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William Craig talks to Studs Terkel

William Craig discusses his book "The Fall of Japan: The Final Weeks of World War II In the Pacific." He speaks mostly on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes several excerpts from the book.
Walter Schneir talks with Studs Terkel Part 2
1970
Walter Schneir talks with Studs Terkel Part 1
1970
Thomas Keneally discusses the book "Schindler's List"
Nov. 12, 1982
Thomas Keneally discusses the book "Schindler's List," detailing the actions of Oskar Schindler saving Jews during WWII.
Paul Boyer discusses his book "By the Bomb's Early Light"
Jan. 9, 1986
In the book, "By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age," Paul Boyer covers people's feelings and attitudes after the bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. Boyer admits he, himself, when he was a young boy, he sent away for a free atomic ring that was being advertised. The program includes an excerpt of David Lilienthal talking.
Interview with Fred Freed discussing the atom bomb
Discussing the book "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" with the author, historian and journalist Christopher Simpson
Mar. 9, 1993
Discussing the book "The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945" with author, historian David Wyman
May. 7, 1985
Discussing the book "Solidarity and Treason: Resistance and Exile, 1933-1940" with the author Lisa Fittko
Jan. 28, 1993
Lisa Fittko discusses her experience as an anti-fascist resistance fighter in Berlin, Germany during World War II. They also explore accounts from her book "Solidarity and Treason: Resistance and Exile, 1933-1940".
Discussing the book "Repairing America: An Account of the Movement for Japanese-American Redress" with author William Hohri and Yuriko Hohri
Dec. 15, 1988
Discussing the book "One Sunny Day: A Child's Memory of Hiroshima" with the author Hideko Tamura Snider
Oct. 21, 1997
Discussing the book "Maus: Survivor's Tale" with the artist and author Art Spiegelman
Oct. 1, 1986
Discussing the book "Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography" with the author James Park Sloan
Apr. 2, 1996
Discussing the book "Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches" with David Nichols
Sep. 30, 1986
Discussing Atomic diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam; the use of the atomic bomb and the American confrontation with Soviet power with Gar Alperovitz

William Craig talks to Studs Terkel

Walter Schneir talks with Studs Terkel Part 2

Walter Schneir talks with Studs Terkel Part 1

Thomas Keneally discusses the book "Schindler's List"

Paul Boyer discusses his book "By the Bomb's Early Light"

Interview with Fred Freed discussing the atom bomb

Discussing the book "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" with the author, historian and journalist Christopher Simpson

Discussing the book "The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945" with author, historian David Wyman

Discussing the book "Solidarity and Treason: Resistance and Exile, 1933-1940" with the author Lisa Fittko

Discussing the book "Repairing America: An Account of the Movement for Japanese-American Redress" with author William Hohri and Yuriko Hohri

Discussing the book "One Sunny Day: A Child's Memory of Hiroshima" with the author Hideko Tamura Snider

Discussing the book "Maus: Survivor's Tale" with the artist and author Art Spiegelman

Discussing the book "Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography" with the author James Park Sloan

Discussing the book "Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches" with David Nichols

Discussing Atomic diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam; the use of the atomic bomb and the American confrontation with Soviet power with Gar Alperovitz

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