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  • Robert Jay Lifton

    Robert Jay Lifton discusses his book "Home from the War"

    Jun. 21, 1973

    In his book, "Home From the War: Learning from Vietnam Veterans", Robert Jay Lifton reflects on what he's learned from talking with soldiers who came home from the Vietnam War. For some men, guilt and betrayal were common issues -- guilt in what they had done while in Vietnam and betrayal of what their superiors and the government had told them about the war itself.

  • Interviewing Kevin Phillips

    Aug. 1, 1990

    Program includes an excerpt from Hard Times (T3452B).

  • Discussing the current state and history of voting practices in the United States with Frances Fox Piven

    Feb. 23, 1984
  • Discussing the book "When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor" with the author, sociologist William Julius Wilson

    Oct. 3, 1996
  • Discussing the book "The Next Left: The History of a Future" with the author Michael Harrington

    Feb. 20, 1987
  • Calvin (Bud) Trillin

    Discussing the book "Remembering Denny" with the author, humorist and poet Calvin Trillin

    May. 4, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Power Struggle: The Hundred-Year War Over Electricity" with Scott Ridley

    Feb. 25, 1987
  • Discussing the book "Politics of Compassion and Transformation" with the author, former Chicago alderman and Professor of political science Dick Simpson

    Jun. 21, 1989
  • Discussing the book "Democracy in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago" with Jim Miller

    Jun. 22, 1987

    Discussing the book "The Rolling Stone: illustrated history of rock and roll" with editor Jim Miller.

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