Buildings that resemble mystical creatures. Spectacular futuristic skyscrapers adorned with greenery and a 300 metre high rooftop garden. Singapore set its sights high. It evolved from a developing country to one of the richest nations in the world within just a few decades. Here east meets west and the past meets the future. The airport features the highest indoor waterfall in the world so singapore also has the Worlds Largest orchid collection a unesco World Heritage site. And people live in spectacular Building Block architecture. And ultra modern city yet the jungle and its animals are never far away. And that poses a constant challenge. In park the day begins while it is still pitch black bird cages are carried back and forth william has been unloading his birds here for 25 years. He only takes time out for the chinese new year. Breeds songbirds and here they compete to sing the most beautiful song song bird competitions are very popular zebra doves are particularly skilled singer
Government. Host joining us now on cspan is Peter Prichard, the former editor in chief of the usa today newspaper and he is a former president of them museum and author of this book, killing grace a vietnam war mystery. What made you write a novel about the vietnam war . Guest i had always dreamed of writing a novel but then life intervened and and i becamea newspaper editor and an executive. E. But when covid it i finally thought i had the time to try to write a novel and i wanted to write something that wasnt really a a combat novel, that ws more in the vein of quiet american or the ugly american, both books had a great influence. Host without getting way any spoilers come whats the books s synopsis . Guest two mps in saigon in 1967 at the height of the war are called to investigate the murder of an american tourist named grace waverley whose body is found in the saigon river. And it appears to be a drowning, and she is an antiwar activist who said she came to vietnam ass a piece of
of us government lies about the war in vietnam. the nixon administration was enraged. they tried to destroy daniel ellsberg. they failed. and today he is still warning the american people about the dangers of unchecked military power. but are they listening? daniel ellsberg, welcome to hardtalk. glad to be with you. it s a great pleasure to be at your home. you have lived a long and a very full life, and i guess the truth is you know that you will always be associated with one extraordinary decision you took to leak the pentagon papers. does it bother you that that is the thing that people think about you? no. well, i know that it is, but, so i ve lived with that for a long time. my intent at the time was to put out more important papers, ifelt, top secret papers on nuclear war planning and the prospects of nuclear strategy, supposedly, which i had in my safe, top secret safe at rand, and i copied them at the same time. and there s a friend of mine who went to prison and w
Is peter pritchard. He is former editor in chief of the usa today newspaper and he is former president of the newseum and he is the author of this book killing grace, a vietnam war mystery. Mr. Pritchard, what made you write a novel about the vietnam war . I had dreamed of writing a novel, but then life intervened and i became a newspaper editor and an executive. But when covid hit, i finally i had the time to try to write a novel and i wanted to write something that wasnt really a combat novel. That was more in the vein of quiet or the ugly american. Both of them, both books had great influence without away any spoilers. Whats books synopsis . Two employees in saigon in 1967 at the height of the war are called to the investigate the murder of an american tourist named grace waverly, who whose body is found in the saigon river. And it appears to be a drowning. And she is an antiwar activist who said she came to vietnam as a peace tourist. But her real goal is to help smuggle arms back
about the war in vietnam. the nixon administration was enraged. they tried to destroy daniel ellsberg. they failed. and today he is still warning the american people about the dangers of unchecked military power. but are they listening? daniel ellsberg, welcome to hardtalk. glad to be with you. it s a great pleasure to be at your home. you have lived a long and a very full life, and i guess the truth is you know that you will always be associated with one extraordinary decision you took to leak the pentagon papers. does it bother you that that is the thing that people think about you? no. well, i know that it is, but, so i ve lived with that for a long time. my intent at the time was to put out more important papers, ifelt, top secret papers on nuclear war planning and the prospects of nuclear strategy, supposedly, which i had in my safe, top secret safe at rand, and i copied them at the same time. and there s a friend of mine who went to prison and was a model for me, rea