leave a record of the "mistakes" leading to the war. He also discussed his reasons for writing the book. During the interview, Mr. McNamara responded to an audio tape of a caller whose brother died in the Vietnam War and who described the pain the book and the memories associated with it caused her. He said he understood her position and hoped that "she would find some healing if she read the book." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/64642-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/64642-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Abernathy chronicles his personal experience in the civil rights movement in his autobiography, [And the Walls Came Tumbling Down], published by HarperCollins. In the book, Mr. Abernathy gives an insider account of the Civil Rights movement detailing the organization of the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and the 1965 March in Selma. Personally criticized for his account of the personal life of his close friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, Abernathy takes the opportunity to explain his motives and his view of the proper accounting of Dr. King and civil rights history. Also, he discusses his controversial endorsement of Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential elections and his subsequent frustrating efforts to communicate with the administration. Additionally, he comments on the status of current black leadership in America. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9718-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9718-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Krementz talked about her new book, [The Writer's Desk], published by Random House. It is a collection of photographs of writers near their desks from 1967 to the present. She also talked about many of the writers she has met and photographed over the years, including Kurt Vonnegut, her husband. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/80477-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/80477-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Denby discussed his book, [Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World], published by Simon and Schuster. Mr. Denby attended courses on Western civilization at Columbia University in 1991, thirty years after he first studied there, in preparation for the book. Mr. Denby outlines the curriculum of the course and recounts how the literature covered in the class has shaped both his personal and professional life. He talked about his experiences during this time as well as the role of such works in higher education. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/76689-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/76689-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. McCullough discussed his book, [Truman] published by Simon and Schuster. He discussed his research for the book, which is an exhaustive biography of the former president, spanning from a brief overview of the Truman family, his early years in farming, small business and politics, to his career after his presidency and how Truman felt returning back to citizen life. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/27217-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/27217-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Sowell discussed his book [Preferential Policies: An International Perspective], published by William Morrow and Company. The book addresses the effects of government-mandated affirmative action programs. Mr. Sowell's analysis includes plans that have been implemented in developed and under-developed countries for minority and majority segments of the population. He contends that preferential policies often disproportionately assist the more fortunate in a targeted group. He further argues that "temporary" preferential policies usually expand the scope of their coverage and become permanent. Subsequently, fraudulent claims become pervasive. Mr. Sowell asserts that these problems occur because the programs are designed for political expediency rather than long-term societal change. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12648-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/12648-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Fukuyama discussed his book, [The End of History and the Last Man], in which he contends that the shaping forces of history tend toward liberal democracy, a system in which both free elections and constitutional rights are guaranteed. He also explores the implications of this form of government and questions whether liberty and equality can yield a stable society. Mr. Fukuyama is a former director of the Office of Planning for the U.S. Department of State. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/24282-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/24282-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Johnson talked about his new book, [A History of the American People], published by HarperCollins. He talked about his interpretations of various historical figures and movements of U.S. history and the process of writing a book spanning U.S. history back over 400 years. He used historical documents and quotations from personal diaries to detail race relations, immigration, war, and customs in the United States. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/102205-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/102205-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Kurt Eichenwald talked about his book [The Informant: A True Story], published by Broadway Books. The book is about a six-year FBI investigation of an international price-fixing conspiracy by Archer Daniels Midland that focuses on the key informant, Mark Whitacre. Mr. Eichenwald talked about the complications to this mid-1990s scandal when the government discovered that its source, a senior executive at the firm, was involved in his own illegal activity. This is the first part in a two-part program. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/160555-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/160555-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Tye spoke about his book and the life and career of Edward Bernays, [The Father of Spin: Edward L. Bernays and The Birth of Public Relations], published by Crown. Mr. Bernays is considered the founder of the public relations field. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/110971-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/110971-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Halberstam, author of [The Best and the Brightest], discussed the research behind his latest book, [The Fifties], published by Fawcett Books. He talked about the social climate of the 1950s including the effects of the spread of television across the country, the introduction of situational comedies, the birth control pill, Senator Joseph McCarthy, and the H-bomb. He reflected on his own experiences during the 1950s and in writing the book. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/46582-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/46582-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. McCourt talked about his book, [Angela's Ashes], published by Scribner. The book recounts Mr. McCourt's childhood in Brooklyn, New York, and in Limerick, Ireland, where his family returned after giving up hope for success in the United States. His father was an alcoholic who at times spent the majority of his paycheck on alcohol, leaving his family hungry. Mr. McCourt writes about this as well as seeing three siblings die prematurely because of starvation or disease. The author also talked about the gift of storytelling that his father gave him which has resulted in a career spent writing, along with his brother and fellow author, Malachy McCourt. This is Mr. McCourt's first book. Pictures of his family and a video clip were also shown. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/87803-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/87803-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Kolata discussed her book [Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It], published by Farrar Straus and Giroux. The author pieced together a picture, through letters, interviews, news reports, and recent research into the virus, of the devastating flu outbreak of 1918, which killed 40 million people worldwide. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/154827-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/154827-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Ronson talked about his book [Them: Adventures with Extremists], published by Simon and Schuster. The book examines the beliefs of several groups of political, cultural and religious "extremists" and he recounts his experiences with religious fundamentalists in Great Britain, Texas, and Cameroon; white supremacists in Arkansas, Michigan, and Idaho; and New World Order conspiracy chasers in Portugal and California and their belief in conspiracy theories about secret elite control of international events. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168649-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168649-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT David Hackworth, author of [About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior], discusses his experience, success, and eventual disillusionment in the U.S. Army. After rising to the rank of colonel, Mr. Hackworth retired after serving four years in Vietnam, citing his displeasure with the U.S. war effort and denouncing it on national television. Mr. Hackworth also discusses the problems of writing an accurate war story and his current involvement with the anti-nuclear movement. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7378-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/7378-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Sides talked about his book [Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission], published by Doubleday. The book tells the story of 121 elite Army Rangers whose mission was to free over 500 U.S. and British POWs who had been held for three years in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines after surviving the Bataan Death March. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/165360-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/165360-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Jones talked about the book which he co-authored with Lloyd Newman, [Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago], published by Scribner. The book was based on the National Public Radio (NPR) documentaries, "Ghetto Life 101" and "Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse," that Mr. Jones and a friend made in 1993 and 1995chronicling the stories of several residents of the Chicago public housing projects in which he was raised. Mr. Jones, who is eighteen years old, talked about living on the South Side of Chicago in the Ida B. Wells homes that were built as part of President Roosevelt's Public Works Administration in 1941. Mr. Jones described the effect violence and poverty had on the area and pointed out that his neighborhood is governed by the laws of the street rather than the laws of the land. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/87257-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/87257-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Howard talked about his book [The First World War], published by Oxford University Press. The book examined why the First World War occurred, how it was fought, and its consequences. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/159925-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/159925-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Leckie talked about his recently published book, [Okinawa: Last Battle of World War II], published by Viking Penguin. It focuses on the U.S. invasion of Okinawa in April 1945 by 180,00 troops, the last major step toward the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. He also talked about his service in the Marine Corps in Guadalcanal and career as a journalist and author. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/66766-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/66766-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Montefiore talked about his book, [Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar], published by Knopf. In the book, the author examines the life and dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, from his rise to power in 1929 to his death in 1953. Stalin's court and government are addressed, as well as his personal tastes, ideas, and philosophies. This is the second of two Booknotes programs covering Montefiore's [Stalin]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/182346-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/182346-2 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Mrs. Height talked about her book, [Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir], published by PublicAffairs. Then 91, she had witnessed most of the major events in the African-American struggle for civil rights. She talked about her life work for her cause and about people she knew personally such as W.E.B. DuBois, Eleanor Roosevelt, and many others. She talked about the experience of leading the National Council of Negro Women for forty-one years. Ms. Height received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177169-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177169-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Wineapple talked about her book, [Hawthorne: A Life], published by Knopf. The book is a comprehensive biography of writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of [The Scarlet Letter], [The House of Seven Gables], [The Blithedale Romance], and a number of other books and stories. Hawthorne was also a contemporary and friend of such well-known figures as Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and U.S. President Franklin Pierce. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/179670-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/179670-1 Fri, 28 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT