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Historian Jennet Conant discussed the sinking of 17 Allied ships in Italy in December 1943, which included the John Harvey, an American ship that was secretly holding 2,000 mustard bombs. Th…

Jennet Conant talked about her book Man of the Hour, in which she recounts the career of her grandfather, James Conant, administrative director of the Manhattan Project and later president o…

Jennet Conant talked about the life of children’s author Roald Dahl, who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. Mr. Dahl worked to end the neutrality of Ameri…

Jennet Conant recounts Julia and Paul Child’s career in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. The future cook book author and television personality began her service in 1942…

A panel discussion on how U.S. foreign policy and the presidency have been shaped by the development, use, and spread of nuclear weapons focused on foreign policy decision-making during the …

Jennet Conant talked about her book, Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II, published by Simon and Schuster. The book…

Jennet Conant talked about her book 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos, published by Simon and Schuster. In the book Ms. Conant, whose grandfather, former…

Jennet Conant talked about her article about the lack of press coverage of Mayor Giuliani’s marital problems by telephone.