Programs for this weekend on the cspan Network Freedom on cspan numeral network. On cspan 2, alan rifkin, whose father was a screenwriter for the marx brothers. Sunday at noon on indepth, our live threeour conversation with harvard law professor clyde for near. Her books include the purity of the majority and the min ers canary. Today on cspan 3, a discussion of the burning of Columbia South carolina, following the surrender of the city to the Union General William Tecumseh sherman. And sunday at 2 00, an interview with Daniel Elbert on a classified study on vietnam which he get the New York Times in 1971. Contact us on www. Cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. History book show features popular writers and airs on American History tv every weekend. This time, recounting the call of industrial business magnates William Knudsen and henry kaiser to leaf their private sector positions and lead the war production effort during world war ii. This is
We will post the program on our web site within 24 hours for our future reference and, of course, our internet viewers are always welcome to email us with questions or comments, simply writing those to speaker heritage. Org. Our guest today, dr. Larry schweikart, is a native of arizona. He earned his bachelor and masters degree at Arizona State university and received his doctorate from the university of california santa barbara. Throughout his high school and college, however, he spent most of his time playing drums in a vary of variety of rock bands. He was part of several groups, one of which opened for steppen wolf among other performers for those old enough to remember them. His first film, rocking the wall, began airing on pbs this week and will continue throughout this year. Dr. Schweikart serves on the faculty at the university of dayton where he has taught business, economic history as well as military history. He is the author of more than a dozen books including, first, a pa
Questions or comments, simply writing those to speaker heritage. Org. Our guest today, doctor Larry Schweikart is a native arizonan turkey on this bachelor and masters degree at Arizona State university and received his doctorate from university of california, santa barbara. Throughout his high school and college, however, he spent most of his time playing drums in a variety of dance. As a rock, he was part of several groups, one of which opened for steppenwolf, among other performers for those old enough to remember them. His first film, rocking the wall, about rock musics art in bringing down communism begin airing on pbs this week and will continue throughout this year. Doctor schweiker serves on the faculty at the university of dayton where he has taught business, economic history as well as military history. Is the author of more than a dozen books, including his first, a patriots history of the United States which he coauthored. Other topics include national defense, history and
Daschle hammond likened the season in which people knew for the hippie or stereotypes about to be, but i really wanted with season of the witch to tell the history of the city as Daschle Hammond might have written it, with the same sense of the citys toughness, of its mystery and of its kind of rugged atmosphere. Many people forget that San Francisco before the 50s era was a tough Irish Catholic, Italian Catholic town, very traditional in many ways and the first wave of hippies who came to this city really have the drawbridge pulled up on them. Many of the kids couldnt get treatment when they had drug drop bombs and other medical problems. They were given the Cold Shoulder by the city and city officials. The cops were after them. So that was only the beginning of what became the first first culture wore a pink right here in San Francisco. Americas first culture war was a civil war within San Francisco itself between these new social forces that began squeezing in the 1960s and 1970s wi
Which gives you an idea of the distance between washington and business and what its production possible in this country. In the end, seven minus right. Already by the time bombs on pearl harbor, american wartime production is already approaching the level of germany. Already approaching the level of nazi germany. Its going to gear up even faster, but the basic structure, with knudson. Remains the same. If you dont do it from the topdown, with washington tried to give orders, and is demanded of the new dealers had antiwar productions our, someone who would have this kind is wizard of oz, handson autoloaders and make the decisions in measure output and allocate resources from a centralized bureau. He said no, this has to happen from the bottom up. You dont shut down civilian production right away. Add the military orders on in fact yours begin to convert to meet the contracts and demands of the contracts and pretty soon youll be able to have a process in which the conversion to wartime