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Tonight at the Pritzker Military Library
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The Pritzker Military Library, located in Chicago, Illinois, has extensive collections in military history and military fiction, especially those works that illustrate the role of the citizen-soldier. Part of the mission of the library is to develop appropriate programs focusing on the concept of the Citizen Soldier as an essential element for the preservation of democracy. The Library has an extensive programming schedule. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. All programs are available as a live webcast and are also archived for later viewing at www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org. Features the best authors, historians, journalists, and members of the military discussing their latest books on military history and military fiction.
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25-Jan-2006 |
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The Pritzker Military Library Presents: Author Series Episodes - | Andrei Cherny: The Candy Bombers | After three years of shared control over post-war Germany, tensions came to a head; the Soviet Union cut off all land and water access to Berlin, intending to starve the city until the United States left. To break the blockade, American bombers took flight with a payload more powerful than any the Soviets had anticipated: chewing gum and chocolate bars. Author Andrei Cherny visits the Library to discuss his new book, The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour. Originally aired 09/25/08. | Get at Short URL | Download Andrei Cherny: The Candy Bombers | Play in Popup.
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| Jack Hamann | Ed Tracy interviews journalist and author Jack Hamann about his book, On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II. Due to technical difficulties, the initial 7 minutes of the program contains compromised audio. Originally aired 01/19/06. | Get at Short URL | Download Jack Hamann | Play in Popup.
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| Joseph Persico | Ed Tracy interviews renowned author Joseph Persico about his career in writing and his many popular books, including Roosevelt?s Secret War, The Imperial Rockefeller, Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, and My American Journey, the biography of Colin Powell, which he cowrote. Originally aired 11/01/07. | Get at Short URL | Download Joseph Persico | Play in Popup.
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| John A. Nagl | At a special Strategic Saturday event, Army Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl discusses the challenges of counterinsurgency operations and his recently updated book, Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam. Originally aired 07/14/07. | Get at Short URL | Download John A. Nagl | Play in Popup.
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| Steve Mumford | Artist Steve Mumford comes to the Pritzker Military Library fresh from a visit to Iraq to discuss his book Baghdad Journal in a special Tuesday evening presentation. This presentation includes a slideshow of art created in Iraq. If you would like to see the slides, a special enhanced podcast will also be available to view the images on a compatible iPod or in iTunes. Originally aired 04/24/07. | Get at Short URL | Download Steve Mumford | Play in Popup.
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| Steve Mumford - ENHANCED | Play in Popup. | Artist Steve Mumford comes to the Pritzker Military Library fresh from a visit to Iraq to discuss his book Baghdad Journal in a special Tuesday evening presentation. This presentation contains a slideshow of art created in Iraq. This special enhanced podcast will allow you to view the images on a compatible iPod or in iTunes. Originally aired 04/24/07. |
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| Ed Ruggero | Author Ed Ruggero returns to the library to discuss the American paratroopers who spearheaded the Normandy beachlandings during World War II, and his new book, The First Men In: U.S. Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day. Originally aired 03/08/07. | Get at Short URL | Download Ed Ruggero | Play in Popup.
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| Bob Drury | Author and reporter Bob Drury visits the library to discuss Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, the U.S. Third Fleet's encounter with a savage typhoon in the autumn of 1944, and his new book, Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue. Contains some explicit language. Originally aired 02/15/07. | Get at Short URL | Download Bob Drury | Play in Popup.
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| Carlo D'Este | Esteemed historian and author of Patton: A Genius for War and Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life 1890-1945, Carlo D'Este returns to the Pritzker Military Library for a one-on-one interview with Executive Producer Ed Tracy to discuss his career and his upcoming book on Winston Churchill. Originally aired 02/08/07. | Get at Short URL | Download Carlo D'Este | Play in Popup.
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| Tom Wheeler | As part of a special Civil War Saturday, Tom Wheeler discusses the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and his new book, Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War. Originally aired 11/04/06. | Get at Short URL | Download Tom Wheeler | Play in Popup.
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| Winston Groom | Ed Tracy interviews acclaimed author of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom, about his career in writing as well as some of his recent books, including Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans and 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls. Originally aired 11/02/06. | Get at Short URL | Download Winston Groom | Play in Popup.
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| Andrew Carroll | Ed Tracy interviews Andrew Carroll, best-selling author and editor of Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families. They are joined by two contributors to the book, Clint Douglas and Sharon Allen, who will speak about their entries and their personal experiences surrounding their time in the military overseas. Originally aired 9/28/06. | Get at Short URL | Download Andrew Carroll | Play in Popup.
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| George Crile | George Crile, author and producer for 60 Minutes, discusses Charlie Wilson, Gust Avrakotos, and his new book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times. Originally aired 10/06/05. | Get at Short URL | Download George Crile | Play in Popup.
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| Nathaniel Fick | Author Nathaniel Fick discusses the war in Iraq, his experiences there with the Marines, and his new book One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer. One Bullet Away has won numerous awards including the 2006 Colby Award presented by the William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium and the 2006 General Wallace M. Greene Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. Originally aired 07/13/06. | Get at Short URL | Download Nathaniel Fick | Play in Popup.
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| Clark Kent Ervin | Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General, Clark Kent Erwin discusses his personal experiences in the Bush administration, the state of homeland security in America today, and his new book Open Target: Where America is Vulnerable to Attack. Originally aired 05/23/06. | Get at Short URL | Download Clark Kent Ervin | Play in Popup.
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