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    Writing About the Vietnam War

    Authors who have written acclaimed accounts of the Vietnam War talked about their work and lessons learned from the conflict. Speakers included writers Philip Caputo, Frances FitzGerald, and…

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    Reporting Vietnam

    Frances FitzGerald and Peter Kann, editors of the book Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism, talked about their experiences as reporters in the Vietnam War. Part one, 1959-69, covers comba…

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    Writing About War

    Frances FitzGerald, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fire in the Lake, and Iraq War veteran Phil Klay, author of Redeployment, discussed writing about war.

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    2018 National Book Critics Circle Awards

    Presentation of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Awards chosen by nearly 1,000 critics, authors, and members of the publishing world.

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    The Evangelicals

    Frances Fitzgerald talked about her book The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, in which she provides a history of evangelicalism in the United States. She spoke with Reverend Davi…

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    Media Coverage of the War in Vietnam and Beyond

    Dorothy Fall talked about her book, Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar, a book about her husband who began covering Vietnam in 1953 during the French occupation. He continued covera…

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    Vietnam and the Presidency: Media and Public Opinion

    Moderated by Mr. Williams, the panelists discussed the topic, “The Media and the Role of Public Opinion.” Topics included Vietnam as the first televised war, the changing nature of the war o…

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    The Coldest Winter

    Panelists talked about the life and work of the late David Halberstam, focusing on his final book, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, published that day by Hyperion. This histor…

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    What Orwell Didn't Know

    A panel discussion was held by contributors to What Orwell Didn’t Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics, published by PublicAffairs. On the 60th anniversary of George Orwell…

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    Vietnam Reconsidered

    The forum participants discussed their research into and experiences with the Vietnam War. They also entertained questions from the audience. Ms. FitzGerald’s latest book is Way Out Ther…

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    The U.S. at War in the Nuclear Age

    The Nation Institute and New School University presented a conversation on “The Deepening Shadow: The U.S. at War in the Nuclear Age” moderated by Chris Hedges. Among the subjects they addr…

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    Teaching American History

    Panelists spoke about how U.S. history should be taught at the elementary, secondary and university levels. They talked about such issues as the role of multiculturalism and political correc…

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    National Book Critics Circle Book Awards Readings

    Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Book Awards for books published in 2000 read from their works.

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    Annals of War

    A panel of authors and journalists discussed the art of writing and reporting about warfare. They talked about their experiences as correspondents during conflicts including Desert Storm, an…

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    Reporting Vietnam Panel 1

    Panelists discussed the book, Reporting Vietnam, published by Library of America. The book was about the role of journalism in the conduct of the Vietnam War.

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    Post World War II America

    Panelists talked about events of great impact on U.S. society since World War II, which included the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict and the fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War. Eac…

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    Ending the Vietnam War

    Authors, experts, and historians spoke to the Richard Nixon Symposium at Hofstra University about the Nixon Administration’s decision to end the war in Vietnam. In many ways, the panelists a…

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