vision that is made this program possible. please note that our next event is coming up in two days. on this thursday october 15 where victor of ascii and i interview larry tie. timely new important biography of joseph mccarthy. tonight we are here however to celebrate the publication of a team. abraham lincoln in his time. a new biography of lincoln by david reynolds. abe is just out. this is his book launch. in the book has received start early reviews in publishers weekly and elsewhere. we encourage everyone to look it up on amazon or preferably your own local independent bookstore. david reynolds is a distinguished professor at the graduate center. he is the author of walt whitman s america a cultural biography. winner of the ben croft. his other books include beneath the american resins outs john brown abolitionist. and mightier than the sword uncle tom s cabin in the battle for america. he is a regular book reviewer for the new york review of books, the near times book
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bomb hiroshima and nagasaki is that title of a series of american university institute of nuclear studies institute press briefings. up next, for historians who have spent decades studying the topic summarize the findings about then take questions from journalists. the nuclear studies institute recorded this zoom event and provided the video. barbara cochran, professor emeritus of the university of missouri school of journalism, the world first journalism school. andally i was a journalist news executive at the washington star, npr, bc, and cbs. i won t moderate the discussion today. and ninth, 1945, the united states dropped the only nuclear weapons ever used in a war on the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. 75 years later the debate continues over the decision of president harry s truman to use these weapons. the world still echoes with the repercussions of that act. for journalists, the anniversary of major events offer what editors love, a news peg. anniversaries
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