We have a lot of returning people, a lot of first time people. Great to have three great friends here i will introduce them in a moment. Im also very thankful for cspan. We have cspan here. I think this is the first time that cspan has been here to our beautiful campus. A lot of are everything they do no filter, no commentary, they just show whats going on and let it speak for itself. I have to give ron credit. He is one of our speakers on the rosenbergs. Said, youve got to invite cspan. Have never seen a lineup like this on a conference on communism. They will come. He was right. Called that exactly right. I have five minutes right now to set this up and introduce these guys, then get out of the way. We go until 11 00. I was thinking, how do you is thece a topic this 100th anniversary of people should like revolution, the Logic International communism how can i properly set up . I thought i would share and email i exchanged with a former student. Terrific kid, now teaching at a colleg
Host hallo, Stuart Taylor. Thanks for being here to discuss your book, the campus rape frenzy the attack on due process at americas universities. I thought i would start by asking you to tell us a little bit about your coauthor and when you all started working together that led up to the book were talking about today. Guest mike coauthor is casey johnson, a brilliant professor of history at Brooklyn College and the City University graduate center, harvard phd, probably if he was more politically correct to be teaching at home. We both became interested before we knew each other in a duke lacrosse rape fraud as it turned out to be a begin at 20066 and ended in 2007. We both saw not only the National Media but the duke faculty and administration rushing to judgment in a very despicable i kind of want to focus more on what is in this book is share for the viewers whats your general thesis that we looking at here, what are we going to be reading about when open the pages . Guest the gist o
Korean peninsula remains a major concern of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Up next on American History tv, former director of the Harry S Truman president ial library Michael Devine gives a presentation entitled the korean war remembered. Andg photographs, posters artwork, hollywood films and personal experiences, mr. Devine examines the public and Popular Culture memory of the korean war. Woodrow Wilson Center in washington, d. C. Hosted this hourlong event. Michael thank you very charles for the kind introduction. I am pleased to be here at the woodrow Wilson Center as a fellow. It has been a great experience the last several weeks and i look forward to another bit of research and fellowship here at the center. The work i am going to talk about today is a work in progress. This will eventually be a booklength manuscript describing the korean war and how it is remembered, primarily in the United States, but north and south korea and some of the other countries that were major participants in th
Friends of Miami Book Fair. If you would wait one more time because i would like too recognize you for your support. [applause] and of course Miamidade College , a convener of this outstanding literary gathering where so many students, yes, lets applause. [applause] so many Miamidade College students, faculty and staff give of themselves and volunteer in various aspects of this fair to make it what it is so thank you to Miamidade College as well. [applause] you will be able to purchase your own book, senator sanders book immediately outside of this room so please take advantage of that following the presentation. Without her there it to i would like to bring on someone who will make the formal introduction this evening and he is none other than ronalds non goldfarb. Mr. Goldfarb wears many, many hats. Rs he is a washington lawyer. He is also the author of the 11 plus books. While serving as the literary agent for over 100 authors including senator sanders. Mr. Goldfarb has served in th
A group of us felt we would help heal the wounds of our community by celebrating its diversity because back then miami was one of the most Diverse Communities in the company, and we would invite everyone under one gigantic tent to celebrate the written word and begin a conversation together. That conversation hasnt stopped for these 33 book fairs. And i for one want to thank doctor petrone who is president of the Largest College in the country with eight campuses. [applause] for never wavering from that vision. In this years fair you will hear from the best writers of poetry, fiction, history, and memoir. And we need the big tent of the book fair. And the power of the written word to express them. We need this more than ever. [applause] the book fair has grown over all the years as well. We have some remarkable sponsors. We are pleased to announce we have a partnership with the charles de Groot Foundation to launch the Miami Book Fair degroot prize, it is the only one in the country an