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Military History Symposium: Allan R. Millett: The War for Korea, 1950-1951
Military History Symposium: Allan R. Millett: The War for Korea, 1950-1951 In this program Paul Herbert, Executive Director of the First Division Museum at Cantigny park, sits down with military…
Glenna Whitley & B.G. Burkett: Stolen Valor
Glenna Whitley & B.G. Burkett: Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History Glenna Whitley discusses her book (written with B.G. Burkett), Stolen Valor:…
Urlich Straus: The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POWs for World War II
Urlich Straus: The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POWs of World War II Thursday, December 2nd, 2004 Ulrich Straus visited the library to talk about his new book The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese…
Front & Center with John Callaway: Full Reckoning: Life After Combat
Front & Center with John Callaway: Full Reckoning: Life After Combat At the time of this program, more than 8,000 U.S. military personnel had been injured in Iraq. While many received…
Edward M. Coffman: The Regulars: The American Army, 1898 - 1941
Edward M. Coffman: The Regulars: The American Army, 1898 - 1941 Thursday, September 23rd, 2004, Edward M. Coffman visited the library to talk about his new book The Regulars : The American Army,…
Front & Center with John Callaway: Iraq in Transition: What Next?
Front & Center with John Callaway: Iraq in Transition: What Next? With the United States transferring power to an interim government, what would be the ongoing role of the United States in…
Michael Wilmington & Dann Gire: World on War: A Film Discussion
Michael Wilmington & Dann Gire: World on War: A Film Discussion Join us for a thought-provoking evening with Tribune Film Critic Michael Wilmington and Daily Herald Critic Dann Gire as they…
David Maraniss: They Marched into Sunlight
David Maraniss: They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 Wednesday, March 24th, 2004 as David Maraniss visited the library to talk about his new book They Marched…
Brenda Sexton & Michael Wilmington: World on War
Brenda Sexton & Michael Wilmington: World on War: A Film Discussion What do Saving Private Ryan, The Pianist and Kanal have in common? The Pritzker Military Museum & Library welcomed film…
Front & Center with John Callaway: First Line of Defense?
Front & Center with John Callaway: First Line of Defense? John Callaway and his guests explore the First Line of Defense and the Expanding Role of the Citizen Soldier. Major General David…
Front & Center with John Callaway: We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Front & Center with John Callaway: We Were Soldiers Once... and Young For this very special episode of Front & Center, John Callaway sat down with retired 3-star general Hal Moore and…
George Crile: Charlie Wilson's War
George Crile: 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 Charlie Wilson loved to have a good time, and…
Ralph Peters: New Glory: Expanding America's Global Supremacy
Ralph Peters: New Glory: Expanding America's Global Supremacy Since World War II, Americans have been the world's true revolutionaries, expanding the frontiers of human liberty by fighting and…
Philip Caputo: Acts of Faith: A Novel
Philip Caputo: Acts of Faith: A Novel Thirty years ago, Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Philip Caputo crossed the deserts of Sudan and Eritrea on foot and camel back, a journey that…
John A. Glusman: Conduct Under Fire
John A. Glusman: Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese The fierce, bloody battles of Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines are…
Front & Center with John Callaway: Special Edition with Alex Kershaw
Front & Center with John Callaway: Special Edition with Alex Kershaw John Callaway interviewed acclaimed author Alex Kershaw for this special episode of Front & Center with John Callaway. …
Lewis Sorley: Vietnam Chronicles
Lewis Sorley: Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972 During the four years General Creighton W. Abrams was commander in Vietnam, he and his staff made more than 455 tape recordings of…
Steve Coll: Ghost Wars
Steve Coll: Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 Steve Coll's Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan,…
Jeff Shaara: The Rising Tide
Jeff Shaara: The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I…
Tom Wheeler: Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails
Civil War Saturday: Tom Wheeler: Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails Tom Wheeler has been CEO of multiple high-tech companies, as well as CEO of the National Cable Television Association and the Cellular…