Next, in this encore booknotes for 2001 historian herbert bix discusses his biography hirohito and the making of modern japan. Professor bix portrays hirohito hirohito asher japan into the modern world. This is about an hour. Cspan herbert p. Bix, author of hirohito and the making of modern japan, could somebody who is japanese write this book and publish it through a japanese publisher in japan today . Guest i think so. I think today there has been a number of breakthroughs that have occurred over the past 20 years, and hirohito has died, died 10 years ago, so enough time has elapsed. Its possible a jaand i would expect and, in fact, i would hope that japanese historians will surpass this biography and uncover new material and that we will get critical accounts of the emperor and the role he played, both before, during and after the war. Because that man is absolutely crucial for understanding the dilemmas of 20th century japan. Cspan theres a picture in here, and you write about it i
Coming up next on American History tv, author elizabeth calls hoffman explores the costs and consequences of the u. S. Role in world leadership, asking the question, is america an empire or empire . I looking at key turning points, she argues that the u. S. Has played the role of umpire since 1776, but she also says umpires cannot win. This program is about an hour. Thank you so much, kay, and thank you all for being here. I cant tell you how pleased and honored i am to be here addressing the World Affairs council and especially because what i hope were going to discuss tonight is i think one of the most critical questions of our time, which is, youre not going to know it because i didnt turn the microphone on. [laughs] look, you are human. Well, wheres the button here, kay . The green light, right . The classic green light. Anyway, im here to discuss one of the critical questions i think of our times which is why the United States assumed the role of world defenders after world war ii
Vietnam was toward the end of the war. Summer of 70 to summer of 71. The experience stuck with me less because of anything i experienced as a combat platoon leader, but from what i saw in terms of the it gave me an idea of the terrible effects of long war. How long were you in the army . 15 years. We served until 1992. It was a year in vietnam early on. But for the most part, i was my experiences were those of a serving officer in the latter part of the cold war. We thought that we existed to be prepared, to fight world war iii, and that our ready to do that would prevent world war iii from happening. So i spent seven years in germany and most of the rest of the time in stateside units that would have deployed to germany in the event of a crisis. It was a time that patriotism equated to seeing military service. As not simply honorable but almost a part of what it meant to be a citizen. I grew up in that environment. When it came time to go to college, i had choices. And i think i went
As not simply honorable but almost a part of what it meant to be a citizen. I grew up in that environment. When it came time to go to college, i had choices. And i think i went to west point, not because i thought i was going to be a career officer, but because i was attracted to what they had to offer and thought i would save my parents some money by paying for my education. They paid for you go there too, slight. Its a stiphon. Its spending money, more than spending money, yes . Where did you grow up in illinois and indiana . I was in normal, illinois. My dad graduated from medical school, he served in the army for a year as an intern in hawaii. And when we return from hawaii in 1954, we returned to where he grew up in the northwest corner of indiana, around east chicago and hammond. Her years, total years from her freshman year at the west point to the time you got out of the service, what were those years. 1965. So i became a cadet in the summer when we were ratcheting up the comba
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