So were going to get started with our second panel. We spent the first hour talking about the of war and something about the military issues and strategies associated with it. In this hour, were going to talk about writing about war. What it means to be on the ground in the place, sort of study it and reflect on it from. A historical or literary point of view. And id like to start with we have panelists. Ill introduce them very briefly, although i suspect known to all of you, robert brigham, the shirley ecker. Barsky professor of history and International Relations at vassar and author of numerous books on vietnam war, including reckless Henry Kissinger and the tragic tragedy of the vietnam war and vietnam and the limits of american power. Bob brigham. Next, we have philip caputo, a vietnam vet and author of 71 books, including a rumor of war, one of the most important early books on vietnam. And indeed, it helped to establish a whole genre. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for investigati
Historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering the Kennedy Administration and the Justice Department. I was six years old that summer. I. And robert was growing up across the street and a few houses down from us in somerset with his brother burke, whos in the audience with
Thank. Thank you very much. Oak oak. So were going to get started with our second panel. We spent the first hour talking about the of war and something about the military issues and strategies associated with it. In this hour, were going to talk about writing about war. What it means to be on the ground in the place, sort of study it and reflect on it from. A historical or literary point of view. And id like to start with we have panelists. Ill introduce them very briefly, although i suspect known to all of you, robert brigham, the shirley ecker. Barsky professor of history and International Relations at vassar and author of numerous books on vietnam war, including reckless Henry Kissinger and the tragic tragedy of the vietnam war and vietnam and the limits of american power. Bob brigham. Next, we have philip caputo, a vietnam vet and author of 71 books, including a rumor of war, one of the most important early books on vietnam. And indeed, it helped to establish a whole genre. Winner
Welcome, everybody. My name is john harwood. Im a journalist and im going to be moderating this panel with robert doar, who you know, who is the chief executive of, the American Enterprise institute, fred log of all, whos a historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering th
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