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Steve Coll looked at the CIA’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the problematic relationship between the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He spoke at the 18th…
637 viewsSteve Coll looked at the CIA’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the problematic relationship between the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He spoke at the 18th…
637 viewsJohn Bohrer, author of The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK, and Steven Levingston, author of Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle over Ci…
807 viewsJay Winik talked about his book 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History, in which he examines the political and military decisions that faced President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. …
2,059 viewsRichard Holmes talked about his book The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Pantheon, 2009; Vintage, 2010). He responded to questions fro…
618 viewsStacy Schiff talked about her book Cleopatra: A Life (Little, Brown and Company, 2010). She responded to questions from members of the audience. This was a 4:25 p.m. program in the History a…
1,151 viewsDavid Taylor talked about his book Soul of a People: The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America (Wiley; February 9, 2009). Mr. Taylor wrote the article for Smithsonian that is the …
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