Kissingers wars in the indochina. I call it a bigger game because that is exactly what nixon called it. Over and over again. He viewed this war in Southeast Asia as one element in this much bigger game of International Diplomacy he was playing in that time. It is all reflected in your readings, all the evolution in the International System. The chaos that was in america at the time. All these things shaped nixons presidency. They enabled it in the first place. They shape it through his entire time in office. Prettysin it is a complicated story, i thought i would start by making sure we understand the objectives and themes we will be looking at today. The objectives are, what we have in this case are two nations, both decisively engaged in an epic war. North vietnam and the United States. Both sides have committed all of their resources, which are very different. But each powerful in its own way. Both of those nations need to find an exit from the war. The North Vietnamese have been fig
Very Exciting Panel Discussion about television, entertainment and the white house. My name is Katherine Kramer brownell. I am an associate professor of history at Purdue University ity. I am a historian of modern american politics and. I have written extensively about the relation ship between the presidency and Popular Culture. Include my new book, which i will shamelessly plug because of this ongoing, which is called 24 7 cable television. The fragmenting of america from watergate to fox news. The book explores the political strategy behind the president ial embrace of programs like mtv news. And so im just thrilled to be moderating this conversation, which looks at the other side of the equation, how television has portrayed the american presidency and the impact that this has had on Civic Knowledge and engagement. To dig into these questions, i am thrilled to introduce my panelist who are incredibly distant distinguished in their careers their full bios are in program. So i will j
Include my new book, which i will shamelessly plug because of this ongoing, which is called 24 7 cable television. The fragmenting of america from watergate to fox news. The book explores the political strategy behind the president ial embrace of programs like mtv news. And so im just thrilled to be moderating this conversation, which looks at the other side of the equation, how television has portrayed the american presidency and the impact that this has had on Civic Knowledge and engagement. To dig into these questions, i am thrilled to introduce my panelist who are incredibly distant distinguished in their careers their full bios are in program. So i will just give a brief to my left. We have gautham rao, who is an associate professor of history at American University. He is editor in chief of law and history review, which is a leading journal of legal history and author of National Duties custom houses and the making of the american state. He is now at work at a new project which u
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