Distinguished socialist mitch duneier. I am a former professor at the John Hopkins University up the street. My baltimore connection. As a school i take delight in books which were painstakingly researched and keen interpretation, help me understand a complex continue or phenomenon with greater clarity. The book ghetto is just such a book. I had the opportunity to teach get to in my last semester at hopkins in 2016 with the professor of history and director of jewish studies. Ken and i were impressed with the manner which the professor discussed the conflict of the ghetto. And i dont mean the context of jewish and black communes, and also how the concept itself and its application has shifted over time and n both the poplar . Scholarly imagination. Were not alone in our admiration for ghetto. Wrote an important review recently in New York Times that the professor has provided a, quote, stunningly detailed and timely survey of the ghetto as concept and phenomenon. Other reviews have ech
Line. But therell be plenty of books and plenty of opportunity for tim to meet everyone and permize your books personalize your books. We at the ive i have book shop are really delighted ivy book shop are really delighted to and thank the church of the redeemer for being the host tonight. This is first of, hopefully many events that we hope to collaborate with the church, and we thank them for opening their doors to the public. Also want to thank the Special Olympics of maryland, the wonderful work you do and for all the great work you did to let the rest of maryland know about this event. And so we thank you for tweeting and facebooking and letting your friends know about it. Let me talk a little bit about tim. Of hes graduate of st. Alban school. He earned a ba from yale a masters degree from Catholic University a ph. D. In education from the university of connecticut. He spent 15 years in Public Education as a teacher, an activist and a Creative Force behind a number of important pr
Videos, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Facebook. Com booktv. Elliot ackerman is next on booktv. The decorated afghanistan and iraq war veterans book is a novel about an afghan boy who joins a u. S. Funded militia following the u. S. Invasion. So our guest tonight is elliot ackerman. Hes a decorated veteran of the United States marine corps and a writer whose work has been published in the new yorker which alone would be an accomplishment for me for the rest of my life [laughter] the atlantic, time and the new republic among others. Mr. Ackerman is also a contributor to the daily beast and a member of the council on foreign relations. He served as white house fellow in the obama administration, and prior to that he spent eight years as both an infantry and special operations officer. He served multiple tours of duty in the middle east and southwest asia. As a Marine Corps Special Operations Team leader mr. Ackerman operated as the primary
And turner communities into different kinds of communities. Ill explain what i mean, but first i want to tell you why that into this project. I dont know who this tourist is, but shes pretty. I went into doesnt forward to the chernobyl zone and wrote an article about it. An added or contacted me and wanted me to read the whole book about this Pivotal Moment in history. Theres about five books about chernobyl. I looked into it and i realize theres these two places in the world, these two plutonium plants that have more. Chernobyl is a household word. But whos heard of my word in this, handford. [inaudible] was there last summer. So i thought maybe id rather tell a story about these two places. As i started looking into it, i was concerned, why dont we know much about it . Of course, chernobyl was an accident that occurred in the course of a couple of days. The cameras rolled the next couple of months. It was a camera ready event. Same as fukushima. These places, these plutonium sides, t