we are at the meeting of the organization of american historians in seattle. in afterwards and several other c-span programs are available for download at podcasts. more with bethany moreton and nancy maclean in a moment. after words with bethany moreton and nancy maclean continues. host: welcome back to booktv after words, i am a nancy maclean, historian of the 20th-century united states at northwestern university and the author of a book called freedom is not enough: the opening of the american workplace . which looks of the struggles for equality in the workplace by various groups after world war ii beginning with african-americans, mexican-americans and women in the conservative responses to those and looks at how those really reshaping of politics over the last 50 years. and i think through the research on that but i somehow came to be sitting in this chair having the chance to encounter a wonderful new book by bethany moreton who is here to talk about her book to
undertaken, do you think they will have a more important role coming out of this historic lee? i think for me it is quite obvious that china will become more important, economically, financially, but in one sense i have to say that there is also a huge problem, of course. the environment, the social problems, income inequality. i know that in the united states income inequality is also an issue the income inequality in china is much worse than it is here or in europe. i fear a little bit, i have talked recently to people at the imf will follow up china closely that of a lot of the stimulus problem is window dressing and that the maine publicity avid. in an attempt to push up confidence but that is really the hard practice that shows that it is not that impressive in terms of what really happens and has put extra into the economy. and what is the reason to try to make it out more than it is? basically the same reasoning as the germans, a free ride on american expansion.
first wounded came back on d-day, if they were lightly wounded and they got patched up and they were able to talk, forrest started interviewing them in the afternoon of d-day about what happened that morning. he went on to do a lot of interviews and became one of the founders of the oral history association and to become, in my view, america s best historian. c-span: is he still alive? guest: yes, he is still alive, and we will be together at omaha beach on d-day, tomorrow. c-span: where does he live? guest: he s moved to kentucky. he used to live in washington. he lived in washington until about two years ago. c-span: i have a strange feeling i passed him every day in the building i lived in here, 20 years ago. did he live in arlington, va.? guest: that s where he lived, 111 army-navy drive. that s it. he is a great man. c-span: i saw an article about him a couple of months ago, or maybe a year ago, about george marshall. guest: he did a four-volume life of george m